Immobilizing metal nanoparticles to metal-organic frameworks with size and location control for optimizing catalytic performance

J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Jul 17;135(28):10210-3. doi: 10.1021/ja403330m. Epub 2013 Jul 2.

Abstract

AuNi alloy nanoparticles were successfully immobilized to MIL-101 with size and location control for the first time by double solvents method (DSM) combined with a liquid-phase concentration-controlled reduction strategy. When an overwhelming reduction approach was employed, the uniform 3D distribution of the ultrafine AuNi nanoparticles (NPs) encapsulated in the pores of MIL-101 was achieved, as demonstrated by TEM and electron tomographic measurements, which brings light to new opportunities in the fabrication of ultrafine non-noble metal-based NPs throughout the interior pores of MOFs. The ultrafine AuNi alloy NPs inside the mesoporous MIL-101 exerted exceedingly high activity for hydrogen generation from the catalytic hydrolysis of ammonia borane.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Gold
  • Nickel