在水溶液中用抗坏血酸还原三水合氯化铑得到了形状较均一的聚集态铑纳米粒子.高分辨扫描透射电镜结果显示,该聚集态铑纳米粒子尺寸约为20nm,是由数十个平均粒径为4nm的小纳米粒子聚集构成.将聚集态铑纳米粒子分散到玻碳电极表面上,进行了电化学和表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)表征.以CO作为探针分子的SERS实验结果显示该聚集态的铑纳米粒子具有较高的SERS活性,并且聚集态铑纳米粒子的电子性质与粗糙Rh电极存在差异.
Aggregated rhodium nanoparticles were synthesized by the reduction of RhCl3 · 3H2O with ascorbic acid in aqueous solution. The TEM images show that these aggregated rhodium nanoparticles, formed by a few tens of 4 nm nanoparticles, have a spherical shape with a total diameter of 20 nm. The particles were disposed on a cleaned glass carbon (GC) electrode then characterized by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and electrochemical technique. Using CO as a probe molecule,we observed that the aggregated Rh nanoparticles exhibit high SERS activity. Moreover, the spectral feature indicates that the electronic property of the aggregated Rh nanoparticles could be different from that of normal Rh electrodes.