Synthesis of tetrahexahedral Au nanocrystals with exposed high-index surfaces

Jing Li; Lihua Wang; Li Liu; Lin Guo; Xiaodong Han; Ze Zhang

doi:10.1039/C0CC00138D

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Synthesis of tetrahexahedralAunanocrystals with exposed high-index surfaces†

Jing Li,^a Lihua Wang,^b Li Liu,^a Lin Guo,*^a Xiaodong Han*^b and Ze Zhang^b

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Abstract

Tetrahexahedral Au nanocrystals with exposed {520} facets have been prepared in high yield by facile seed-mediated growth and the as-synthesized tetrahexahedral Au nanocrystals possess enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of formic acid.

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TEM images and structure analysis, electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid at bulk Au (111) single-crystal electrode, experimental procedure of characterization of electrocatalytic activity, TEM image of the product fabricated by using CTAB instead of DDAB in the synthetic step of quasi-THH Au NCs, ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectra of the quasi-THH and THH Au NCs. PDF (982K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC00138D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 26 Feb 2010
Accepted: 14 May 2010
First published: 07 Jun 2010

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Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 5109-5111

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J. Li, L. Wang, L. Liu, L. Guo, X. Han and Z. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5109 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00138D

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Synthesis of tetrahexahedralAunanocrystals with exposed high-index surfaces†

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