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ArticleNanoscale advances2022

Ag@Au bimetallic nanoparticles: an easy and highly reproducible synthetic approach for photocatalysis.

Esteban Urzúa, Fernando Gonzalez-Torres, Valentina Beltrán, Pablo Barrias, Sebastian Bonardd, A M R Ramírez, Manuel Ahumada

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Article in Nanoscale advances, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Esteban UrzúaCentro de Nanotecnología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba Santiago RM Chile manuel.ahumada@umayor.cl.
Fernando Gonzalez-TorresEscuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba Santiago RM Chile.
Valentina BeltránEscuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba Santiago RM Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-7294
Pablo BarriasLaboratorio de Cinética y Fotoquímica, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3360 Santiago RM Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-4436
Sebastian BonarddDepartmento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de La Laguna Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 3 La Laguna 38206 Tenerife Spain.
A M R RamírezCentro de Nanotecnología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba Santiago RM Chile manuel.ahumada@umayor.cl.
Manuel AhumadaCentro de Nanotecnología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba Santiago RM Chile manuel.ahumada@umayor.cl.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-3296

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An Ag@Au bimetallic nanoparticle (BNP) formulation was developed in this work. The proposed formulation was developed using photochemical and chemical methods and non-toxic reagents, showing high reproducibility and homogeneity. The synthesized BNPs have an average size of 7 nm, a core-shell-like structure (silver core and gold shell), high colloidal and long-term stability, and superior catalytic activity under darkness and white light irradiation conditions when evaluating the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenolate, with respect to the monometallic Ag and Au counterparts. Furthermore, BNP concentrations as low as 2 nM were required to reach 100% conversions in less than 30 minutes. Therefore, considering future applications, the high surface-to-volume ratio of the prepared BNPs coupled with their well-defined optical properties makes them a great candidate for developing heterogeneous catalyzer materials to be applicable under sunlight as an environmentally friendly catalytic system.

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PMCPMC9642353

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