期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 5, 期 12, 页码 5709-5716出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am4011226
关键词
hollow Au nanostructures; stepwise reduction; gemini surfactant; template; electrocatalytic oxidation
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21025313, 21021003]
A novel synthetic approach was developed for creating versatile hollow Au nanostructures by stepwise reductions of Au-III upon the use of cationic gemini surfactant hexamethylene-1,6-bis(dodecyl dimethylammonium bromide) (C12C6C12Br2) as a template agent. It was observed that the Au-I ions obtained from the reduction of Au-III by ascorbic acid can assist the gemini surfactant to form vesicles, capsule-like, and tube-like aggregates that subsequently act as soft templates for hollow Au nanostructures upon further reduction of Au-I to Au-0 by NaBH4. It was demonstrated that the combination of C12C6C12Br2 and Au-I plays a key role in regulating the structure of the hollow precursors not only because C12C6C12Br2 has a stronger aggregation ability in comparison with its single chain counterpart but also because the electrostatic repulsion between head groups of C12C6C12Br2 is greatly weakened after Au-III is converted to Au-I, which is in favor of the construction of vesicles, capsule-like, and tube-like aggregates. Compared with solid Au nanospheres, the resultant hollow nanostructures exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activities in methanol oxidation, following the order of elongated nanocapsule > nanocapsule > nanosphere. Benefiting from balanced interactions between the gemini surfactant and Au-I, this soft-template method may present a facile and versatile approach for the controlled synthesis of Au nanostructures potentially useful for fuel cells and other Au nanodevices.
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