The Chemical Properties of Hydrogen Atoms Adsorbed on M0-Nanoparticles Suspended in Aqueous Solutions: The Case of Ag0-NPs and Au0-NPs Reduced by BD4

Alina Sermiagin, Dan Meyerstein, Ronen Bar-Ziv, Tomer Zidki

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Abstract

The nature of H-atoms adsorbed on M0-nanoparticles is of major importance in many catalyzed reduction processes. Using isotope labeling, we determined that hydrogen evolution from transient {(M0-NP)-Hn}n− proceeds mainly via the Heyrovsky mechanism when n is large (i.e., the hydrogens behave as hydrides) but mainly via the Tafel mechanism when n is small (i.e., the hydrogens behave as atoms). Additionally, the relative contributions of the two mechanisms differ considerably for M=Au and Ag. The results are analogous to those recently reported for the M0-NP-catalyzed de-halogenation processes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)16525-16528
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • hydrogen evolution
  • isotopic labeling
  • nanoparticles
  • reduction mechanism
  • sodium borohydride

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • Catalysis

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