Facile synthesis of gold nanorice enclosed by high-index facets and its application for CO oxidation

Yiqun Zheng; Jing Tao; Hongyang Liu; Jie Zeng; Taekyung Yu; Yanyun Ma; Christine Moran; Lijun Wu; Yimei Zhu; Jingyue Liu; Younan Xia

doi:10.1002/smll.201100106

Facile synthesis of gold nanorice enclosed by high-index facets and its application for CO oxidation

Small. 2011 Aug 22;7(16):2307-12. doi: 10.1002/smll.201100106. Epub 2011 Jun 1.

Authors

Yiqun Zheng¹, Jing Tao, Hongyang Liu, Jie Zeng, Taekyung Yu, Yanyun Ma, Christine Moran, Lijun Wu, Yimei Zhu, Jingyue Liu, Younan Xia

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.

PMID: 21630441
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201100106

Abstract

A facile method for generating Au nanorice enclosed by high-index facets in high purity. The nanorice shows much higher catalytic activity for CO oxidation than multiply twinned particles of Au enclosed by {111} facets at temperatures below 300 °C.

Keywords: CO oxidation; gold; high-index facets; nanocrystals; nanorice.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.