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Tailoring silver nanoclusters via doping: advances and opportunities
Jie Yang1, Runqiang Pang1, Dongpo Song1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Zhenjiang 212003 China yjolah@just.edu.cn.
Nanoscale Advances
|September 22, 2022
Summary
Doping silver nanoclusters (NCs) with other metals precisely tailors their structure and enhances properties. This review covers synthesis methods and the impact of doping on silver nanocluster stability, luminescence, and catalytic activity.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanotechnology
- Chemistry
Background:
- Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters (NCs), particularly gold (Au) and silver (Ag), exhibit unique molecule-like properties.
- Significant advancements have been made in gold nanoclusters (NCs), but the structural and property evolution of silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) requires further investigation.
- Doping is an effective strategy to enhance the physicochemical properties of Ag NCs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize recent advancements in tailoring silver nanocluster (Ag NC) structures and properties through doping.
- To review synthesis strategies for heteroatom-doped silver bimetallic nanoclusters.
- To highlight the influence of doping on the properties and performance of Ag NCs.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent literature on the synthesis of heteroatom-doped silver bimetallic nanoclusters.
- Classification of doped nanoclusters based on dopant elements (Au, Pt, Pd, Cu, Ni, Cd).
- Analysis of doping effects on structural, electronic, and performance characteristics.
Main Results:
- Heteroatom doping, including elements like Au, Pt, Pd, Cu, Ni, and Cd, influences the location of dopant atoms within silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs).
- Doping impacts the stability and charge state evolution of Ag NCs.
- Doping leads to significant improvements in the photo-luminescence (PL) performance and catalytic activity of Ag NCs.
Conclusions:
- Doping is a powerful strategy for precisely controlling the structure and enhancing the properties of silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs).
- Tailoring Ag NCs via doping opens avenues for improved photo-luminescence and catalytic applications.
- Further research into doped Ag NCs is crucial for understanding their structure-property relationships.
