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Fan Y, Han C, Zhang B. Recent advances in the development and application of nanoelectrodes. Analyst 2016; 141:5474-87. [PMID: 27510555 DOI: 10.1039/c6an01285j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Nanoelectrodes have key advantages compared to electrodes of conventional size and are the tool of choice for numerous applications in both fundamental electrochemistry research and bioelectrochemical analysis. This Minireview summarizes recent advances in the development, characterization, and use of nanoelectrodes in nanoscale electroanalytical chemistry. Methods of nanoelectrode preparation include laser-pulled glass-sealed metal nanoelectrodes, mass-produced nanoelectrodes, carbon nanotube based and carbon-filled nanopipettes, and tunneling nanoelectrodes. Several new topics of their recent application are covered, which include the use of nanoelectrodes for electrochemical imaging at ultrahigh spatial resolution, imaging with nanoelectrodes and nanopipettes, electrochemical analysis of single cells, single enzymes, and single nanoparticles, and the use of nanoelectrodes to understand single nanobubbles.
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- Yunshan Fan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA.
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Nanoelectrodes: Applications in electrocatalysis, single-cell analysis and high-resolution electrochemical imaging. Trends Analyt Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Jung SY, Joo JW, Kwon SJ. Observation of Blip Response in a Single Pt Nanoparticle Collision on a Cu Ultramicroelectrode. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Seung Yeon Jung
- Department of Chemistry; Konkuk University; Seoul 143-701 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Konkuk University; Seoul 143-701 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Konkuk University; Seoul 143-701 Korea
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Robinson DA, Duay J, Kondajji AM, Stevenson KJ. Mechanistic aspects of hydrazine-induced Pt colloid instability and monitoring aggregation kinetics with nanoparticle impact electroanalysis. Faraday Discuss 2016; 193:293-312. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00121a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Here we investigate the mechanistic aspects of Pt nanoparticle (NP) aggregation in solutions typically used for detecting NP/electrode impacts by electrocatalytic amplification (ECA). We previously proposed a general mechanism for Pt colloid destabilization that involved the participation of both the hydrazine redox probe and the pH buffer species as coagulants. Herein the Pt NP coagulation and aggregation mechanisms were further investigated with microscopic kinetic NP concentration monitoring and zeta potential measurements using nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), as well as open circuit potential experiments with a citrate-treated polycrystalline Pt surface to assess electrical double layer potential. After considering the combined results of these experiments we propose that the colloidal stability of citrate-capped platinum nanoparticles involves much more than the typical physicochemical interactions predicted by DLVO theory. A structure based on intermolecular H-bonding in the citrate capping layer is the most plausible explanation for the exceptional stability of large Pt NPs in high ionic strength buffers. Thus, the mechanism of Pt NP aggregation includes specific reactive contributions from hydrazine. The catalytic decomposition of hydrazine, in particular, is thought to occur to some extent at the citrate-coated Pt surface while the citrate remains adsorbed. Evolved gases such as ammonia and possible surface bound intermediates from Pt-catalyzed decomposition of hydrazine may disrupt the stability of the citrate layer, causing colloidal instability and thus promoting Pt NP coagulation. In the closing section, we demonstrate nanoparticle impact electroanalysis by ECA detection as a method to quantify Pt NP concentration with adequate time resolution for monitoring the kinetics of Pt NP coagulation.
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- D. A. Robinson
- Department of Chemistry
- Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Austin
- USA
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German SR, Edwards MA, Chen Q, Liu Y, Luo L, White HS. Electrochemistry of single nanobubbles. Estimating the critical size of bubble-forming nuclei for gas-evolving electrode reactions. Faraday Discuss 2016; 193:223-240. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00099a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this article, we address the fundamental question: “What is the critical size of a single cluster of gas molecules that grows and becomes a stable (or continuously growing) gas bubble during gas evolving reactions?” Electrochemical reactions that produce dissolved gas molecules are ubiquitous in electrochemical technologies, e.g., water electrolysis, photoelectrochemistry, chlorine production, corrosion, and often lead to the formation of gaseous bubbles. Herein, we demonstrate that electrochemical measurements of the dissolved gas concentration, at the instant prior to nucleation of an individual nanobubble of H2, N2, or O2 at a Pt nanodisk electrode, can be analyzed using classical thermodynamic relationships (Henry's law and the Young–Laplace equation – including non-ideal corrections) to provide an estimate of the size of the gas bubble nucleus that grows into a stable bubble. We further demonstrate that this critical nucleus size is independent of the radius of the Pt nanodisk employed (<100 nm radius), and weakly dependent on the nature of the gas. For example, the measured critical surface concentration of H2 of ∼0.23 M at the instant of bubble formation corresponds to a critical H2 nucleus that has a radius of ∼3.6 nm, an internal pressure of ∼350 atm, and contains ∼1700 H2 molecules. The data are consistent with stochastic fluctuations in the density of dissolved gas, at or near the Pt/solution interface, controlling the rate of bubble nucleation. We discuss the growth of the nucleus as a diffusion-limited process and how that process is affected by proximity to an electrode producing ∼1011 gas molecules per second. Our study demonstrates the advantages of studying a single-entity, i.e., an individual nanobubble, in understanding and quantifying complex physicochemical phenomena.
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- Sean R. German
- University of Utah
- Department of Chemistry
- 315 S 1400 E Salt Lake City
- USA
- Revalesio Corporation
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- University of Utah
- Department of Chemistry
- 315 S 1400 E Salt Lake City
- USA
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- University of Utah
- Department of Chemistry
- 315 S 1400 E Salt Lake City
- USA
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- University of Utah
- Department of Chemistry
- 315 S 1400 E Salt Lake City
- USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin
- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Materials Institute
- Austin
- USA
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- University of Utah
- Department of Chemistry
- 315 S 1400 E Salt Lake City
- USA
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Clausmeyer J, Masa J, Ventosa E, Öhl D, Schuhmann W. Nanoelectrodes reveal the electrochemistry of single nickelhydroxide nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:2408-11. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08796a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Individual Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles deposited on carbon nanoelectrodes are investigated in non-ensemble measurements with respect to their energy storage properties and electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
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- Jan Clausmeyer
- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Universitätsstrasse 150
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Universitätsstrasse 150
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Universitätsstrasse 150
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Universitätsstrasse 150
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Universitätsstrasse 150
- Bochum
- Germany
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Clausmeyer J, Botz A, Öhl D, Schuhmann W. The oxygen reduction reaction at the three-phase boundary: nanoelectrodes modified with Ag nanoclusters. Faraday Discuss 2016; 193:241-250. [DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00101g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Silver nanoclusters are deposited on bifunctional Θ-shaped nanoelectrodes consisting of a carbon nanoelectrode combined with a hollow nanopipette. The Θ-nanoelectrodes are used as model systems to study interfacial mass transport in gas diffusion electrodes and in particular oxygen-depolarized cathodes (ODC) for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in chlor-alkali electrolysers. By local delivery of O2 gas to the electroactive Ag nanoclusters through the adjacent nanopipette, enhanced currents for the ORR at the Ag nanoparticles are recorded which are not accountable when considering the low solubility and slow diffusion of O2 in highly alkaline media. Instead, local oversaturation of O2 leads to current enhancement at the Ag nanoclusters. Due to the intrinsic high mass transport rates at the nanometric electrodes accompanied by local delivery of reactants, the method generally allows to study electrochemical reactions at single nanoparticles beyond the limitations induced by slow diffusion and low reactant concentration. Kinetic and mechanistic information, for instance derived from Tafel slopes, can be obtained from kinetic regimes not accessible to standard techniques.
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- Jan Clausmeyer
- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Bochum
- Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry – Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES)
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Bochum
- Germany
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Colombo ML, McNeil S, Iwai N, Chang A, Shen M. Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine via Assisted Ion Transfer at Nanopipet Electrode Using Cyclic Voltammetry. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY 2015; 163:H3072-H3076. [PMID: 29606735 PMCID: PMC5873601 DOI: 10.1149/2.0091604jes] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We present here the detection of dopamine (DA) at nanopipet electrodes with radii of hundreds of nanometers ranging from 160 nm to 480 nm. Dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6) was employed as an ionophore to facilitate DA transfer, resulting in a half-wave transfer potential, E1/2, DA, of -0.322 (±0.020) V vs. E1/2, TBA. Well-defined steady-state sigmoidal cyclic voltammograms were observed for the transfer of DA. High resolution scanning electron microscopy was used to measure the size and taper angle of the nanopipet electrodes. The detection is linear with concentration of DA ranging from 0.25 mM to 2 mM; calculated diffusion coefficient at nanopipet electrodes with above mentioned sizes is 4.87 (±0.28) × 10-10 m2/s. The effect of the common interferent ascorbic acid on DA detection with nanopipet electrodes was evaluated, where DA detection still shows linear behavior with well-defined sigmoidal CVs with E1/2, DA being -0.328 (±0.029) V vs. E1/2, TBA. The diffusion coefficient for DA transfer in MgCl2 with the presence of 2 mM AA was measured to be 1.93 (±0.59) × 10-10 m2/s on nanoelectrodes with radii from 161 nm to 263 nm, but the physiological concentration of 0.1 mM AA had no effect on DA's diffusion coefficient.
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- Michelle L. Colombo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois College of Nursing, Champaign, Illinois 61821, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Chen Q, Wiedenroth HS, German SR, White HS. Electrochemical Nucleation of Stable N2 Nanobubbles at Pt Nanoelectrodes. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:12064-9. [PMID: 26322525 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Exploring the nucleation of gas bubbles at interfaces is of fundamental interest. Herein, we report the nucleation of individual N2 nanobubbles at Pt nanodisk electrodes (6–90 nm) via the irreversible electrooxidation of hydrazine (N2H4 → N2 + 4H(+) + 4e(–)). The nucleation and growth of a stable N2 nanobubble at the Pt electrode is indicated by a sudden drop in voltammetric current, a consequence of restricted mass transport of N2H4 to the electrode surface following the liquid-to-gas phase transition. The critical surface concentration of dissolved N2 required for nanobubble nucleation, CN2,critical(s), obtained from the faradaic current at the moment just prior to bubble formation, is measured to be ∼0.11 M and is independent of the electrode radius and the bulk N2H4 concentration. Our results suggest that the size of stable gas bubble nuclei depends only on the local concentration of N2 near the electrode surface, consistent with previously reported studies of the electrogeneration of H2 nanobubbles. CN2,critical(s) is ∼160 times larger than the N2 saturation concentration at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The residual current for N2H4 oxidation after formation of a stable N2 nanobubble at the electrode surface is proportional to the N2H4 concentration as well as the nanoelectrode radius, indicating that the dynamic equilibrium required for the existence of a stable N2 nanobubble is determined by N2H4 electrooxidation at the three phase contact line.
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- Qianjin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.,Department of Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry, Braunschweig University of Technology , Hagenring 30, Braunschweig 38106, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.,Revalesio Corporation , 1200 East D Street, Tacoma, Washington 98421, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Shen M, Colombo ML. Electrochemical nanoprobes for the chemical detection of neurotransmitters. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2015; 7:7095-7105. [PMID: 26327927 PMCID: PMC4551492 DOI: 10.1039/c5ay00512d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Neurotransmitters, acting as chemical messengers, play an important role in neurotransmission, which governs many functional aspects of nervous system activity. Electrochemical probes have proven a very useful technique to study neurotransmission, especially to quantify and qualify neurotransmitters. With the emerging interests in probing neurotransmission at the level of single cells, single vesicles, as well as single synapses, probes that enable detection of neurotransmitters at the nanometer scale become vitally important. Electrochemical nanoprobes have been successfully employed in nanometer spatial resolution imaging of single nanopores of Si membrane and single Au nanoparticles, providing both topographical and chemical information, thus holding great promise for nanometer spatial study of neurotransmission. Here we present the current state of electrochemical nanoprobes for chemical detection of neurotransmitters, focusing on two types of nanoelectrodes, i.e. carbon nanoelectrode and nano-ITIES pipet electrode.
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- Mei Shen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. Tel: +1 (217) 300 3587
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. Tel: +1 (217) 300 3587
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Monzon LMA, Gillen AJ, Mobius ME, Coey JMD. Effect of tetraalkylammonium cations on gas coalescence at a hydrogen-evolving microelectrode. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:5738-5747. [PMID: 25970227 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hydrogen gas evolution at the surface of a microelectrode may result in periodic release of single bubbles larger than the electrode diameter. Bubbles often grow by incorporating smaller bubbles that coalesce with them. To explore the coalescence, we investigate how a series of six tetralkylammonium cations (TXA(+)), where the number of carbons on the alkyl chain varies from 1 to 6, affects the oscillatory behavior of the gas-evolving microcathode. Different concentrations of TXA(+) bromide salts ranging from a few micromolar up to 1 M were added in the acid electrolyte. The frequency of bubble release and the transition from periodic to aperiodic release are related to the inhibition of bubble coalescence and gas streaming. The concentration range where this transition occurs depends strongly on the cation hydrophobicity and it ranges from very small values for the hydrophobic cations to over 1 M for the most hydrophilic one. For some of the TXA(+) cations, the transition shows a smooth increase in release frequency before switching completely to bubble-stream behavior, while for others the transition is abrupt. A smooth increase in the gas oscillator frequency with concentration indicates that the adsorption of TXA(+) cations on the bubble surface is mass transport-limited. The inhibition of bubble coalescence by the smallest cations is electrochemically driven, facilitated by specific interactions established between the ions and the electrode surface.
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- Lorena M A Monzon
- School of Physics, SNIAMS building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, SNIAMS building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, SNIAMS building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, SNIAMS building, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Chen Q, Luo L, White HS. Electrochemical Generation of a Hydrogen Bubble at a Recessed Platinum Nanopore Electrode. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:4573-81. [PMID: 25811080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We report the electrochemical generation of a single hydrogen bubble within the cavity of a recessed Pt nanopore electrode. The recessed Pt electrode is a conical pore in glass that contains a micrometer-scale Pt disk (1-10 μm radius) at the nanopore base and a nanometer-scale orifice (10-100 nm radius) that restricts diffusion of electroactive molecules and dissolved gas between the nanopore cavity and bulk solution. The formation of a H2 bubble at the Pt disk electrode in voltammetric experiments results from the reduction of H(+) in a 0.25 M H2SO4 solution; the liquid-to-gas phase transformation is indicated in the voltammetric response by a precipitous decrease in the cathodic current due to rapid bubble nucleation and growth within the nanopore cavity. Finite element simulations of the concentration distribution of dissolved H2 within the nanopore cavity, as a function of the H(+) reduction current, indicate that H2 bubble nucleation at the recessed Pt electrode surface occurs at a critical supersaturation concentration of ∼0.22 M, in agreement with the value previously obtained at (nonrecessed) Pt disk electrodes (∼0.25 M). Because the nanopore orifice limits the diffusion of H2 out of the nanopore cavity, an anodic peak corresponding to the oxidation of gaseous and dissolved H2 trapped in the recessed cavity is readily observed on the reverse voltammetric scan. Integration of the charge associated with the H2 oxidation peak is found to approach that of the H(+) reduction peak at high scan rates, confirming the assignment of the anodic peak to H2 oxidation. Preliminary results for the electrochemical generation of O2 bubbles from water oxidation at a recessed nanopore electrode are consistent with the electrogeneration of H2 bubbles.
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- Qianjin Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Jung AR, Lee S, Joo JW, Shin C, Bae H, Moon SG, Kwon SJ. Potential-controlled current responses from staircase to blip in single Pt nanoparticle collisions on a Ni ultramicroelectrode. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:1762-5. [PMID: 25607323 DOI: 10.1021/ja511858c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Collisions of electrocatalytic platinum (Pt) single nanoparticles (NPs) with a less electrocatalytic nickel (Ni) ultramicroelectrode (UME) surface were detected by amplification of the current by electrocatalysis of NPs. Two typical types of current responses, a current staircase or blip (or spike), in single NP collision experiments were observed at a time with a new system consisting of Pt NP/Ni UME/hydrazine oxidation. The staircase current response was obtained when the collided NPs were attached to the electrode and continued to produce electrocatalytic current. On the other hand, the blip current response was believed to be obtained when the NP attached but was deactivated. The different current responses depend on the different electrocatalytic reaction mechanism, characteristics of the NP, or the electrode material. How the deactivation of the electrocatalytic process affects on the current response of NP collision was investigated using the Ni UME. The current response of a single Pt NP collision is controllable from staircase to blip by changing the applied potential. The current response of the Pt NP was observed as a staircase response with 0 V (vs Ag/AgCl) and as a blip response with 0.1 V (vs Ag/AgCl) applied to the Ni UME.
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- A Ram Jung
- Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University , 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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