Size and shape controlled synthesis of rhodium nanoparticles
Linlin Xu,
Danye Liu,
Dong Chen,
Hui Liu,
Jun Yang
Affiliations
Linlin Xu
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
Danye Liu
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
Dong Chen
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Center for Mesoscience, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Hui Liu
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Center for Mesoscience, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Jun Yang
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Center for Mesoscience, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Zhongke Langfang Institute of Process Engineering, Fenghua Road No 1, Langfang Economic & Technical Development Zone, Hebei Province 065001, China; Corresponding author.
Controlling of the size and/or shape of noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs) is crucial to make use of their unique properties and to optimize their performance for a given application. Within the past decades, the development of wet-chemistry methods enables fine tailoring of the size and morphology of NMNPs. We herein devote this review to introduce the wet-chemistry-based methods for the size and shape-controlled synthesis of rhodium (Rh) NPs. We start with a summarization of the wet-chemistry-based approaches developed for producing Rh NPs and then focus on recent fascinating advances in their size- and shape-control in the aspects of kinetic and thermodynamic regimes depending on the synthetic conditions. Then, we use several typical examples to showcase the applications of Rh NPs with tunable sizes and shapes. Finally, we make some perspectives for the further research trends and development of Rh NPs. We hope through this reviewing effort, one can easily understand the technical bases for effectively designing and producing Rh NPs with desired properties.
