Abstract
Pd 70Ag 30 alloy nanoparticles were prepared using three different reducing agents at various pH values. The composition homogeneity inside the alloy nanoparticles was tuned by the reduction conditions. The surface segregation and homogenization during heating was then studied. Alloy nanoparticles with the smallest size and the highest homogeneity were prepared by the strongest reducing agent NaBH 4, and the change of surface composition after heating was the smallest. The surface segregation of Ag was small and the sintering was retarded by the high concentration of surface Pd or by the residual B from the reducing agent. There was significant surface segregation of Ag and sintering after heating for the alloy nanoparticles prepared by HCHO, where a higher concentration gradient existed inside the nanoparticles. The reducing capability of N 2H 4 was in between those of HCHO and NaBH 4 and the behavior of nanoparticles prepared by N 2H 4 also exhibited a behavior between those of the other two samples.
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