Controlled metal nanomaterials for catalysis applications

• Grant number: 13/19861-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: March 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Henrique Cury Camargo
• Grantee: Pedro Henrique Cury Camargo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 15/50010-8 - Direct serine synthesis from glycerol derivate: looking for bimetallic synergy, AP.R SPRINT; 14/50298-9 - Real time elemental imaging of highly controlled nanoparticle synthesis and degradation, AP.R

Abstract

This proposal focuses on the development of facile, versatile and environmentally friendly methodologies for obtaining bimetallic and trimetallic nanomaterials displaying well-defined and controllable size, shape, composition, structure (solid or hollow interiors) and architecture (nanodendrites and core-shell systems). Specifically, we will focus on three classes of materials: i) trimetallic nanoshells composed of Ag-PtAu, Ag-PdAu, and Ag-PdPt; ii) Ag-M and Au-M nanodendrites, where M = Pd, Pt, Rh, and Au; and iii) Ag-M and Au-M core-shell systems. While the trimetallic nanoshells will be produced by a galvanic replacement approach, the nanodendrites and core-shell systems will be obtained through seeded growth. Then, bimetallic nanoshells composed of Ag-Au, Ag-Pd and Ag-Pt (developed in our last FAPESP project) as well as the materials described in i), ii) and iii) will be employed as heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of model reactions relevant in the context of chemical synthesis. In particular, we will focus on the hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol, three-component coupling via C-H activation, Suzuki coupling, and oxidation of benzyl alcohol and terpenes. As the nanomaterials produced in this project will have well controlled features, this will enable the systematic investigation of how the catalytic activities (percentages of conversion and selectivity) are dependent upon the physicochemical parameters that define the nanomaterial such as size, composition, structure and architecture. In a last stage of this proposal, we plan to initiate studies on the use of the developed nanomaterials in plasmon enhanced catalytic processes. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; CORREIA, VALQUIRIO G.; ALVES, TIAGO V.; ALVES, RAFAEL S.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; ORNELLAS, FERNANDO R.; WANG, JIALE; ANDRADE, LEANDRO H.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Plasmonic Nanorattles as Next-Generation Catalysts for Surface Plasmon Resonance-Mediated Oxidations Promoted by Activated Oxygen. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, v. 55, n. 25, p. 7111-7115, JUN 13 2016. (15/21366-9, 13/19861-6)

WANG, JIALE; CHEN, PEIXUAN; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Surface diffusion versus atomic addition: using temperature to maneuver the morphology of Pd nanostructures by seeded-growth. JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, v. 16, n. 12, DEC 2014. (13/05709-8, 13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; WANG, JIALE; YAMADA, LILIAM K.; ALVES, TIAGO V.; ORNELLAS, FERNANDO R.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. The Fault in Their Shapes: Investigating the Surface-Plasmon-Resonance-Mediated Catalytic Activities of Silver Quasi-Spheres, Cubes, Triangular Prisms, and Wires. Langmuir, v. 31, n. 37, p. 10272-10278, SEP 22 2015. (13/19861-6)

WANG, JIALE; ANDO, ROMULO A.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Controlling the Selectivity of the Surface Plasmon Resonance Mediated Oxidation of p-Aminothiophenol on Au Nanoparticles by Charge Transfer from UV-excited TiO2. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, v. 54, n. 23, p. 6909-6912, JUN 1 2015. (13/05709-8, 13/19861-6)

DOS REIS, FLAVIA V. E.; ANTONIN, VANESSA S.; HAMMER, PETER; SANTOS, MAURO C.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Carbon-supported TiO2-Au hybrids as catalysts for the electrogeneration of hydrogen peroxide: Investigating the effect of TiO2 shape. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, v. 326, p. 100-106, JUN 2015. (11/21656-6, 13/19861-6)

RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; GONCALVES, MARIANA C.; FAJARDO, HUMBERTO V.; BALZER, ROSANA; PROBST, LUIZ F. D.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. AgPt Hollow Nanodendrites: Synthesis and Uniform Dispersion over SiO2 Support for Catalytic Applications. HEMNANOMA, v. 1, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2015-05-01. (13/19861-6)

RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; GONCALVES, MARIANA C.; FAJARDO, HUMBERTO V.; BALZER, ROSANA; PROBST, LUIZ F. D.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. AgPt Hollow Nanodendrites: Synthesis and Uniform Dispersion over SiO2 Support for Catalytic Applications. CHEMNANOMAT, v. 1, n. 1, p. 46-51, MAY 2015. (13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; SLATER, THOMAS J. A.; LEWIS, EDWARD A.; ALVES, RAFAEL S.; FAJARDO, HUMBERTO V.; BALZER, ROSANA; DA SILVA, ALISSON H. M.; DE FREITAS, ISABEL C.; OLIVEIRA, DANIELA C.; et al. Controlling Size, Morphology, and Surface Composition of AgAu Nanodendrites in 15 s for Improved Environmental Catalysis under Low Metal Loadings. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 7, n. 46, p. 25624-25632, NOV 25 2015. (13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; MACEDO, ALEXANDRA; DA SILVA, RAFAEL T. P.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. An undergraduate level experiment on the synthesis of Au nanoparticles and their size-dependent optical and catalytic properties. Química Nova, v. 37, n. 10, p. 1716+, 2014. (13/19861-6)

WANG, JIALE; TRINDADE, FABIANE J.; DE AQUINO, CAROLINE B.; PIERETTI, JOANA C.; DOMINGUES, SERGIO H.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Probing the Catalytic Activity of Reduced Graphene Oxide Decorated with Au Nanoparticles Triggered by Visible Light. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, v. 21, n. 27, p. 9889-9894, JUN 26 2015. (13/05709-8, 12/50259-8, 13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; LEWIS, EDWARD A.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; SLATER, THOMAS J. A.; ALVES, RAFAEL S.; HAIGH, SARAH J.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Surface Segregated AgAu Tadpole-Shaped Nanoparticles Synthesized Via a Single Step Combined Galvanic and Citrate Reduction Reaction. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, v. 21, n. 35, p. 12314-12320, AUG 24 2015. (13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; DE SOUZA, MICHELE L.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; ALVES, RAFAEL S.; TEMPERINI, MARCIA L. A.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Rapid Synthesis of Hollow Ag-Au Nanodendrites in 15 Seconds by Combining Galvanic Replacement and Precursor Reduction Reactions. CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, v. 20, n. 46, p. 15040-15046, NOV 10 2014. (12/13119-3, 13/10831-7, 13/19861-6)

WANG, J. L.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Investigating the Plasmon-Mediated Catalytic Activity of AgAu Nanoparticles as a Function of Composition: Are Two Metals Better than One?. ACS CATALYSIS, v. 4, n. 11, p. 3815-3819, NOV 2014. (13/05709-8, 13/19861-6)

LEWIS, E. A.; SLATER, T. J. A.; PRESTAT, E.; MACEDO, A.; O'BRIEN, P.; CAMARGO, P. H. C.; HAIGH, S. J.. Real-time imaging and elemental mapping of AgAu nanoparticle transformations. NANOSCALE, v. 6, n. 22, p. 13598-13605, NOV 2014. (13/19861-6)

SLATER, THOMAS J. A.; MACEDO, ALEXANDRA; SCHROEDER, SVEN L. M.; BURKE, M. GRACE; O'BRIEN, PAUL; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.; HAIGH, SARAH J.. Correlating Catalytic Activity of Ag-Au Nanoparticles with 3D Compositional Variations. Nano Letters, v. 14, n. 4, p. 1921-1926, APR 2014. (11/06847-0, 13/19861-6)

CARDOSO, MARIANA B. T.; LEWIS, EDWARD; CASTRO, POLLYANA S.; DANTAS, LUIZA M. F.; DE OLIVEIRA, CAIO C. S.; BERTOTTI, MAURO; HAIGH, SARAH J.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. A Facile Strategy to Support Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes, Employing Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Surface Modifier. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, v. 2014, n. 9, p. 1439-1445, MAR 2014. (11/06847-0, 13/19861-6)

DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; TAGUCHI, LAIS S. K.; FAJARDO, HUMBERTO V.; BALZER, ROSANA; PROBST, LUIZ F. D.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Pd-based nanoflowers catalysts: controlling size, composition, and structures for the 4-nitrophenol reduction and BTX oxidation reactions. Journal of Materials Science, v. 51, n. 1, p. 603-614, JAN 2016. (13/19861-6)

RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; DE MOURA, ARTHUR B. L.; FREITAS, ISABELLA G.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Rational design of plasmonic catalysts: matching the surface plasmon resonance with lamp emission spectra for improved performance in AgAu nanorings. RSC ADVANCES, v. 6, n. 67, p. 62286-62290, 2016. (15/21366-9, 13/19861-6)

YAMADA, LILIAM K.; DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; HAIGH, SARAH J.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Bimetallic Au@Pd-Au Tadpole-Shaped Asymmetric Nanostructures by a Combination of Precursor Reduction and Ostwald Ripening. CHEMNANOMAT, v. 2, n. 6, p. 509-514, JUN 2016. (15/21366-9, 13/19861-6)

WANG, JIALE; ALVES, TIAGO V.; TRINDADE, FABIANE J.; DE AQUINO, CAROLINE B.; PIERETTI, JOANA C.; DOMINGUES, SERGIO H.; ANDO, ROMULO A.; ORNELLAS, FERNANDO R.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Theoretical Design and Experimental Realization of Quasi Single Electron Enhancement in Plasmonic Catalysis. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, v. 54, n. 48, p. 14427-14431, NOV 23 2015. (13/05709-8, 13/07377-2, 12/50259-8, 13/19861-6)

RODRIGUES, THENNER S.; DA SILVA, ANDERSON G. M.; MACEDO, ALEXANDRA; FARINI, BRUNA W.; ALVES, RAFAEL DA S.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Probing the catalytic activity of bimetallic versus trimetallic nanoshells. Journal of Materials Science, v. 50, n. 16, p. 5620-5629, AUG 2015. (13/19861-6)

AL-OTAIFY, ALI; LEONTIADOU, MARINA A.; DOS REIS, FLAVIA V. E.; DAMATO, TATIANA C.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.; BINKS, DAVID J.. Size dependence of ultrafast charge dynamics in monodisperse Au nanoparticles supported on TiO2 colloidal spheres. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 16, n. 27, p. 14189-14194, 2014. (13/19861-6)