Anisotropic gold nanoparticles: Preparation and applications in catalysis

作     者：Peter Priecel Hammed Adekunle Salami Romen Herrera Padilla Ziyi Zhong Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez Peter Priecel;Hammed Adekunle Salami;Romen Herrera Padilla;Ziyi Zhong;Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez

作者机构：利物浦大学化学系可再生能源斯蒂芬森研究所英国利物浦 新加坡科技研究局(A*STAR)化学与工程科学研究所新加坡裕廊岛627833 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Catalysis》 (催化学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第37卷第10期

页      面：1619-1650页

核心收录：

学科分类：081705[工学-工业催化] 07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the Project from Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES)  Singapore (ICES/15-1G4B01) 

主　　题：Anisotropic metal nanoparticles Gold nanoparticles Gold catalysis Photocatalysis Electrocatalysis Catalytic oxidation Colloidal gold nanoparticles Gold nanorod Gold nanostars Sol immobilisation 

摘      要：Despite the high amount of scientific work dedicated to the gold nanoparticles in catalysis, most of the research has been performed utilising supported nanoparticles obtained by traditional impreg‐nation of gold salts onto a support, co‐precipitation or deposition‐precipitation methods which do not benefit from the recent advances in nanotechnologies. Only more recently, gold catalyst scien‐tists have been exploiting the potential of preforming the metal nanoparticles in a colloidal suspen‐sion before immobilisation with great results in terms of catalytic activity and the morphology con‐trol of mono‐and bimetallic catalysts. On the other hand, the last decade has seen the emergence of more advanced control in gold metal nanoparticle synthesis, resulting in a variety of anisotropic gold nanoparticles with easily accessible new morphologies that offer control over the coordination of surface atoms and the optical properties of the nanoparticles （tunable plasmon band） with im‐mense relevance for catalysis. Such morphologies include nanorods, nanostars, nanoflowers, den‐dritic nanostructures or polyhedral nanoparticles to mention a few. In addition to highlighting newly developed methods and properties of anisotropic gold nanoparticles, in this review we ex‐amine the emerging literature that clearly indicates the often superior catalytic performance and amazing potential of these nanoparticles to transform the field of heterogeneous catalysis by gold by offering potentially higher catalytic performance, control over exposed active sites, robustness and tunability for thermal‐, electro‐and photocatalysis.