Abstract
Simultaneous citrate reduction of various ratios of silver and platinum ions leads to the formation of core-shell nanostructured bimetallics (BM). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction XRD data of the BMs depicted crystalline core-shell nanoparticles consisting of Ag core and Pt shell with an average size of 22.2 nm in contrast to the Pt NPs and Ag NPs monometallics average sizes of 2.5 and 60.0 nm respectively. Tauc’s calculated optical band gaps ranged from 3.55 to 4.02 eV while the electrochemical based on Breda’s equation had a range of 1.45 to 1.80 eV. These band gaps range variation maybe due to inter atomic interaction, morphology and quantum confinement. Generally, bimetallics had higher band gaps relative to monometallics. The Ag: Pt ratio of 3:1 had the highest optical band gap and the smallest particle size. While the ratio of 1:3 had the highest electrochemical band gap as well as the largest particle size among the BMs. Suggesting band gap dependence on amount of Ag and Pt for optical and electrochemical respectively. Key words: Optical, electrochemical, band gaps, bimetallic, nanoparticles.
Highlights
The design and synthesis of bimetallic nanomaterials (BM) have received considerable interest because of their myriad properties and applications in optics, magnetism, catalysis, and others, due to their high tenability and superior features compared with those of their monometallic counterparts (Chen et al, 2011)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction XRD data of the BMs depicted crystalline core -shell nanoparticles consisting of Ag core and Pt shell with an average size of 22.2 nm in contrast to the Pt NPs and Ag NPs monometallics average sizes of 2.5 and 60.0 nm respectively
The core-shell structure of the bimetallic Ag-Pt nanoparticles was depicted by TEM images and XRD
Summary
Tauc’s calculated optical band gaps ranged from 3.55 to 4.02 eV while the electrochemical based on Breda’s equation had a range of 1.45 to 1.80 eV. These band gaps range variation maybe due to inter atomic interaction, morphology and quantum confinement. Bimetallics had higher band gaps relative to monometallics. The Ag: Pt ratio of 3:1 had the highest optical band gap and the smallest particle size. While the ratio of 1:3 had the highest electrochemical band gap as well as the largest particle size among the BMs. Suggesting band gap dependence on amount of Ag and Pt for optical and electrochemical respectively
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