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Zuo Y, Bellani S, Saleh G, Ferri M, Shinde DV, Zappia MI, Buha J, Brescia R, Prato M, Pascazio R, Annamalai A, de Souza DO, De Trizio L, Infante I, Bonaccorso F, Manna L. Ru-Cu Nanoheterostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Water Electrolyzers. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21419-21431. [PMID: 37747924 PMCID: PMC10557145 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
Abstract
Combining multiple species working in tandem for different hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) steps is an effective strategy to design HER electrocatalysts. Here, we engineered a hierarchical electrode for the HER composed of amorphous-TiO2/Cu nanorods (NRs) decorated with cost-effective Ru-Cu nanoheterostructures (Ru mass loading = 52 μg/cm2). Such an electrode exhibits a stable, over 250 h, low overpotential of 74 mV at -200 mA/cm2 for the HER in 1 M NaOH. The high activity of the electrode is attributed, by structural analysis, operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and first-principles simulations, to synergistic functionalities: (1) mechanically robust, vertically aligned Cu NRs with high electrical conductivity and porosity provide fast charge and gas transfer channels; (2) the Ru electronic structure, regulated by the size of Cu clusters at the surface, facilitates the water dissociation (Volmer step); (3) the Cu clusters grown atop Ru exhibit a close-to-zero Gibbs free energy of the hydrogen adsorption, promoting fast Heyrovsky/Tafel steps. An alkaline electrolyzer (AEL) coupling the proposed cathode and a stainless-steel anode can stably operate in both continuous (1 A/cm2 for over 200 h) and intermittent modes (accelerated stress tests). A techno-economic analysis predicts the minimal overall hydrogen production cost of US$2.12/kg in a 1 MW AEL plant of 30 year lifetime based on our AEL single cell, hitting the worldwide targets (US$2-2.5/kgH2).
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Affiliation(s)
- Yong Zuo
- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- BeDimensional
S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente
Secca, 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Electron
Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di
Tecnologia, Via Morego
30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Materials
Characterization Facility, Istituto Italiano
di Tecnologia, Via Morego
30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Università
degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
- BCMaterials,
Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU, Science Park, Leioa 48940, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48009, Spain
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- BeDimensional
S.p.A., Via Lungotorrente
Secca, 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
- Graphene
Laboratories, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Nanochemistry
Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Oliveira de Souza D, Girardon J, Hoffmann DJ, Berrier E. Cover Feature: Dynamics of Citrate Coordination on Gold Nanoparticles Under Low Specific Power Laser‐Induced Heating (ChemPhysChem 7/2023). Chemphyschem 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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- Electrical Engineering Department Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) Vitória ES Brazil
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- Université de Lille CNRS Centrale Lille ENSCL Univ. Artois – UCCS Lille France
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Oliveira de Souza D, Girardon JS, Hoffmann DJ, Berrier E. Dynamics of Citrate Coordination on Gold Nanoparticles Under Low Specific Power Laser-Induced Heating. Chemphyschem 2022; 24:e202200744. [PMID: 36495221 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
SERS evolution recorded over a drop-coated coffee-ring pattern of citrate-capped gold colloids was investigated as a function of time under low-specific laser power. Spectral changes caused by plasmon-induced reaction could not be detected, but a long-term transient original spectral profile showing additional lines was observed. We performed deep qualitative and quantitative SERS intensity variation analysis based on the complementary use of extreme deviation and cross-correlation statistics, which provided further insights on the behavior of citrate-capping layers of gold nanoparticles upon laser illumination. More precisely, the cross-correlation analysis made possible to follow the so-called individual events denoting particular resonance structures, in which groups of modes were assigned to an evolution of citrate coordination on gold surface driven by photo-activation. As a consequence, the detection limit was increased and new lines were related to the presence of a very low amount of dicarboxy-acetone (DCA), which was already present in the system.
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois - UCCS, Lille, France
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Kamgne Tchana D, Thiodjio Sendja B, Oliveira de Souza D, Woike T, Aquilanti G, Schaniel D. X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Photoinduced Linkage Isomers in Single Crystals: Experimental Setup and XANES Results. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202200221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- University of Yaounde I, National Advanced School of Engineering Departement of Mathematical and Physical Science Yaounde CAMEROON
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- Universite de Lorraine, CNRS CRM2 Nancy FRANCE
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS CRM2 Bvd des Aiguillettes 54000 Nancy FRANCE
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Vu HT, Arčon I, de Souza DO, Pollastri S, Dražić G, Volavšek J, Mali G, Zabukovec Logar N, Novak Tušar N. Insight into the interdependence of Ni and Al in bifunctional Ni/ZSM-5 catalysts at the nanoscale. Nanoscale Adv 2022; 4:2321-2331. [PMID: 36133702 PMCID: PMC9416921 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00102k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Catalyst design is crucial for improving catalytic activity and product selectivity. In a bifunctional Ni/ZSM-5 zeolite type catalyst, catalytic properties are usually tuned via varying Al and Ni contents. While changes in acid properties associated with Al sites are usually closely investigated, Ni phases, however, receive inadequate attention. Herein, we present a systematic structural study of Ni in the Ni/ZSM-5 materials by using Ni K-edge XANES and EXAFS analyses, complemented by XRD and TEM, to resolve the changes in the local environment of Ni species induced by the different Al contents of the parent ZSM-5 prepared by a "green", template free technique. Ni species in Ni/ZSM-5 exist as NiO crystals (3-50 nm) and as charge compensating Ni2+ cations. The Ni K-edge XANES and EXAFS results enabled the quantification of Ni-containing species. At a low Al to Si ratio (n Al/n Si ≤ 0.04), the NiO nanoparticles predominate in the samples and account for over 65% of Ni phases. However, NiO is outnumbered by Ni2+ cations attached to the zeolite framework in ZSM-5 with a high Al to Si ratio (n Al/n Si = 0.05) due to a higher number of framework negative charges imparted by Al. The obtained results show that the number of highly reducible and active NiO crystals is strongly correlated with the framework Al sites present in ZSM-5 zeolites, which depend greatly on the synthesis conditions. Therefore, this kind of study is beneficial for any further investigation of the catalytic activities of Ni/ZSM-5 and other metal-modified bifunctional catalysts.
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- Hue-Tong Vu
- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- University of Nova Gorica Vipavska 13 5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan Institute Jamova cesta 39 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste s. s. 14, km 163.5 Basovizza Trieste 34149 Italy
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- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- University of Nova Gorica Vipavska 13 5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- University of Nova Gorica Vipavska 13 5000 Nova Gorica Slovenia
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Ghigna P, Airoldi L, Fracchia M, Callegari D, Anselmi-Tamburini U, D’Angelo P, Pianta N, Ruffo R, Cibin G, de Souza DO, Quartarone E. Lithiation Mechanism in High-Entropy Oxides as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries: An Operando XAS Study. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:50344-50354. [PMID: 33124794 PMCID: PMC8016163 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
High-entropy oxides based on transition metals, such as Mg0.2Co0.2Ni0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2O (TM-HEO), have recently drawn special attention as potential anodes in lithium-ion batteries due to high specific capacity and cycling reversibility. However, the lithiation/delithiation mechanism of such systems is still controversial and not clearly addressed. Here, we report on an operando XAS investigation into TM-HEO-based anodes for lithium-ion cells during the first lithiation/delithiation cycle. This material showed a high specific capacity exceeding 600 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C and Coulombic efficiency very close to unity. The combination of functional and advanced spectroscopic studies revealed complex charging mechanisms, developing through the reduction of transition-metal (TM) cations, which triggers the conversion reaction below 1.0 V. The conversion is irreversible and incomplete, leading to the final collapse of the HEO rock-salt structure. Other redox processes are therefore discussed and called to account for the observed cycling behavior of the TM-HEO-based anode. Despite the irreversible phenomena, the HEO cubic structure remains intact for ∼60% of lithiation capacity, so proving the beneficial role of the configuration entropy in enhancing the stability of the HEO rock-salt structure during the redox phenomena.
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- P. Ghigna
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Materials
Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Materials
Science, University of Milano Bicocca, Via Cozzi 55, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, OX11 0DE Didcot, U.K.
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, s.s. 14 km 163,500 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, TS, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Malara F, Fracchia M, Kmentová H, Psaro R, Vertova A, Oliveira de Souza D, Aquilanti G, Olivi L, Ghigna P, Minguzzi A, Naldoni A. Direct Observation of Photoinduced Higher Oxidation States at a Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Junction. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Francesco Malara
- CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, V.le Taramelli 13, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- CNR-Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 - km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 - km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, V.le Taramelli 13, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
- INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Shi N, Sanson A, Gao Q, Sun Q, Ren Y, Huang Q, de Souza DO, Xing X, Chen J. Strong Negative Thermal Expansion in a Low-Cost and Facile Oxide of Cu 2P 2O 7. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3088-3093. [PMID: 31952444 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Negative thermal expansion (NTE) behaviors have been observed in various types of compounds. The achievement in the merits of promising low-cost and facile NTE oxides remains challenging. In the present work, a simple and low-cost Cu2P2O7 has been found to exhibit the strongest NTE among the oxides (αV ∼ -27.69 × 10-6 K-1, 5-375 K). The complex NTE mechanism has been investigated by the combined methods of high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction, neutron powder diffraction, X-ray pair distribution function, extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. Interesting, the direct experimental evidence reveals that the coupling twist and rotation of PO4 and CuO5 polyhedra are the inherent factors for the NTE nature of Cu2P2O7, which is triggered by the transverse vibrations of oxygen atoms. The present new NTE material of Cu2P2O7 also has been verified for the practical application.
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- Naike Shi
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering and School of Mathematics and Physics , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Padova , Padova I-35131 , Italy
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- School of Physics and Engineering , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- School of Physics and Engineering , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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- X-ray Science Division , Argonne National Laboratory , Argonne , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research , National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg , Maryland 20899-6102 , United States
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering and Institute of Solid State Chemistry , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering and School of Mathematics and Physics , University of Science and Technology Beijing , Beijing 100083 , China
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Prado AR, Souza DOD, Oliveira JP, Pereira RHA, Guimarães MCC, Nogueira BV, Dixini PV, Ribeiro MRN, Pontes MJ. Probing the Sulfur-Modified Capping Layer of Gold Nanoparticles Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Effects. Appl Spectrosc 2017; 71:2670-2680. [PMID: 28714324 DOI: 10.1177/0003702817724180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) exhibit particular plasmonic properties when stimulated by visible light, which makes them a promising tool to many applications in sensor technology and biomedical applications, especially when associated to sulfur-based compounds. Sulfur species form a great variety of self-assembled structures that cap AuNP and this interaction rules the optical and plasmonic properties of the system. Here, we report the behavior of citrate-stabilized gold nanospheres in two distinct sulfur colloidal solutions, namely, thiocyanate and sulfide ionic solutions. Citrate-capped gold nanospheres were characterized using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). In the presence of sulfur species, we have observed the formation of NP clusters and chain-like structures, giving rise to surface-enhanced effects. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) pointed to a modification in citrate vibrational modes, which suggests substitution of citrate by either thiocyanate or sulfide ions with distinct dynamics, as showed by in situ fluorescence. Moreover, we report the emergence of surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) effect, which corroborates SERS conclusions. Further, SEIRA shows a great potential as a tool for specification of sulfur compounds in colloidal solutions, which is particularly useful when dealing with sensor technology.
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- Adilson R Prado
- 1 Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, Serra-ES, Brazil
- 2 Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica-CTII, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica-CTII, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 3 Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 3 Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 3 Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 4 Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, Aracruz-ES, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica-CTII, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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- 2 Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica-CTII, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória-ES, Brazil
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