Optimized reduction conditions for the microfluidic synthesis of 1.3 ± 0.3 nm Pt clusters
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Recently, small (<2 nm) and monodispersed Pt clusters has gained much attention due to their high catalytic activity in the aerobic oxidations. However, the chemical synthesis of small Pt clusters is not trivial; high temperature is often required to completely reduce the Pt 4+/2+ ions to Pt 0 , which accelerates the growth of the Pt clusters. Here, we discussed a very simple microfluidic reduction of Pt 4+ to Pt 0 by NaBH 4 in the presence of PVP that produces <2 nm Pt clusters in any variable reduction conditions. The microfluidic reduction conditions were optimized for the synthesis of possible smallest Pt clusters in terms of five reaction parameters: (1) temperature, (2) concentration of H 2 PtCl 6 , (3) molar ratio of NaBH 4 to Pt 4+ ions, (4) molar ratio of PVP-monomer to Pt 4+ ions, and (5) molecular weight/chain length of PVP. We found that possible smallest particles with average diameter 1.3 ± 0.3 nm were produced when aqueous solutions of H 2 PtCl 6 (4 mM) and NaBH 4 (40 mM) containing PVP (160 mM) were injected into the micromixer placed in an icebath at a flow rate of 200 mL/h. The produced particles were characterized by UV–visible absorption spectrophotometry, powder X-ray diffractometry and transmission electron microscopy.
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