Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems, the invention provides a silver nanowire reduced by urea and a preparation method and application thereof, urea with long industrialization time and huge yield is taken as a reducing agent, the cost is reduced, the synthesis steps are simple and convenient, the repeatability is good, the purity of the prepared silver nanowire is higher,
the first purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of silver nanowires reduced by urea, which comprises the following steps:
step 1, preparing a solution
Adding urea and silver nitrate into ethylene glycol, stirring at normal temperature for 30-40min until dissolving, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10-20min to obtain solution A, and performing ice bath on the solution A for later use; wherein, the concentration of the urea is 3.2-4.4g/L, and the concentration of the silver nitrate is 17 g/L;
adding polyvinylpyrrolidone into ethylene glycol, and stirring at normal temperature for 30-40min until the polyvinylpyrrolidone is dissolved to obtain a solution B for later use; wherein the concentration of the polyvinylpyrrolidone is 6.25-9.38 g/L;
step 2, high temperature reaction
Preheating the solution B at the temperature of 150-2Stirring, standing and preserving heat to obtain silver nanowire mother liquor;
and 3, centrifuging the silver nanowire mother liquor to obtain a precipitate, and purifying the precipitate to obtain the silver nanowires.
Preferably, step 3 is processed according to the following method:
adding ethanol into the silver nanowire mother liquor, and performing ultrasonic treatment until the mixture is uniformly dispersed to obtain a mixed solution A; centrifuging the mixed solution to obtain a precipitate, wherein the precipitate is X1;
step (2), adding ethanol into X1, and performing ultrasonic treatment until the mixture is uniformly dispersed to obtain a mixed solution B; centrifuging the mixed solution to obtain a precipitate, wherein the precipitate is X2;
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 2-4 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
Preferably, in step 2, the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Preferably, in step 2, the instillation rate of the solution A is 0.15mL/min, and the instillation time is 10 min.
Preferably, in step 2, N is2The flow rate of (2) was 65 mL/min.
Preferably, in step 2, the stirring rate in step (1) and step (2) is 400 rpm.
Preferably, solution B is preheated to 150 ℃ and incubated for 30min in step 2.
Preferably, in the step 2, the standing and heat preservation time in the step 2 is 1.5 h.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide silver nanowires having an average diameter of 82 to 87.45nm and a length of 32 to 35 μm according to the above method.
A third object of the present invention is to provide the use of silver nanowires for the preparation of transparent electric heaters.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) during the synthesis of silver nanowires, Ag is used as a transition metal, and the electrons of Ag are arranged as [ Kr]4d105s1Positive valence to monovalent Ag+d the track is completely filled. When Ag is present+When an electron from a ligand is accepted to form a coordination bond, one 5s orbital and a 5p orbital are hybridized to be changed into two degenerate sp orbitals, the two degenerate sp orbitals can receive a lone electron pair provided by urea to form a complex, and a carbonyl group on the urea can form a complex with Ag+And (4) matching. C of carbonyl in urea is electropositive, so that p-pi conjugation exists between lone pair electrons of amino and pi bond of carbonyl, so that O electron density is increased, and Ag + coordinated with O is influenced by electron density of coordinated O atom, so that Ag+Become easily reduced, facilitating the reduction of Ag+And (3) carrying out the reaction.
(2) According to the invention, urea is used for replacing halogen ions as a control agent, so that the purity of the synthesized silver nanowire is higher, and the associated silver nanoparticles are fewer.
(3) The synthesis steps for preparing the silver nanowires are simple and convenient, and the repeatability is good.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The instrument information used in the present invention is as follows:
the electronic balance is an electronic balance manufactured by Mettler-Tollido instruments Inc. and having a model of ME104E, the magnetic heating stirrer is a magnetic heating stirrer manufactured by Aika (Guangzhou) instruments and equipment Inc. and having a model of IKA RCT basic, the desk-top high-speed centrifuge is a desk-top high-speed centrifuge manufactured by Hunan instruments laboratory development Inc. and having a model of TG16-WS, the ultrasonic cleaner is an ultrasonic cleaner manufactured by Kunshan ultrasonic instruments Inc. and having a model of KQ5200, the vacuum drying oven is a vacuum drying oven manufactured by Shanghai-Hengscience instruments Inc. and having a model of DZK-6250, the ultraviolet spectrophotometer is an ultraviolet spectrophotometer manufactured by Nippon Shimadzu corporation and having a model of UV-3600PLUS, the scanning electron microscope is a scanning electron microscope manufactured by HITACHICHI and having a model of SU8010, and the elemental composition of the sample is analyzed by an X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS).
The reagent information used in the present invention is as follows:
urea of the formula CO (NH)2)2The manufacturer is an alatin reagent; the purity of the reagent is AR, silver nitrate and the molecular formula is AgNO3The purity of the reagent is more than or equal to 99.8 percent, and the manufacturer is a majo chemical reagent factory in Tianjin; ethylene Glycol (EG) of the formula (CH)2OH)2The purity of the reagent is more than or equal to 98.5 percent, and the manufacturer is a majo chemical reagent factory in Tianjin; polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) of formula (C)6H9NO)nThe purity of the reagent is AR, and the manufacturer is an Aladdin reagent; absolute ethyl alcohol with molecular formula C2H5OH, the purity of the reagent AR is more than or equal to 99.7 percent, and the manufacturer is Tianjin Daimao chemical reagent factory.
Example 1
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 4.8mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 1.5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 10min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.025g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 150 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping speed of 0.15mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magnetons is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 3 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
The purified AgNWs are dispersed in a small amount of ethanol and are characterized by a scanning electron microscope, and the result is shown in figure 1, and the AgNWs synthesized under the condition has high purity reaching 92%. From the XRD pattern, it can be seen that AgNWs is crystalline intact and in a decahedral structure.
Example 2
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 5.7mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 1.5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 10min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.025g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 150 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping speed of 0.15mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magnetons is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 3 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
The purified AgNWs were dispersed in a small amount of ethanol and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, see FIG. 2, under which conditions AgNWs had an average diameter of 82nm and an average length of 35 μm.
Example 3
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 6.6mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 1.5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 10min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.025g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 150 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping speed of 0.15mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magnetons is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 3 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
The purified AgNWs was dispersed in a small amount of ethanol and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, and the results are shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, where the scale of the scan of fig. 3 is 5 μm and the scale of the scan of fig. 4 is 7 μm, and where the EDS result of fig. 4b was obtained from the scan of fig. 4a, the prepared AgNWs was associated with fewer silver nanoparticles, and the mass fraction of AgNWs was 87%.
Example 4
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 4.8mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 1.5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 10min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.025g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 150 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping speed of 0.10mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magneton is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 3 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
The purified AgNWs were dispersed in a small amount of ethanol and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, and the results are shown in fig. 5, from which it can be seen that the AgNWs had an average diameter of 87.45nm and a length of 32 μm.
Example 5
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 4.8mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 1.5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 10min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.025g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 30min at normal temperature to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 150 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping rate of 0.30mL/min while simultaneously drippingKeep being charged with N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magneton is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 3 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
The purified AgNWs are dispersed in a small amount of ethanol, and are characterized by an ultraviolet spectrum and a scanning electron microscope, and the result is shown in FIG. 6, the AgNWs synthesized under the condition has a sharp and narrow shape and detects an AgNWs ultraviolet absorption peak at 380nm, which indicates that the purity of the AgNWs is high.
Example 6
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 5.7g of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 40min at normal temperature to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 15min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 0.03g of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving at normal temperature for 35min to prepare a solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 180 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping speed of 0.15mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magnetons is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 2 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
Example 7
Step 1, preparing a solution: putting 6.6mg of urea and 25.5mg of silver nitrate into 5mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving at normal temperature for 35min to prepare a solution A, carrying out ultrasonic treatment on the solution A for 20min, and carrying out ice bath to an instillation stage; putting 37.52mg of PVP into 4mL of ethylene glycol, stirring and dissolving for 40min at normal temperature to prepare solution B;
step 2, high-temperature reaction: transferring the solution B into a 20mL single-neck flask, preheating to 170 ℃ and keeping the temperature for 30min, and dripping the solution A into the reaction solution by using a syringe pump at the dripping rate of 0.15mL/min while keeping introducing N2Stirring with magneton, N2The flow rate is 65mL/min, the stirring speed of the magnetons is 400rpm, and after instillation is finished, the single-neck flask is sealed, kept stand and insulated for 1.5 h; wherein the volume ratio of the solution A to the solution B is 1: 1.
Step 3, purifying and separating AgNWs stock solution: purification was carried out as follows:
transferring the prepared AgNWs mother liquor to a 50.00mL centrifuge tube, adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of the volume of the AgNWs mother liquor, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the AgNWs mother liquor to obtain a mixture A, performing centrifugal separation for 10min at the rotating speed of 4000rpm, and removing supernatant to obtain a precipitate X1;
step (2), adding ethanol with the volume equivalent to 3 times of that of X1 into X1, performing ultrasonic treatment for 10min to uniformly disperse the ethanol to obtain a mixture B,
and (3) repeating the step (2) for 5 times to obtain the purified silver nanowire.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.