Facile synthesis of gold nanorice enclosed by high-index facets and its application for CO oxidation

Yiqun Zheng, Jing Tao, Hongyang Liu, Jie Zeng, Taekyung Yu, Yanyun Ma, Christine Moran, Lijun Wu, Yimei Zhu, Jingyue Liu, Younan Xia

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Abstract

A facile method for generating Au nanorice enclosed by high-index facets in high purity. The nanorice shows much higher catalytic activity for CO oxidation than multiply twinned particles of Au enclosed by {111} facets at temperatures below 300 °C.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2307-2312
Number of pages6
JournalSmall
Volume7
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 22 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CO oxidation
  • gold
  • high-index facets
  • nanocrystals
  • nanorice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomaterials

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