Plasmonic and catalytic AuPd nanowheels for the efficient conversion of light into chemical energy

Xiaoqing Huang; Yongjia Li; Yu Chen; Hailong Zhou; Xiangfeng Duan; Yu Huang

doi:10.1002/anie.201301096

Plasmonic and catalytic AuPd nanowheels for the efficient conversion of light into chemical energy

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jun 3;52(23):6063-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301096. Epub 2013 Apr 24.

Authors

Xiaoqing Huang¹, Yongjia Li, Yu Chen, Hailong Zhou, Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

PMID: 23616428
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301096

Abstract

Reinventing the wheel: Bimetallic AuPd nanowheels, a freestanding form of 2D AuPd nanostructures, were synthesized in a one-pot process. The well-defined and tunable surface plasmon resonance displayed by these nanowheels was exploited in a unique catalytic process in which light energy was used to drive catalytic reactions, such as the Suzuki coupling, with much higher efficiency than that of the conventional heating process.