Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles

Abstract

According to the Creative Commons Attribution License, open access articles such as this one may be freely used, distributed, and reproduced in any form as long as the original work is properly attributed. A normal calcination step in catalyst synthesis is avoided from this process. A platinum nanoparticle nanocomposite was discovered using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with an average particle size of 2.2 nm–0.6 nm. It was found that 63% of the Pt and 37% of the PtO were found in the XPS investigations.