Reduction of carbon dioxide during the synthesis of metal nano-particles in water

Irena Rusonik; Hurriyet Polat; Haim Cohen; Dan Meyerstein

doi:10.1016/S1387-7003(03)00247-8

Reduction of carbon dioxide during the synthesis of metal nano-particles in water

Irena Rusonik
, Hurriyet Polat
, Haim Cohen
, Dan Meyerstein

Department of Chemistry

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Abstract

An effort was made to synthesize "carbon-free" metal (Fe ⁰, Co⁰, Ni⁰) nano-particles via the reduction of their salts with BH₄^- in aqueous solutions. Surprisingly it was found that when the synthesis is carried out in the presence of CO₂, e.g., in aerated solutions, the CO₂ is catalytically reduced by BH₄^- on the surface of the metal particles. Carbon-free metals can be prepared by reduction under an inert atmosphere. Thus metal surfaces might have acted as catalysts for CO ₂ fixation, probably via the initial formation of carbon clusters, in the reductive atmosphere in the prebiotic era.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1266-1268
Number of pages	3
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume	6
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-7003(03)00247-8
State	Published - 1 Sep 2003

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Keywords

Carbon dioxide
Metal nano-particles
Reduction
Sodium borohydride

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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