Sorption‐Determined Deposition of Platinum on Well‐Defined Platelike WO3
- 23 July 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
- Vol. 53 (46), 12476-12479
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201405274
Abstract
The photodeposition of Pt nanoparticles from [PtCl6]2− on platelike WO3 crystals occurs preferentially on the small, subordinate facets. Rather than the often-used explanation of preferred light-induced charge migration, we propose that this phenomenon is due to differences in the intrinsic surface charges of WO3 facets exposed to water; thus, the dark sorption of [PtCl6]2− on positively charged facets/edges is preferred. This conclusion is based on 1) (dark) impregnation studies, which showed Pt deposition to also be facet-specific, and 2) aqueous-phase AFM studies, which suggest intrinsic surface charges to be in agreement with sorption-based Pt distributions.Keywords
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