Hollow metal nanoparticle, catalyst including same, and method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017128915-A1
Application number	US-201515320934-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 8, 2015
Priority date	Sep 24, 2014
Publication date	May 11, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present specification relates to hollow metal nanoparticles, a catalyst including the same, and a method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles.

First claim

1 . A method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles comprising:
1) preparing a composition including two or more types of metal salts, one or more types of ionic surfactants, a surface stabilizer and a solvent under air atmosphere; and 2) adding a reducing agent to the composition under air atmosphere.

2 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , wherein the step 1) includes,
preparing a composition by adding two or more types of metal salts, one or more types of ionic surfactants and a surface stabilizer to a solvent; and forming core-shell nanoparticles by the one or more types of ionic surfactants forming a core in the solvent, and a metal ion of the metal salt forming a shell on the core surface, through stirring the composition.

3 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 2 , wherein the metal salt includes a first metal salt and a second metal salt, and
the metal ion includes a first metal ion or an atomic group ion including a first metal ion dissociated from the first metal salt; and a second metal ion or an atomic group ion including a second metal ion dissociated from the second metal salt, wherein the first metal ion or the atomic group ion including the first metal ion, and the second metal ion or the atomic group ion including the second metal ion have charges opposite to each other.

4 . (canceled)

5 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 3 , wherein the forming of core-shell nanoparticles includes,
the one or more types of ionic surfactants forming a core; the first metal ion or the atomic group ion including the first metal ion having a charge opposite to a charge of the ionic surfactant forming a first shell on the core surface; and the second metal ion or the atomic group ion including the second metal ion having the same charge as the ionic surfactant forming a second shell on the first shell.

6 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 2 wherein the step 2) includes
adding a reducing agent to the composition; and
forming hollow metal nanoparticles by the reducing agent reducing metal ions of the shell to metals and the ionic surfactant melting and coming out of core-shell nanoparticles.

7 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , comprising:
preparing a composition by adding two or more types of metal salts, one or more types of ionic surfactants and a surface stabilizer to a solvent; the one or more types of ionic surfactants forming a core in the solvent by stirring the composition; a first metal ion or an atomic group ion including a first metal ion having a charge opposite to a charge of the ionic surfactant forming a first shell on a surface of the core; a second metal ion or an atomic group ion including a second metal ion having the same charge as the ionic surfactant forming a second shell on the first shell; adding a reducing agent to the composition; and forming hollow metal nanoparticles by the reducing agent reducing the first metal ion and the second metal ion to a first metal and a second metal, respectively, and the one or more types of ionic surfactants and the first metal melting and coming out of core-shell nanoparticles.

8 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , wherein a stirring time of the step 2) is two hours or less.

9 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , wherein the metal salt includes a first metal salt and a second metal salt, the first metal salt and the second metal salt include metal ions that are different from each other, and
the first metal salt and the second metal salt each independently include an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt); ruthenium (Ru); rhodium (Rh); molybdenum (Mo); osmium (Os); iridium (Ir); rhenium (Re); palladium (Pd); vanadium (V); tungsten (W); cobalt (Co); iron (Fe); selenium (Se); nickel (Ni); bismuth (Bi); tin (Sn); chromium (Cr); titanium (Ti); gold (Au); cerium (Ce); silver (Ag); and copper (Cu).

10 - 11 . (canceled)

12 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 9 , wherein the first metal salt includes a nickel ion, and the second metal salt includes a platinum ion.

13 - 14 . (canceled)

15 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , wherein the reducing agent includes at least one of sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ), hydrazine (NH 2 NH 2 ), lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH 4 ) and lithium triethylborohydride (LiBEt 3 H).

16 . The method for manufacturing hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 1 , wherein the surface stabilizer includes at least one of disodium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, disodium citrate, and trisodium citrate.

17 - 25 . (canceled)

26 . Hollow metal nanoparticles comprising:
a hollow core portion; a shell portion including a first metal and a second metal; and a cavity formed from an outer surface of the shell portion to the hollow core, wherein a ratio of the first metal content and the second metal content in the shell portion is 1:3 or more and 1:20 or less.

27 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , which an average diameter of the hollow metal nanoparticles is 4 nm or more and 30 nm or less.

28 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein an average diameter of the cavity is 30% or more and 90% or less of an average diameter of the hollow metal nanoparticles.

29 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein a thickness of the shell portion is 1 nm or more and 3 nm or less.

30 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein particle diameters of the hollow metal nanoparticles are in a range of 80% to 120% of an average diameter of the hollow metal nanoparticles.

31 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein a volume of the hollow core is 80 vol % or more based on a total volume of the hollow metal nanoparticles.

32 . (canceled)

33 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein the first metal and the second metal are different from each other, and the first metal and the second metal are each independently selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt); ruthenium (Ru); rhodium (Rh); molybdenum (Mo); osmium (Os); iridium (Ir); rhenium (Re); palladium (Pd); vanadium (V); tungsten (W); cobalt (Co); iron (Fe); selenium (Se); nickel (Ni); bismuth (Bi); tin (Sn); chromium (Cr); titanium (Ti); gold (Au); cerium (Ce); silver (Ag); and copper (Cu).

34 - 35 . (canceled)

36 . The hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 , wherein the first metal is nickel, and the second metal is platinum.

37 . A catalyst comprising the hollow metal nanoparticles of claim 26 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Bang Jungup
• Hwang Gyo Hyun
• Cho Jun Yeon
• Kim Sang Hoon
• Kim Kwanghyun
• Choi Ran

Classifications

• B01J2235/00

  Indexing scheme associated with group B01J35/00, related to the analysis techniques used to determine the catalysts form or properties · CPC title

• B01J35/52

  Hollow spheres · CPC title

• B01J2235/15

  X-ray diffraction · CPC title

• B01J2235/30

  Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy · CPC title

• B01J35/45

  Nanoparticles · CPC title