尺寸在1–10 nm的金属纳米催化剂广泛地应用于石油化工,精细化学品合成,能源与环境保护等领域.大量研究表明,金属纳米粒子的催化性能与其微观结构,即尺寸、形貌和晶相等密切相关.近年来,对金属纳米粒子的尺寸和形貌效应已经有了较为系统深入的研究,但对晶相效应的研究则较少涉及.这主要是由于介稳晶相的金属纳米粒子在合成过程中或反应条件下极易转化为热力学稳定的晶相结构.根据金属原子密堆积形式,金属纳米粒子的晶相结构主要有立方面心(fcc)、立方体心(bcc)和六方密堆积(hcp)三种晶相;而金属合金由于d带电子存在着多种杂化方式,因而其晶相结构呈现出多样性且与单一金属有很大的不同.金属和合金纳米粒子晶相结构的调控,不仅会改变金属原子的配位环境,调控了其电子分布状态,还可影响反应物和产物的吸附、活化和脱附,进而调变催化性能.首先,我们简要总结了液相合成和固相转变调控金属纳米粒子晶相的原理和方法.纳米粒子的液相合成一般包括前驱体还原成核和晶核生长两个阶段,通过对液相合成条件的优化,尤其是表面活性剂的选择,可有效调控合成过程中的热力学和动力学因素,从而实现金属晶相的可控合成.固相转变则主要是对具有一定晶相结构的纳米粒子于一定气氛和温度条件下进行加热处理,利用金属粒子与活性气体之间(H2,CO等)的化学作用来实现晶相转变.利用上述方法,可以合成出fcc-Co、fcc-Ru、L10-Au Cu等热力学介稳的金属或合金纳米粒子.在此基础之上,我们分别以Co纳米粒子(fcc和hcp晶相)催化FT合成,Fe模型催化剂(fcc和bcc晶相)活化N2和CO,Ru纳米粒子(fcc和hcp晶相)催化CO氧化和氨硼烷水解制氢,Pd纳米粒子(Pd Hx物种)催化加氢等为例分析了晶相对金属纳米粒子催化性能的影响;在合金催化剂方面,以Pt3Co
1. Introduction Metal nanoparticles with the size of 1-10 nm have been widely applied to catalyze chemical reactions in the petro- chemical and fine chemical industries, energy processes, and environmental protection. The general characteristics of these solid catalysts are that the coordinatively unsaturated atoms on their surface act as the active sites and the surface electronic properties and geometrical structure determine the catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability [1-6]. The microstructure of metal nanoparticles is usually given in terms of size, morphology, and crystal phase. The size and morphology effect of metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied [7-16]. However, the impact of the crystal phase was rarely considered, mainly because of the facile transformation of metastable crystal phases to thermodynamically stable ones during the synthesis process or under reaction conditions.