One-dimensional plasmonic nano-photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity

Simona E. Hunyadi Murph

doi:10.1117/12.893029

19 September 2011 One-dimensional plasmonic nano-photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity

Simona E. Hunyadi Murph

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Proceedings Volume 8109, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology VI; 81090T (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893029
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This study describes a simple two-step approach to coat gold nanorods with a silica/titania shell. Gold nanorods with an aspect ratio of 2.5 (L=48±2 and d=19±1) are synthesized by a silver-seed mediated growth approach according to our previously reported procedure (Hunyadi Murph ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1064, Chapter 8, 2011, 127-163 and reference herein). Gold nanorods are grown on pre-formed gold nano-seeds in the presence of surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and a small amount of silver ions. A bifunctional linker molecule which has a thiol group at one end and a silane group at the other is used to derivatize gold nanorods. The silane group is subsequently reacted with both sodium silicate and titanium isopropoxide to a silica/titania shell around the gold nanorods. By fine tuning the reaction conditions, the silica/titania shell thickness can be controlled from ~5 to ~40nm. The resulting nanomaterials are stable, amenable to scale up and can be isolated without core aggregation or decomposition. These new materials have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, UV-Vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering analysis. Photocatalytic activity of Au-silica/titania nanomaterials under visible and UV illumination is measured via degradation of a model dye, methyl orange (MO) under visible and UV illumination. The results indicate a 3 fold improvement in the photocatalytic decomposition rate of MO under visible illumination vs. UV illumination.

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Simona E. Hunyadi Murph "One-dimensional plasmonic nano-photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity", Proc. SPIE 8109, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology VI, 81090T (19 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893029

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