Co-Template Directed Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide.

Academic Article

Abstract

  • A bottom-up synthetic methodology to encapsulate pre-synthesized, well-defined gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into mesoporous titanium dioxide framework (Au@mTiO2 ) is reported. This method employs two structurally and chemically similar templates of amphiphilic block copolymers as well as poly(ethylene oxide)-tethered AuNPs, which showed excellent stability during sol-gel transition and thermal annealing at elevated temperatures. Such synthesis enabled precise control of sizes and loading of AuNPs within the mesoporous TiO2 framework. In light-driven methanol dehydrogenation, the presence of AuNPs significantly enhanced the photocatalytic activity of mTiO2 . This co-template-directed synthesis presents new opportunities to understand the effect of AuNP size in photocatalysis using Au@mTiO2 materials.
  • Authors

  • Liu, Ben
  • Louis, Michael
  • Jin, Lei
  • Li, Gonghu
  • He, Jie
  • Status

    Publication Date

  • July 5, 2018
  • Has Subject Area

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    Keywords

  • co-template directed synthesis
  • gold nanoparticles
  • methanol dehydrogenation
  • photocatalysis
  • titanium dioxide
  • Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Pubmed Id

  • 29700884
  • Start Page

  • 9651
  • End Page

  • 9657
  • Volume

  • 24
  • Issue

  • 38