Britto, S, Parlett, CMA, Bartlett, S et al. (3 more authors) (2023) Intermediates during the Nucleation of Platinum Nanoparticles by a Reaction with Ethylene Glycol: Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies with a Microfluidic Cell. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (18). pp. 8631-8639. ISSN 1932-7447
Abstract
Using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in a continuous-flow microfluidic cell, we have investigated the nucleation of platinum nanoparticles from aqueous hexachloroplatinate solution in the presence of the reducing agent ethylene glycol. By adjusting flow rates in the microfluidic channel, we resolved the temporal evolution of the reaction system in the first few seconds, generating the time profiles for speciation, ligand exchange, and reduction of Pt. Detailed analysis of the X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra with multivariate data analysis shows that at least two reaction intermediates are involved in the transformation of the precursor H₂PtCl₆ to metallic platinum nanoparticles, including the formation of clusters with Pt–Pt bonding before complete reduction to Pt nanoparticles.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Infineum Ltd PO 4500672762 Diamond Light Source Ltd BRAGG Chair Royal Academy of Engineering BRAGG Chair |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2023 09:15 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2023 09:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08749 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199107 |