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Green "planting" nanostructured single crystal silver.


ABSTRACT: Design and fabrication of noble metal nanocrystals have attracted much attention due to their wide applications in catalysis, optical detection and biomedicine. However, it still remains a challenge to scale-up the production in a high-quality, low-cost and eco-friendly way. Here we show that single crystalline silver nanobelts grow abundantly on the surface of biomass-derived monolithic activated carbon (MAC), using [Ag(NH?)?]NO? aqueous solution only. By varying the [Ag(NH?)?]NO? concentration, silver nanoplates or nanoflowers can also be selectively obtained. The silver growth was illustrated using a galvanic-cell mechanism. The lowering of cell potential via using [Ag(NH?)?]? precursor, together with the AgCl crystalline seed initiation, and the releasing of OH? in the reaction process, create a stable environment for the self-compensatory growth of silver nanocrystals. Our work revealed the great versatility of a new type of template-directed galvanic-cell reaction for the controlled growth of noble metal nanocrystals.

SUBMITTER: Zhao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3604711 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Design and fabrication of noble metal nanocrystals have attracted much attention due to their wide applications in catalysis, optical detection and biomedicine. However, it still remains a challenge to scale-up the production in a high-quality, low-cost and eco-friendly way. Here we show that single crystalline silver nanobelts grow abundantly on the surface of biomass-derived monolithic activated carbon (MAC), using [Ag(NH₃)₂]NO₃ aqueous solution only. By varying the [Ag(NH₃)₂]NO₃ concentration  ...[more]

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