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Method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles

a technology of noble metal and fine particles, which is applied in the field of noble metal fine particle manufacturing, can solve the problems of unduly large particle diameter of obtained noble metal particles, inability to achieve uniform composition, and inability to improve crystallinity and purity of noble metal particles, etc., and achieves easy control and high crystallinity and purity. high

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-15
YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL
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"The present invention provides a method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles with easy control over particle size, alloy composition, crystallinity, and purity. The method involves a molten mixture containing a noble metal chloride, which is obtained by insufflating chlorine gas into a mixture of a molten salt of an alkali metal chloride and a noble metal. This results in a more stable and pure noble metal fine particle product. The method also involves adding an alkali metal carbonate to the molten mixture to precipitate the noble metal oxide fine particles, which can then be heated and treated with acid to obtain the final product. The method is particularly useful for manufacturing noble metal fine particles of rhodium, platinum, and palladium."

Problems solved by technology

However, in any of the above methods, the obtained noble metal particles have an unduly large particle diameter because noble metal compound particles have a large particle diameter.
In addition, in any of the above methods, improvements in the crystallinity and the purity of the noble metal particles cannot be expected because the crystallinity and the purity of the noble metal particles depend on the crystallinity and the purity of the noble metal compound particles.
Further, noble metal alloy particles obtained from the mixture powder of two or more types of noble metal compound particles tend to have a non-uniform composition in each particle, and the uniformity of the composition cannot be obtained by any of the above methods.
However, in the manufacturing methods, it is possible to manufacture noble metal nanoparticles with a size of 100 nm or smaller, but it is difficult to manufacture alloy fine particles with a relatively large size of 100 nm or greater.

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[0057]3 g of metal Rh powder and a 35 mol % NaCl-65 mol % CsCl mixture were mixed in a weight ratio of 1:10. After the mixture was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas to obtain a molten salt mixture containing the Rh powder, chlorine gas was insufflated into the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 3 times of the equivalent amount of the Rh powder while the molten salt mixture was maintained at 650° C., to generate an Rh chloride.

[0058]Next, the molten salt mixture containing the Rh chloride was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas. Then, while the molten salt mixture was maintained at 650° C., Na2CO3 was added to the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 1.5 times of the equivalent amount of the Rh chloride, and bubbling was conducted with Ar gas for 1 hour to mix the mixture. Then, the mixture was cooled and washed with water, and an Rh oxide was collected as a black precipitate.

[0059]Next, the Rh oxide was mixed with CaCO3 whose a...

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[0061]3 g of a metal Pt piece and a 35 mol % NaCl-65 mol % CsCl mixture were mixed in a weight ratio of 1:10. After the mixture was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas to obtain a molten salt mixture containing the Pt piece, chlorine gas was insufflated into the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 4 times of the equivalent amount of the Pt piece while the molten salt mixture was maintained at 650° C., to generate a Pt chloride.

[0062]Next, the molten salt mixture containing the Pt chloride was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas. Then, while the molten salt mixture was maintained at 650° C., Na2CO3 was added to the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 2 times of the equivalent amount of the Pt chloride, and bubbling was conducted with Ar gas for 1 hour to mix the mixture. Then, the mixture was cooled and washed with water, and a Pt oxide was collected as a black precipitate.

[0063]Next, the Pt oxide was mixed with CaCO3 whose amount...

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[0065]1.6 g of metal Rh powder and a 35 mol % NaCl-65 mol % CsCl mixture were mixed in a weight ratio of 1:10. After the mixture was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas to obtain a molten salt mixture containing the Rh powder, chlorine gas was insufflated into the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 3 times of the equivalent amount of the Rh powder while the mixture was maintained at 650° C., to generate an Rh chloride.

[0066]Similarly, 2.4 g of a metal Pt piece and the molten salt mixture was mixed in a weight ratio of 1:10. After the molten salt mixture was melted at 650° C. under an atmosphere of Ar gas, chlorine gas was insufflated into the molten salt mixture in the amount corresponding to 4 times of the equivalent amount of the Pt piece while the molten salt mixture was maintained at 650° C., to generate a Pt chloride.

[0067]Next, the Pt chloride and the Rh chloride were mixed in a weight ratio of 6:4. The molten salt mixture containing these chlorides...

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Abstract

A method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles, by which noble metal fine particles are obtained whose particle diameter and alloy composition are easy to control and whose crystallinity and purity are high, is provided. The method includes the steps of:(1) obtaining a molten mixture containing a noble metal chloride, by insufflating chlorine gas into a mixture of a molten salt of an alkali metal chloride and a noble metal;(2) obtaining a noble metal oxide as a precipitate by adding an alkali metal carbonate to the molten mixture under an inert gas atmosphere;(3) obtaining a mixture containing noble metal oxide fine particles, by pulverizing the noble metal oxide with at least one of an alkali metal carbonate and an alkali earth metal carbonate; and(4) obtaining noble metal fine particles by heating the mixture obtained in step (3) under an atmosphere of gas containing hydrogen, and then treating the heat-treated mixture with acid.

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TECHNICAL FIELDS[0001]The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles, and in particular, to a method for manufacturing fine particles of rhodium, platinum, palladium, and alloy fine particles formed from two or more of the same.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Recently, a demand is expanding for fine particles of noble metals, such as platinum, rhodium, palladium, and the like, as materials that are essential as highly fine electrode materials of high-performance electronic parts and as electrode catalysts of high-power fuel cells. Therefore, enhancement of performance of the noble metal fine particles is also desired.[0003]There are two methods for manufacturing noble metal fine particles, i.e., a breakdown method and a bottom-up method.[0004]In the breakdown method, oxides of noble metals, inorganic salts of noble metals, organic compounds containing noble metals, and the like are used as noble metal materials. The noble metal materials are mechanically ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B22F9/26
CPCB22F9/22B22F2998/10B22F2999/00B22F9/04B22F2201/013B22F2201/10
Inventor YAMAMURA, TSUTOMUHOSHI, MASAYOSHIMORIMOTO, TAROKOBAYASHI, TSUYOSHIIWASAKI, KAZUHARU
Owner YAMAMOTO PRECIOUS METAL