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Wang J, Ye J, Chen S, Zhang Q. Strain Engineering of Unconventional Crystal-Phase Noble Metal Nanocatalysts. Molecules 2024; 29:1617. [PMID: 38611896 PMCID: PMC11013576 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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The crystal phase, alongside the composition, morphology, architecture, facet, size, and dimensionality, has been recognized as a critical factor influencing the properties of noble metal nanomaterials in various applications. In particular, unconventional crystal phases can potentially enable fascinating properties in noble metal nanomaterials. Recent years have witnessed notable advances in the phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN). Within the accessible strategies for phase engineering, the effect of strain cannot be ignored because strain can act not only as the driving force of phase transition but also as the origin of the diverse physicochemical properties of the unconventional crystal phase. In this review, we highlight the development of unconventional crystal-phase noble metal nanomaterials within strain engineering. We begin with a short introduction of the unconventional crystal phase and strain effect in noble metal nanomaterials. Next, the correlations of the structure and performance of strain-engineered unconventional crystal-phase noble metal nanomaterials in electrocatalysis are highlighted, as well as the phase transitions of noble metal nanomaterials induced by the strain effect. Lastly, the challenges and opportunities within this rapidly developing field (i.e., the strain engineering of unconventional crystal-phase noble metal nanocatalysts) are discussed.
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- Jie Wang
- Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China
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Yao Q, Yu Z, Li L, Huang X. Strain and Surface Engineering of Multicomponent Metallic Nanomaterials with Unconventional Phases. Chem Rev 2023; 123:9676-9717. [PMID: 37428987 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Multicomponent metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases show great prospects in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, owing to unique crystal structures and abundant structural effects. In this review, we emphasize the progress in the strain and surface engineering of these novel nanomaterials. We start with a brief introduction of the structural configurations of these materials, based on the interaction types between the components. Next, the fundamentals of strain, strain effect in relevant metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases, and their formation mechanisms are discussed. Then the progress in surface engineering of these multicomponent metallic nanomaterials is demonstrated from the aspects of morphology control, crystallinity control, surface modification, and surface reconstruction. Moreover, the applications of the strain- and surface-engineered unconventional nanomaterials mainly in electrocatalysis are also introduced, where in addition to the catalytic performance, the structure-performance correlations are highlighted. Finally, the challenges and opportunities in this promising field are prospected.
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- Qing Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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Dependence of the Atomic Structure of Solid Solutions in the Pd-Cu System Ordered According to the B2 Type on the Composition. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10122632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Owing to exceptionally high selectivity, membranes based on palladium alloys are widely used for obtaining high-purity hydrogen. An important issue for providing high hydrogen permeability of the membranes is to form the required phase composition. The structural organization of the solid solutions consisting of Cu–36.4 at .% Pd and Cu–50 at .% Pd were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron diffraction (ED), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS). It was found that the former composition can be ordered in the temperature range of 300–400 °C and in the heating (up to 800 °C)–cooling cycle. In the presence of excess Cu atoms (27.2%), this structure can be represented by CsCl type structural units (β-phase) and distributed body center cubic (BCC) copper structural units in the corresponding concentration dose. The formation of a single crystal ordered phase within the mosaic blocks of the disordered phase was established. Experimental evidence was obtained for the separation of the α-phase solid solution in the elemental composition; the very low rate of ordering inherent in this system was attributed to this effect. The hydrogen permeability of a foil of the equiatomic composition was described.
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Yu D, Gao L, Sun T, Guo J, Yuan Y, Zhang J, Li M, Li X, Liu M, Ma C, Liu Q, Pan A, Yang J, Huang H. Strain-Stabilized Metastable Face-Centered Tetragonal Gold Overlayer for Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:1003-1010. [PMID: 33411541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Synthesis of the unconventional phase of noble metal nanocrystals may create new opportunities in exploring intriguing physicochemical properties but remains challenging. In the research field of thin film growth, the interface strain offers a general driving force to stabilize the metastable phase of epitaxial film. Herein we extend this concept to the field of noble metal nanocrystals and report the solution synthesis of metastable face-centered tetragonal Au that has not been discovered before. The successful synthesis relies on the formation of intermetallic AuCu3@Au core-shell structure, where the interface strain stabilizes the metastable fct Au overlayer. Compared with the face-centered cubic Au counterpart, the metastable fct Au shows greatly improved catalytic activity toward CO2 reduction to CO. The density functional theory calculations and spectroscopic studies reveal that the metastable fct Au upshifts the d-band center, which lowers the energy barrier of key intermediate COOH* formation and thus facilitates the reaction kinetics.
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- Dan Yu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology and College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710049, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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Lu Y, Przybylski M, Trushin O, Wang WH, Barthel J, Granato E, Ying SC, Ala-Nissila T. Strain relief in Cu-Pd heteroepitaxy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005; 94:146105. [PMID: 15904083 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.146105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We present experimental and theoretical studies of Pd/Cu(100) and Cu/Pd(100) heterostructures in order to explore their structure and misfit strain relaxation. Ultrathin Pd and Cu films are grown by pulsed laser deposition at room temperature. For Pd/Cu, compressive strain is released by networks of misfit dislocations running in the [100] and [010] directions, which appear after a few monolayers (ML) already. In striking contrast, for Cu/Pd the tensile overlayer remains coherent up to about 9 ML, after which multilayer growth occurs. The strong asymmetry between tensile and compressive cases is in contradiction with continuum elasticity theory and is also evident in the structural parameters of the strained films. Molecular dynamics calculations based on classical many-body potentials confirm the pronounced tensile-compressive asymmetry and are in good agreement with the experimental data.
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- Yafeng Lu
- Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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Bisio F, Terreni S, Gonella G, Floreano L, Morgante A, Canepa M, Mattera L. Temperature driven reversible breakdown of pseudomorphism in ultrathin Fe/Cu3Au films. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 93:106103. [PMID: 15447423 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.106103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We observe that ultrathin Fe/Cu(3)Au(001) films in the 6-13 A thickness range, beyond the thickness of pseudomorphism breakdown at room temperature, exhibit a temperature dependent structural phase transition in the range T(c) approximately 345-380 K. In the high temperature state the Fe film becomes pseudomorphic, while breakdown of pseudomorphism reversibly occurs as the system is cooled below the transition temperature. The difference between substrate and overlayer thermal expansion coefficient is highlighted as the driving force for the observed transition.
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- F Bisio
- Unità INFM and CNR-IMEM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy.
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- B. Schaefer
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Diao J, Gall K, Dunn ML. Surface-stress-induced phase transformation in metal nanowires. NATURE MATERIALS 2003; 2:656-660. [PMID: 12958594 DOI: 10.1038/nmat977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Accepted: 08/12/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Several researchers have demonstrated, through experiments and analysis, that the structure and properties of nanometre-scale materials can be quite different to those of bulk materials due to the effect of surfaces. Here we use atomistic simulations to study a surface-stress-induced phase transformation in gold nanowires. The emergence of the transformation is controlled by wire size, initial orientation, boundary conditions, temperature and initial cross-sectional shape. For a <100> initial crystal orientation and wire cross-sectional area below 4 nm(2), surface stresses alone cause gold nanowires to transform from a face-centred-cubic structure to a body-centred-tetragonal structure. The transformation occurs roughly when the compressive stress caused by tensile surface-stress components in the length direction exceeds the compressive stress required to transform bulk gold to its higher energy metastable crystal structure.
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- Jiankuai Diao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
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Liu G, St. Clair TP, Goodman DW. An XPS Study of the Interaction of Ultrathin Cu Films with Pd(111). J Phys Chem B 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/jp991843j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- G. Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012
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The Initial Stages of Cu Deposition on Au(100) as Studied by in situ STM: The Epitaxial Growth of bcc Cu*. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.1999.208.part_1_2.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Randler R, Dietterle M, Kolb DM. The Initial Stages of Cu Deposition on Au(100) as Studied by in situSTM: The Epitaxial Growth of bcc Cu*. Z PHYS CHEM 1997. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.1997.1.1.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Giordano H, Atrei A, Torrini M, Bardi U, Gleeson M, Barnes C. Evidence for a strain-stabilized bct phase of cobalt deposited on Pd{100}: An x-ray photoelectron diffraction study. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:11762-11768. [PMID: 9984967 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.11762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Jeong S. Structural properties of bulk copper: Pseudopotential plane-wave-basis study. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:13973-13976. [PMID: 9983176 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.13973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Gai Z, Zhao RG, He Y, Ji H, Hu C, Yang WS. Chemisorption of group-III metals on the (111) surface of group-IV semiconductors: In/Ge(111). PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:1539-1547. [PMID: 9983617 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.1539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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