Fabrication and electrochemical application of three-dimensional gold nanoparticles: Self-assembly

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作者
Abdelrahman, AI [1 ]
Mohammad, AM [1 ]
Okajima, T [1 ]
Ohsaka, T [1 ]
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[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Interdisciplinary Grad Sch Sci & Engn, Dept Elect Chem, Midori Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
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10.1021/jp056238x
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Multilayers film of nanostructured citrate-stabilized gold particles (AuNPs) has been fabricated based on the layer-by-layer (LBL) technique using a self-assembled monolayer of 1,4-benzenedimethanethiol (BDMT). The formation of AuNPs and BDMT self-assemblies as alternative multilayers was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). The formation of uniform AuNP layers with an average monolayer thickness of 5-6 nm was obvious in the TEM images. The existence of BDMT molecules as cross linkers for the AuNPs' layers was proved by XPS measurements. The greater affinity of AuNPs' layers to bind BDMT molecules in comparison with the bare Au bulk electrode was revealed by QCM measurements. Electrochemically, the AuNPs' layers on the electrode surface did not only catalyze the reduction of oxygen (ca. 100-mV positive shift of the reduction peak potential compared with that at the bare An bulk electrode) but also showed a fascinating nature of working as a renewed activated-electrode surface; a zigzag response was observed for oxygen reduction during alternative immobilization of BDMT and the AuNP layer. The self-assembly of a new AuNPs layer restored the catalytic activity that was entirely blocked by the preceding BDMT layer.
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