Demonstration of chemistry at a point through restructuring and catalytic activation at anchored nanoparticles
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30/11/2017Author
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Abstract
Metal nanoparticles prepared by exsolution at the surface of perovskite oxides have been recently shown to enable new dimensions in catalysis and energy conversion and storage technologies owing to their socketed, well-anchored structure. Here we show that contrary to general belief, exsolved particles do not necessarily re-dissolve back into the underlying perovskite upon oxidation. Instead, they may remain pinned to their initial locations, allowing one to subject them to further chemical transformations to alter their composition, structure and functionality dramatically, while preserving their initial spatial arrangement. We refer to this concept as chemistry at a point and illustrate it by tracking individual nanoparticles throughout various chemical transformations. We demonstrate its remarkable practical utility by preparing a nanostructured earth abundant metal catalyst which rivals platinum on a weight basis over hundreds of hours of operation. Our concept enables the design of compositionally diverse confined oxide particles with superior stability and catalytic reactivity.
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Neagu , D , Papaioannou , E I , Ramli , W K W , Miller , D N , Murdoch , B J , Ménard , H , Umar , A , Barlow , A J , Cumpson , P J , Irvine , J T S & Metcalfe , I S 2017 , ' Demonstration of chemistry at a point through restructuring and catalytic activation at anchored nanoparticles ' , Nature Communications , vol. 8 , 1855 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01880-y
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Nature Communications
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Peer reviewed
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2041-1723Type
Journal article
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement Number 320725 and from the EPSRC via the research grants EP/J016454/1, EP/G01244X/1, EP/K015540/1, EP/J018414/1, as well as EPSRC Capital for Great Technologies grants EP/L017008/1 and EP/K022679/1, and a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (WRMA 2012/R2).Collections
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