Ag Nanoparticle-Induced Oxidative Dimerization of Thiophenols : Efficiency and Mechanism

By oxidation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in two ways: thermal oxidation (TO) in molecular oxygen and cool oxidation in oxygen plasma (i.e., oxygen plasma irradiation, OPI), the efficiency and mechanism of visible light-induced selective transformation of 4-aminothiophenol (PATP) to 4,4'-dim...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 34(2018), 38 vom: 25. Sept., Seite 11347-11353
1. Verfasser: Li, Huanhuan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Si, Mengting, Liu, Lihua, Chu, Xiangqian, Wang, Shuai, Wan, Lei, Yan, Rong, Sun, Mengtao, Fang, Yingcui
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Zusammenfassung:By oxidation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in two ways: thermal oxidation (TO) in molecular oxygen and cool oxidation in oxygen plasma (i.e., oxygen plasma irradiation, OPI), the efficiency and mechanism of visible light-induced selective transformation of 4-aminothiophenol (PATP) to 4,4'-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB) on the surface of AgNPs was explored. On the basis of the evolution of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrum of PATP (10-5 M in ethanol) with the oxidation time, it can be concluded that OPI could improve the selective transformation efficiency (η) effectively, by 87 times for only 2 s; whereas TO could improve η conditionally, increasing at first and then decreasing gradually to zero. The results imply that silver oxide is not the root cause of the increased η. Combined with the results of SERS of oxygen species on the surface of AgNPs processed by the above-mentioned two ways, superoxide (O2-) and electrophilic oxygen atoms (O-) are suggested to be responsible for this selective transformation. Our study deepens the understanding of the mechanism of plasmonic photocatalysis and the role of silver oxide in selection transformation of organic molecules
Beschreibung:Date Completed 26.11.2018
Date Revised 26.11.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02068