原子数精确的金属纳米团簇在电催化领域的应用研究进展

金属纳米团簇(MNCs)是由几个到数百个金属原子组成,其尺寸一般小于2nm.金属纳米团簇在许多催化反应中表现出高的催化活性和选择性,这与金属纳米团簇具有高的比表面积、较多暴露的活性原子,以及与金属纳米粒子(MNPs)不同的电子结构有关.金属纳米团簇确定的组成和结构使其成为一种新型模型催化剂,对纳米团簇的催化性能研究有利...     

中介尺度Au纳米团簇熔化的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学模拟技术，研究了原子个数为16～8628的 Au纳米团簇的熔化过程.采用 Johnson的EAM (embedded atom method) 模型,模拟结果表明，金属纳米团簇存在一中介尺度区域.对Au纳米团簇而言，当原子个数N >456时，团簇的热力学性质与团簇尺寸呈线性关系，熔化首先从表面开始，逐步向中心区域推进，且满足Tmb－Tmc(N)＝aN(－1/3)的关系.另外，计算了中介区域的团簇的尺寸、熔化温度、表面能、熵、焓等热力学量以及均方根位移（RMSD）等动力学量，为研究纳米团簇提供定量数据.     

金红石TiO2纳米团簇与铀酰相互作用的相对论密度泛函理论计算

采用全电子相对论密度泛函理论方法探索金红石型Ti O_2纳米团簇与铀酰的相互作用。考察金红石团簇模型(包括层数和表面积大小)变化对吸附铀形成复合物结构、吸附作用能等性质的影响,确定2层、表面积为1.1 nm×0.6 nm、包括63个原子的纳米团簇(标记为2L-Ti15)能够合理描述金红石纳米粒子性质的同时,还能节约计算资源。对2L-Ti15-[(UO_2)(H_2O)_3]~(2+)复合物计算表明,纳米团簇和铀酰存在共价键作用;优化得到U-O_(surf)键长0.233~0.238 nm,这一距离在已发现铀酰基配合物U-O距离范围内。在气相条件下,纳米团簇对铀酰吸附反应为放热过程(-3.02 e V);考虑溶剂介质环境的影响,反应则需要吸收少许能量(0.16e V)。U-O_(surf)键的能量分解发现,纳米团簇和铀酰的化学键作用为轨道相互作用主导的(占94%),它的静电吸引略大于Pauli排斥。基于电子密度的QTAIM(quantum theory of atoms in molecule)分析揭示,U-O_(surf)作用是介于离子和共价之间的配位键,其强度高于复合物中的U-OH_2键作用,但比U=O键弱。波函数分析表明,来自纳米团簇的O(2p)贡献HOMO轨道,并混有σ(U=O)成键性质,而LUMO轨道则为Ti(3d)修饰的U(5f)性质,复合物HOMO-LUMO带隙为2.40 e V,相对吸附前的纳米团簇半导体粒子的3.35 e V变窄。从吸收光谱角度而言,复合物体系可能在可见光区域具有更强的捕光性能。     

给超细金纳米粒子做“外科手术”

正近年来在纳米科学研究中,金属纳米团簇(metal nanoclusters,超细的金属纳米粒子,尺寸约1-3 nm)这一领域逐渐兴起并引起了研究者们的广泛关注~(1,2)。与尺寸更大且多分散的纳米粒子相比,纳米团簇取得了原子尺度上的精确,具有确定的分子式和X射线单晶结构~(3,4)。因此,研究纳米团簇使得人们可以从根本上理解一些纳米结构与性能的关系~(1-3),以及跟踪纳米世界里的某些     

金属纳米颗粒中的单原子穿梭

正金属纳米团簇(1–2 nm)作为固体的初始形态,在物质从原子态向金属态转变过程及组装和表面/界面化学中起着关键作用~1。研究金属纳米团簇的形成、结构与性质不仅可以了解宏观材料的结构起源和性质演变,更因为其具有量子限域行为而表现出强烈的性质变化。这种性质上的变化赋予了金属纳米团簇在催化、光学、磁性等领域的广     

多策略可控合成原子精度合金纳米团簇

合金纳米团簇作为一类新兴的多功能纳米材料已被广泛用于催化、光学传感以及生物医学成像等研究领域,而纳米团簇的可控合成和结构特征是调节纳米团簇性质并对其进一步利用的基础。尽管当前有关金属纳米团簇可控合成和结构特征的研究主要集中在单金属纳米团簇中,但有关合金纳米团簇原子精度的可控合成也取得了显著的进展。本文综述了配体保护的合金金属纳米团簇原子精度可控合成策略,包括一步合成法、金属交换、配体交换、化学刻蚀、簇间反应、原位两相配体交换以及最新的表面模体交换反应,并对相关合成策略的优缺点进行了详细的讨论和阐述。     

憎水性三金属纳米粒子的合成、表征及磁性

以磺基琥珀酸二辛酯钠盐(AOT)为表面活性剂,采用反胶束法合成了憎水性CoFe/Au纳米粒子, 利用配体交换、水洗等去除AOT并使纳米粒子分级.采用紫外-可见光谱(UV-Vis)、透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线电子能量散射(EDX)及等离子发射光谱 (ICP)等对产物进行了表征,通过超导量子干涉仪(SQIUD)研究了纳米粒子的磁性质.结果表明,反胶束法合成的CoFe/Au三金属纳米粒子具有较好的单分散性和稳定性,平均粒径约为4 nm.当外磁场强度为1.5×10⁴ A/m时,阻塞温度T_b为65 K,温度高于T_b时纳米粒子显示出超顺磁性,低于T_b时呈铁磁性,在5 K时其矫顽力(Hc)达4.67×10⁴ A/m.     

金属纳米团簇的合成及其光致发光性质的调控

金属纳米团簇是一种既具有出色光物理性质,又具有良好生物相容性的零维材料.利用配体对团簇的热力学稳定产物的选择性和还原剂动力学调控可以合成出结构多样的金属纳米团簇,在光学材料、生物医学和催化材料等领域展示出颇具潜力的应用前景.但金属纳米团簇的稳定性差、发光弱等缺点限制了其实际应用,因此通过聚集诱导发光效应和超分子自组装协同调控金属纳米团簇的稳定性及光学性质,可以构筑出结构与发光可控的金属纳米团簇组装体,有效促进金属纳米团簇的实际可用性.本文简要介绍了不同配体保护的金属纳米团簇的合成,阐述了金属纳米团簇的光致发光性质,总结了聚集诱导发光效应对团簇超分子组装体光致发光性质的影响规律,并分析提出了当前研究仍存在的问题及对未来探究的展望.     

多策略可控合成原子精度合金纳米团簇（英文）

合金纳米团簇作为一类新兴的多功能纳米材料已被广泛用于催化、光学传感以及生物医学成像等研究领域,而纳米团簇的可控合成和结构特征是调节纳米团簇性质并对其进一步利用的基础。尽管当前有关金属纳米团簇可控合成和结构特征的研究主要集中在单金属纳米团簇中,但有关合金纳米团簇原子精度的可控合成也取得了显著的进展。本文综述了配体保护的合金金属纳米团簇原子精度可控合成策略,包括一步合成法、金属交换、配体交换、化学刻蚀、簇间反应、原位两相配体交换以及最新的表面模体交换反应,并对相关合成策略的优缺点进行了详细的讨论和阐述。     

纳米团簇-牛血清白蛋白复合物界面自组装

当表面电荷密度降低时, 纳米粒子-蛋白质复合物可在水包油(O/W)乳液界面自组装. 相对于纳米粒子, 粒度较小的纳米团簇(约2 nm)与蛋白质之间有更强的亲和力, 因此纳米团簇-蛋白质复合物可表现出不同的自组装特性. 为深入了解该特性, 对纳米团簇-牛血清白蛋白(BSA)在乳液界面自组装进行研究, 用Huckel方程计算自组装所需电荷密度范围, 用光学和电子显微镜研究纳米团簇与BSA的交联. 结果表明, 纳米团簇-BSA在乳液界面的自组装驱动力同样为表面电荷密度降低, 但纳米团簇与BSA的交联可造成无序自组装, 要实现有序自组装, 除需降低表面电荷密度外, 还需控制纳米团簇与BSA的结合率.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of titanium dioxide nanoparticle sintering

Nanoparticles have been an area of active research in recent years due to their properties, which can be greatly different from the bulk. In this work, we study the sintering of TiO2 nanoparticles using molecular dynamics simulations. Such sintering occurs in flame reactors where nanotitania is prepared via the chloride process. Decrease in free energy due to reduction in surface area is the main driving force for sintering of particles. Simulations, at various starting temperatures and orientations, indicate that the process of sintering is strongly affected by temperature and initial orientation. Extremely high diffusion of ions in the neck region of sintering nanoparticles supports the idea that solid-state diffusion is significant in metal-oxide nanoparticle sintering. It is found that the dipole-dipole interaction between sintering nanoparticles plays a very important role at temperatures away from the melting point. The duration of the simulation is not enough to observe the complete sintering process, but important initial stages are well studied.     

“非保护型”金属胶体纳米簇形成机理研究

碱-乙二醇法制备的"非保护型"金属及合金纳米簇由表面吸附的溶剂分子和简单离子实现稳定化,它们被广泛用于制备高性能复相催化剂和研究复相催化剂中的尺寸、组成、载体表面基团以及修饰剂对催化性能的影响。关于此类非保护金属纳米簇的形成过程及机理的认识尚有待进一步深化。本文采用原位快速扫描X射线吸收精细结构谱(QXAFS)、原位紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱、透射电子显微镜和动态光散射技术研究了碱-乙二醇法合成中非保护型金属胶体纳米簇的形成过程与机理。结果表明,在碱-乙二醇法合成非保护型Pt金属纳米簇的过程中,室温下即有部分Pt(IV)被还原至Pt(II)。随着反应温度的升高,OH-逐渐取代与Pt离子配位的Cl-,在Pt―Pt键形成之前,反应体系的UV-Vis吸收光谱中可观察到明显的纳米粒子的散射信号,原位QXAFS分析表明Pt纳米簇是由Pt氧化物纳米粒子还原所形成的;在Ru金属纳米簇的形成过程中,OH-首先取代了Ru Cl_3中的Cl~-,形成羟基配合物Ru(OH) _6~(3-),后者进一步缩合形成氧化钌纳米粒子,最终Ru金属纳米簇由乙二醇还原氧化钌纳米粒子形成。由于先形成了氧化物纳米粒子,后续的还原反应被限制在氧化物纳米粒子内,使最终得到的非保护型金属纳米簇具有尺寸小、分布窄的特点。本工作所获得的知识对发展高性能能源转化催化剂、精细化学合成催化剂、传感器等功能体系具有重要意义。     

Diffusion of buffer layer assisted grown gold nanoclusters on Ru(100) and p(1 x 2)-O/Ru(100) surfaces

Patterning of metallic clusters on surfaces is demonstrated by utilizing a buffer layer assisted laser patterning technique (BLALP). This method has been employed in order to measure the diffusion of AFM and STM characterized size selected gold nanoclusters (5-10 nm diameter), over Ru(100) and p(1 x 2)-O/Ru(100) surfaces. Optical linear diffraction from gold cluster coverage gratings was utilized for the macroscopic diffusion measurements. The clusters were found to diffuse on the surface intact without significant coalescence or sintering. The barrier for metastable gold nanocluster diffusion on the surface is thought to be lower than the energy required for surface wetting. The apparent activation energy for diffusion was found to depend on the cluster size, increasing from 6.2 +/- 0.4 kcal/mol for 5 nm clusters to 10.6 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol for 9 nm clusters. The macroscopic diffusion of gold nanoclusters has been studied on the p(1 x 2)-O/Ru(100) surface as well, where surface diffusion was found to be rather insensitive to the clusters size with activation energy of 5.5 +/- 1 kcal/mol. The difference between the two surfaces is discussed in terms of a better commensurability (higher level of friction) of the gold facets at the contact area with the clean Ru(100) than in the case of the oxidized surface.     

Growth and sintering of Pd clusters on alpha-Al2O3(0001)

The growth and sintering of Pd nanoparticles on alpha-Al(2)O(3)(0001) have been studied by noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM), low-energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This is the first study of metal nanoparticles on a well-defined oxide surface where both NC-AFM and LEIS are used for characterization. These prove to be a powerful combination in assessing particle dimensions. The clean alumina surface showed atomically flat, 200-700 nm wide terraces. The sharp step edges are straight (within our resolution) for lengths of >300 nm and have heights in multiples of 0.2 nm. The Pd grows initially as two-dimensional (2D) islands at 300 K, with the transition to 3D particle growth at 0.25 ML (ML=monolayers). Upon heating at 1 K/s, the Pd starts to sinter below 400 K, and sinters at a nearly constant rate with increasing temperature, covering approximately 50% less of the alumina surface by approximately 1000 K, with a doubling in particle diameter and an eightfold decrease in particle number density. By approximately 1000 K, the number density was approximately 9 x 10(11)cm(2) for 0.8 ML of Pd, with an average diameter of 5 nm and an average thickness of 1 nm.     

催化剂对CaO固硫反应动力学的影响

提高CaO的固硫率是对煤炭燃烧污染防治的研究热点。本研究探索用催化剂提高CaO固硫率的可行性及其对固硫反应动力学的影响。用热天平测试了在CaO中添加不同催化剂的固硫反应的进程,并采用等效粒子模型处理实验数据,计算了表面化学反应控制阶段及产物层扩散控制阶段的动力学参数。实验表明,CaO固硫反应初期为表面化学反应控制阶段,后期转为产物层扩散控制阶段。以碱金属的盐类为催化剂,它们均能使固硫反应前期的化学反应控制阶段的反应活化能下降,并按Li,Na,K,Cs的顺序依次递减,而碱金属盐的负离子主要影响产物层扩散阶段的固硫反应。     

Engineering Non‐sintered,Metal‐Terminated Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles for Catalysis

Transition‐metal carbides (TMCs) exhibit catalytic activities similar to platinum group metals (PGMs), yet TMCs are orders of magnitude more abundant and less expensive. However, current TMC synthesis methods lead to sintering, support degradation, and surface impurity deposition, ultimately precluding their wide‐scale use as catalysts. A method is presented for the production of metal‐terminated TMC nanoparticles in the 1–4 nm range with tunable size, composition, and crystal phase. Carbon‐supported tungsten carbide (WC) and molybdenum tungsten carbide (Mo_xW_1?xC) nanoparticles are highly active and stable electrocatalysts. Specifically, activities and capacitances about 100‐fold higher than commercial WC and within an order of magnitude of platinum‐based catalysts are achieved for the hydrogen evolution and methanol electrooxidation reactions. This method opens an attractive avenue to replace PGMs in high energy density applications such as fuel cells and electrolyzers.     

Engineering Non‐sintered,Metal‐Terminated Tungsten Carbide Nanoparticles for Catalysis

Transition‐metal carbides (TMCs) exhibit catalytic activities similar to platinum group metals (PGMs), yet TMCs are orders of magnitude more abundant and less expensive. However, current TMC synthesis methods lead to sintering, support degradation, and surface impurity deposition, ultimately precluding their wide‐scale use as catalysts. A method is presented for the production of metal‐terminated TMC nanoparticles in the 1–4 nm range with tunable size, composition, and crystal phase. Carbon‐supported tungsten carbide (WC) and molybdenum tungsten carbide (Mo_xW_1−xC) nanoparticles are highly active and stable electrocatalysts. Specifically, activities and capacitances about 100‐fold higher than commercial WC and within an order of magnitude of platinum‐based catalysts are achieved for the hydrogen evolution and methanol electrooxidation reactions. This method opens an attractive avenue to replace PGMs in high energy density applications such as fuel cells and electrolyzers.     

Size-dependent ultrafast electronic energy relaxation and enhanced fluorescence of copper nanoparticles

The energy relaxation of the electrons in the conduction band of 12 and 30 nm diameter copper nanoparticles in colloidal solution was investigated using femtosecond time-resolved transient spectroscopy. Experimental results show that the hot electron energy relaxation is faster in 12 nm copper nanoparticles (0.37 ps) than that in 30 nm copper nanoparticles (0.51 ps), which is explained by the size-dependent electron-surface phonon coupling. Additional mechanisms involving trapping or energy transfer processes to the denser surface states (imperfection) in the smaller nanoparticles are needed to explain the relaxation rate in the 12 nm nanoparticles. The observed fluorescence quantum yield from these nanoparticles is found to be enhanced by roughly 5 orders of magnitude for the 30 nm nanoparticles and 4 orders of magnitude for the 12 nm nanoparticles (relative to bulk copper metal). The increase in the fluorescence quantum yield is attributed to the electromagnetic enhancement of the radiative recombination of the electrons in the s-p conduction band below the Fermi level with the holes in the d bands due to the strong surface plasmon oscillation in these nanoparticles.     

烧结程度对CaO固硫反应转化率及动力学参数的影响

The conversion and kinetic parameters of desulfurizors of CaO of different particle agglomeration degree are investigated with themogravimetric method (TG). The results showed that the CaO particle agglomeration degree increases when CaO calcined temperature or time increases. The dusulfurizors that have higher particle agglomeration degree have low conversion in the desulfurization reaction. The kinetic behavior of desulfurization can be explained by a grain model. The activity energies of suface reaction (Ea) and of product layer diffusion (Ep) were determined by using the grain model. The overall rates of desulfurization are controlled initially by surface chemical reaction, and then shift to product layer diffusion control. The activity energy of surface reaction (Ea) enhances when the CaO particle agglomeration degree increases.