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Krishnan A, Lee DC, Slagle I, Ahsan S, Mitra S, Read E, Alamgir FM. Monitoring Redox Processes in Lithium-Ion Batteries by Laboratory-Scale Operando X-ray Emission Spectroscopy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:16096-16105. [PMID: 38502716 PMCID: PMC10995943 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18424] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Tracking changes in the chemical state of transition metals in alkali-ion batteries is crucial to understanding the redox chemistry during operation. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is often used to follow the chemistry through observed changes in the chemical state and local atomic structure as a function of the state-of-charge (SoC) in batteries. In this study, we utilize an operando X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) method to observe changes in the chemical state of active elements in batteries during operation. Operando XES and XAS were compared by using a laboratory-scale setup for four different battery systems: LiCoO2 (LCO), Li[Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3]O2 (NMC111), Li[Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1]O2 (NMC811), and LiFePO4 (LFP) under a constant current charging the battery in 10 h (C/10 charge rate). We show that XES, despite narrower chemical shifts in comparison to XAS, allows us to fingerprint the battery SOC in real time. We further demonstrate that XES can be used to track the change in net spin of the probed atoms by analyzing changes in the emission peak shape. As a test case, the connection between net spin and the local chemical and structural environment was investigated by using XES and XAS in the case of electrochemically delithiated LCO in the range of 2-10% lithium removal.
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- Abiram Krishnan
- School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Cho J, Medina A, Saih I, Il Choi J, Drexler M, Goddard WA, Alamgir FM, Jang SS. 2D Metal/Graphene and 2D Metal/Graphene/Metal Systems for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO 2 to Formic Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202320268. [PMID: 38271278 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202320268] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
Abstract
Efficiently transforming CO2 into renewable energy sources is crucial for decarbonization efforts. Formic acid (HCOOH) holds great promise as a hydrogen storage compound due to its high hydrogen density, non-toxicity, and stability under ambient conditions. However, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) on conventional carbon black-supported metal catalysts faces challenges such as low stability through dissolution and agglomeration, as well as suffering from high overpotentials and the necessity to overcome the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this study, we modify the physical/chemical properties of metal surfaces by depositing metal monolayers on graphene (M/G) to create highly active and stable electrocatalysts. Strong covalent bonding between graphene and metal is induced by the hybridization of sp and d orbitals, especially the sharpd z 2 ${{d}_{{z}^{2}}}$ ,d y z ${{d}_{yz}}$ , andd x z ${{d}_{xz}}$ orbitals of metals near the Fermi level, playing a decisive role. Moreover, charge polarization on graphene in M/G enables the deposition of another thin metallic film, forming metal/graphene/metal (M/G/M) structures. Finally, evaluating overpotentials required for CO2 reduction to HCOOH, CO, and HER, we find that Pd/G, Pt/G/Ag, and Pt/G/Au exhibit excellent activity and selectivity toward HCOOH production. Our novel 2D hybrid catalyst design methodology may offer insights into enhanced electrochemical reactions through the electronic mixing of metal and other p-block elements.
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- Jinwon Cho
- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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Abdelhafiz A, Choi JI, Zhao B, Cho J, Ding Y, Soule L, Jang SS, Liu M, Alamgir FM. Catalysis Sans Catalyst Loss: The Origins of Prolonged Stability of Graphene-Metal-Graphene Sandwich Architecture for Oxygen Reduction Reactions. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2304616. [PMID: 37863808 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304616] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Over the past decades, the design of active catalysts has been the subject of intense research efforts. However, there has been significantly less deliberate emphasis on rationally designing a catalyst system with a prolonged stability. A major obstacle comes from the ambiguity behind how catalyst degrades. Several degradation mechanisms are proposed in literature, but with a lack of systematic studies, the causal relations between degradation and those proposed mechanisms remain ambiguous. Here, a systematic study of a catalyst system comprising of small particles and single atoms of Pt sandwiched between graphene layers, GR/Pt/GR, is studied to unravel the degradation mechanism of the studied electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR). Catalyst suffers from atomic dissolution under ORR harsh acidic and oxidizing operation voltages. Single atoms trapped in point defects within the top graphene layer on their way hopping through toward the surface of GR/Pt/GR architecture. Trapping mechanism renders individual Pt atoms as single atom catalyst sites catalyzing ORR for thousands of cycles before washed away in the electrolyte. The GR/Pt/GR catalysts also compare favorably to state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C catalysts and demonstrates a rational design of a hybrid nanoarchitecture with a prolonged stability for thousands of operation cycles.
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- Ali Abdelhafiz
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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Yang Y, Fu W, Bell C, Lee DC, Drexler M, Nuli Y, Ma ZF, Magasinski A, Yushin G, Alamgir FM. Iron Phosphide Confined in Carbon Nanofibers as a Free-Standing Flexible Anode for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:34074-34083. [PMID: 34270893 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c05989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Iron phosphide with high specific capacity has emerged as an appealing candidate for next-generation lithium-ion battery anodes. However, iron phosphide could undergo conversion reactions and generally suffer from a rapid capacity degradation upon cycling due to its structure pulverization. Chemomechanical breakdown of iron phosphide due to its rigidity has been a challenge to fully realizing its electrochemical performance. To address this challenge, we report here on an enticing opportunity: a flexible, free-standing iron phosphide anode with Fe2P nanoparticles confined in carbon nanofibers may overcome existing challenges. For the synthesis, we introduce a facile electrospinning strategy that enables in situ formation of Fe2P within a carbon matrix. Such a carbon matrix can effectively minimize the structure change of Fe2P particles and protect them from pulverization, allowing the electrodes to retain a free-standing structure after long-term cycling. The produced electrodes showed excellent electrochemical performance in lithium-ion half and full cells, as well as in flexible pouch cells. These results demonstrate the successful development of iron phosphide materials toward high capacity, light weight, and flexible energy storage.
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- Yang Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Robertson AW, Lee GD, Lee S, Buntin P, Drexler M, Abdelhafiz AA, Yoon E, Warner JH, Alamgir FM. Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Epitaxial Platinum Bilayers on Graphene. ACS Nano 2019; 13:12162-12170. [PMID: 31553564 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b06701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Platinum atomic layers grown on graphene were investigated by atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These TEM images reveal the epitaxial relationship between the atomically thin platinum layers and graphene, with two optimal epitaxies observed. The energetics of these epitaxies influences the grain structure of the platinum film, facilitating grain growth via in-plane rotation and assimilation of neighbor grains, rather than grain coarsening from the movement of grain boundaries. This growth process was enabled due to the availability of several possible low-energy intermediate states for the rotating grains, the Pt-Gr epitaxies, which are minima in surface energy, and coincident site lattice grain boundaries, which are minima in grain boundary energy. Density functional theory calculations reveal a complex interplay of considerations for minimizing the platinum grain energy, with free platinum edges also having an effect on the relative energetics. We thus find that the platinum atomic layer grains undergo significant reorientation to minimize interface energy (via epitaxy), grain boundary energy (via low-energy orientations), and free edge energy. These results will be important for the design of two-dimensional graphene-supported platinum catalysts and obtaining large-area uniform platinum atomic layer films and also provide fundamental experimental insight into the growth of heteroepitaxial thin films.
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- Alex W Robertson
- Department of Materials , University of Oxford , Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3PH , United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , South Korea
- Research Institute of Advanced Materials , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , South Korea
- Research Institute of Advanced Materials , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , South Korea
- Research Institute of Advanced Materials , Seoul National University , Gwanak-gu , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials , University of Oxford , Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3PH , United Kingdom
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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Lee D, Shank JC, Tellekamp MB, Doolittle WA, Alamgir FM. Thin‐Film Lithium Niobites and Their Chemical Properties for Lithium‐Ion Storage and Diffusion. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dong‐Chan Lee
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 771 Ferst Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332 United States
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 791 Atlantic Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332 United States
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 791 Atlantic Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332 United States
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 791 Atlantic Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332 United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 771 Ferst Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30332 United States
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Vitale A, Murad H, Abdelhafiz A, Buntin P, Alamgir FM. Sandwiched Graphene Interdiffusion Barrier for Preserving Au@Pt Atomically Thin Core@Shell Structure and the Resulting Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalytic Activity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:1026-1032. [PMID: 30511825 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b17274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The concept of a core-shell metallic structures, with a few atomic layers of the "shell" metal delineated from the "core" metal with atomic sharpness opens the door to a multitude of surface-driven materials properties that can be tuned. However, in practice, such architectures are difficult to retain due to the entropic cost of a segregated near-surface architecture, and the core and surface atoms inevitably mix through interdiffusion over time. We present here a systematic study of interdiffusion in a Pt on Au core-shell architecture and the role of an interrupting single layer of graphene sandwiched between them. The physical and chemical structure of the (near)surface is probed via mean-free-path tuned X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and electrochemistry (the oxygen reduction reaction, ORR). We find that at operating temperatures above 100 °C, there is potential for interdiffusion to occur between the primary and support metals of the core-shell catalyst system, which can diminish the catalyst activity toward ORR. The introduction of a single-layer graphene, as an interface between the core and shell metal layers, acts as a barrier that prevents unwanted surface alloying between the layered metals. HRTEM imaging shows that fully wetted Pt monolayers can be grown on a graphene template, allowing a high level of surface utilization of the catalyst material. We present how the use of graphene as a barrier to diffusion mitigates the loss of surface catalytic sites, showing much improved retention of Pt monolayer surface at elevated temperatures.
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- Adam Vitale
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Jadreya , University of Baghdad , Baghdad , Iraq
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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Yang Y, Jiang Y, Fu W, Liao XZ, He YS, Tang W, Alamgir FM, Ma ZF. Cobalt phosphide embedded in a graphene nanosheet network as a high-performance anode for Li-ion batteries. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:7778-7785. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01240k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cobalt phosphide embedded in a graphene nanosheet network can be developed by a versatile strategy for advanced Li-ion battery anodes.
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- Yang Yang
- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
- China
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- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Atlanta
- USA
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- Shanghai Electrochemical Energy Devices Center
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Shanghai
- China
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Abdelhafiz AA, Ganzoury MA, Amer AW, Faiad AA, Khalifa AM, AlQaradawi SY, El-Sayed MA, Alamgir FM, Allam NK. Defect engineering in 1D Ti-W oxide nanotube arrays and their correlated photoelectrochemical performance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:10258-10265. [PMID: 29594276 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01413b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Understanding the nature of interfacial defects of materials is a critical undertaking for the design of high-performance hybrid electrodes for photocatalysis applications. Theoretical and computational endeavors to achieve this have touched boundaries far ahead of their experimental counterparts. However, to achieve any industrial benefit out of such studies, experimental validation needs to be systematically undertaken. In this sense, we present herein experimental insights into the synergistic relationship between the lattice position and oxidation state of tungsten ions inside a TiO2 lattice, and the respective nature of the created defect states. Consequently, a roadmap to tune the defect states in anodically-fabricated, ultrathin-walled W-doped TiO2 nanotubes is proposed. Annealing the nanotubes in different gas streams enabled the engineering of defects in such structures, as confirmed by XRD and XPS measurements. While annealing under hydrogen stream resulted in the formation of abundant Wn+ (n < 6) ions at the interstitial sites of the TiO2 lattice, oxygen- and air-annealing induced W6+ ions at substitutional sites. EIS and Mott-Schottky analyses indicated the formation of deep-natured trap states in the hydrogen-annealed samples, and predominantly shallow donating defect states in the oxygen- and air-annealed samples. Consequently, the photocatalytic performance of the latter was significantly higher than those of the hydrogen-annealed counterparts. Upon increasing the W content, photoelectrochemical performance deteriorated due to the formation of WO3 crystallites that hindered charge transfer through the photoanode, as evident from the structural and chemical characterization. To this end, this study validates the previous theoretical predictions on the detrimental effect of interstitial W ions. In addition, it sheds light on the importance of defect states and their nature for tuning the photoelectrochemical performance of the investigated materials.
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- Ali A Abdelhafiz
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Abdelhafiz A, Vitale A, Joiner C, Vogel E, Alamgir FM. Layer-by-layer evolution of structure, strain, and activity for the oxygen evolution reaction in graphene-templated Pt monolayers. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:6180-6188. [PMID: 25730297 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, we explore the dimensional aspect of structure-driven surface properties of metal monolayers grown on a graphene/Au template. Here, surface limited redox replacement (SLRR) is used to provide precise layer-by-layer growth of Pt monolayers on graphene. We find that after a few iterations of SLRR, fully wetted 4-5 monolayer Pt films can be grown on graphene. Incorporating graphene at the Pt-Au interface modifies the growth mechanism, charge transfers, equilibrium interatomic distances, and associated strain of the synthesized Pt monolayers. We find that a single layer of sandwiched graphene is able to induce a 3.5% compressive strain on the Pt adlayer grown on it, and as a result, catalytic activity is increased due to a greater areal density of the Pt layers beyond face-centered-cubic close packing. At the same time, the sandwiched graphene does not obstruct vicinity effects of near-surface electron exchange between the substrate Au and adlayers Pt. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) techniques are used to examine charge mediation across the Pt-graphene-Au junction and the local atomic arrangement as a function of the Pt adlayer dimension. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are used as probes to examine the electrochemically active area of Pt monolayers and catalyst activity, respectively. Results show that the inserted graphene monolayer results in increased activity for the Pt due to a graphene-induced compressive strain, as well as a higher resistance against loss of the catalytically active Pt surface.
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- Ali Abdelhafiz
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Lai SY, Ding D, Liu M, Liu M, Alamgir FM. Operando and in situ X-ray spectroscopies of degradation in La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O(3-δ) thin film cathodes in fuel cells. ChemSusChem 2014; 7:3078-3087. [PMID: 25205041 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201402670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Information from ex situ characterization can fall short in describing complex materials systems simultaneously exposed to multiple external stimuli. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to probe the local atomistic and electronic structure of specific elements in a La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O(3-δ) (LSCF) thin film cathode exposed to air contaminated with H2O and CO2 under operating conditions. While impedance spectroscopy showed that the polarization resistance of the LSCF cathode increased upon exposure to both contaminants at 750 °C, XAS near-edge and extended fine structure showed that the degree of oxidation for Fe and Co decreases with increasing temperature. Synchrotron-based X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy tracked the formation and removal of a carbonate species, a Co phase, and different oxygen moieties as functions of temperature and gas. The combined information provides insight into the fundamental mechanism by which H2O and CO2 cause degradation in the cathode of solid oxide fuel cells.
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- Samson Y Lai
- Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245 (USA)
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Winter AD, Larios E, Alamgir FM, Jaye C, Fischer DA, Omastová M, Campo EM. Thermo-Active Behavior of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate | Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Composites Examined by in Situ near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine-Structure Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2014; 118:3733-3741. [PMID: 24803975 PMCID: PMC3983319 DOI: 10.1021/jp409413k] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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NEXAFS spectroscopy was used to investigate the temperature dependence of thermally active ethylene-vinyl acetate | multiwall carbon nanotube (EVA|MWCNT) films. The data shows systematic variations of intensities with increasing temperature. Molecular orbital assignment of interplaying intensities identified the 1s → π*C=C and 1s → π*C=O transitions as the main actors during temperature variation. Furthermore, enhanced near-edge interplay was observed in prestrained composites. Because macroscopic observations confirmed enhanced thermal-mechanical actuation in prestrained composites, our findings suggest that the interplay of C=C and C=O π orbitals may be instrumental to actuation.
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- A Douglas Winter
- School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 1UT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences , Bratislava 84541, Slovak Republic
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 1UT, United Kingdom ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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Redmond EL, Setzler BP, Alamgir FM, Fuller TF. Elucidating the oxide growth mechanism on platinum at the cathode in PEM fuel cells. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:5301-11. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54740j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Winter AD, Larios E, Alamgir FM, Jaye C, Fischer D, Campo EM. Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure studies of electrospun poly(dimethylsiloxane)/poly(methyl methacrylate)/multiwall carbon nanotube composites. Langmuir 2013; 29:15822-15830. [PMID: 24308286 PMCID: PMC3925980 DOI: 10.1021/la404312x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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This work describes the near conduction band edge structure of electrospun mats of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-polydimethylsiloxane-poly(methyl methacrylate) by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. Effects of adding nanofillers of different sizes were addressed. Despite observed morphological variations and inhomogeneous carbon nanotube distribution, spun mats appeared homogeneous under NEXAFS analysis. Spectra revealed differences in emissions from glancing and normal spectra, which may evidence phase separation within the bulk of the micrometer-size fibers. Further, dichroic ratios show polymer chains did not align, even in the presence of nanofillers. Addition of nanofillers affected emissions in the C-H, C═O, and C-C regimes, suggesting their involvement in interfacial matrix-carbon nanotube bonding. Spectral differences at glancing angles between pristine and composite mats suggest that geometric conformational configurations are taking place between polymeric chains and carbon nanotubes. These differences appear to be carbon nanotube-dimension dependent and are promoted upon room temperature mixing and shear flow during electrospinning. CH-π bonding between polymer chains and graphitic walls, as well as H-bonds between impurities in the as-grown MWCNTs and polymer pendant groups are proposed bonding mechanisms promoting matrix conformation.
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- A. Douglas Winter
- School of Electronic Engineering, University of Bangor, Wales, UK, LL57 1UT
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio TX 78249
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332
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- Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899
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- Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899
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- School of Electronic Engineering, University of Bangor, Wales, UK, LL57 1UT
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio TX 78249
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Hamedani HA, Lee SW, Al-Sammarraie A, Hesabi ZR, Bhatti A, Alamgir FM, Garmestani H, Khaleel MA. Synthesis and growth mechanism of thin-film TiO2 nanotube arrays on focused-ion-beam micropatterned 3D isolated regions of titanium on silicon. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2013; 5:9026-9033. [PMID: 23957211 DOI: 10.1021/am402203m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this paper, the fabrication and growth mechanism of net-shaped micropatterned self-organized thin-film TiO2 nanotube (TFTN) arrays on a silicon substrate are reported. Electrochemical anodization is used to grow the nanotubes from thin-film titanium sputtered on a silicon substrate with an average diameter of ~30 nm and a length of ~1.5 μm using aqueous and organic-based types of electrolytes. The fabrication and growth mechanism of TFTN arrays from micropatterned three-dimensional isolated islands of sputtered titanium on a silicon substrate is demonstrated for the first time using focused-ion-beam (FIB) technique. This work demonstrates the use of the FIB technique as a simple, high-resolution, and maskless method for high-aspect-ratio etching for the creation of isolated islands and shows great promise toward the use of the proposed approach for the development of metal oxide nanostructured devices and their integration with micro- and nanosystems within silicon-based integrated-circuit devices.
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- Hoda Amani Hamedani
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , 771 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, United States
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Gittens RA, Olivares-Navarrete R, Rettew R, Butera RJ, Alamgir FM, Boyan BD, Schwartz Z. Electrical polarization of titanium surfaces for the enhancement of osteoblast differentiation. Bioelectromagnetics 2013; 34:599-612. [PMID: 23996899 DOI: 10.1002/bem.21810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Electrical stimulation has been used clinically to promote bone regeneration in cases of fractures with delayed union or nonunion, with several in vitro and in vivo reports suggesting its beneficial effects on bone formation. However, the use of electrical stimulation of titanium (Ti) implants to enhance osseointegration is less understood, in part because of the few in vitro models that attempt to represent the in vivo environment. In this article, the design of a new in vitro system that allows direct electrical stimulation of osteoblasts through their Ti substrates without the flow of exogenous currents through the media is presented, and the effect of applied electrical polarization on osteoblast differentiation and local factor production was evaluated. A custom-made polycarbonate tissue culture plate was designed to allow electrical connections directly underneath Ti disks placed inside the wells, which were supplied with electrical polarization ranging from 100 to 500 mV to stimulate MG63 osteoblasts. Our results show that electrical polarization applied directly through Ti substrates on which the cells are growing in the absence of applied electrical currents may increase osteoblast differentiation and local factor production in a voltage-dependent manner.
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- Rolando A Gittens
- Center for Drug Discovery and Biodiversity, Institute for Advanced Scientific Research and High Technology Services (INDICASAT), Panama City, Republic of Panama
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Rettew RE, Cheng S, Sauerbrey M, Manz TA, Sholl DS, Jaye C, Fischer DA, Alamgir FM. Near Surface Phase Transition of Solute Derived Pt Monolayers. Top Catal 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0071-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Petersburg CF, Li Z, Chernova NA, Whittingham MS, Alamgir FM. Oxygen and transition metal involvement in the charge compensation mechanism of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 cathodes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm33392a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cheng S, Rettew RE, Sauerbrey M, Alamgir FM. Architecture-dependent surface chemistry for Pt monolayers on carbon-supported Au. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2011; 3:3948-3956. [PMID: 21919511 DOI: 10.1021/am200831b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Pt monolayers were grown by surface-limited redox replacement (SLRR) on two types of Au nanostructures. The Au nanostructures were fabricated electrochemically on carbon fiber paper (CFP) by either potentiostatic deposition (PSD) or potential square wave deposition (PSWD). The morphology of the Au/CFP heterostructures, examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), was found to depend on the type of Au growth method employed. The properties of the Pt deposit, as studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and cyclic voltammetry (CV), were found to depend strongly on the morphology of the support. Specifically, it was found that smaller Au morphologies led to a higher degree of cationicity in the resulting Pt deposit, with Pt(4+) and Pt(2+) species being identified using XPS and XAS. For fuel-cell catalysts, the resistance of ultrathin catalyst deposits to surface area loss through dissolution, poisoning, and agglomeration is critical. This study shows that an equivalent of two monolayers (ML) is the low-loading limit of Pt on Au. At 1 ML or below, the Pt film decreases in activity and durability very rapidly due to presence of cationic Pt.
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- Shuang Cheng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Rettew RE, Allam NK, Alamgir FM. Interface architecture determined electrocatalytic activity of Pt on vertically oriented TiO(2) nanotubes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2011; 3:147-151. [PMID: 21268611 DOI: 10.1021/am1012563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The surface atomic structure and chemical state of Pt is consequential in a variety of surface-intensive devices. Herein we present the direct interrelationship between the growth scheme of Pt films, the resulting atomic and electronic structure of Pt species, and the consequent activity for methanol electro-oxidation in Pt/TiO(2) nanotube hybrid electrodes. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements were performed to relate the observed electrocatalytic activity to the oxidation state and the atomic structure of the deposited Pt species. The atomic structure as well as the oxidation state of the deposited Pt was found to depend on the pretreatment of the TiO(2) nanotube surfaces with electrodeposited Cu. Pt growth through Cu replacement increases Pt dispersion, and a separation of surface Pt atoms beyond a threshold distance from the TiO(2) substrate renders them metallic, rather than cationic. The increased dispersion and the metallic character of Pt results in strongly enhanced electrocatalytic activity toward methanol oxidation. This study points to a general phenomenon whereby the growth scheme and the substrate-to-surface-Pt distance dictates the chemical state of the surface Pt atoms, and thereby, the performance of Pt-based surface-intensive devices.
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Rettew RE, Meyer A, Senanayake SD, Chen TL, Petersburg C, Ingo Flege J, Falta J, Alamgir FM. Interactions of oxygen and ethylene with submonolayer Ag films supported on Ni(111). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:11034-44. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20357f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Petersburg CF, Daniel RC, Jaye C, Fischer DA, Alamgir FM. Soft X-ray characterization technique for Li batteries under operating conditions. J Synchrotron Radiat 2009; 16:610-615. [PMID: 19713633 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049509025710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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O K-edge and Co L-edge near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure has been used to examine the cathode of an intact solid-state lithium ion battery. The novel technique allowed for the simultaneous acquisition of partial electron yield and fluorescence yield data during the first charge cycle of a LiCoO(2)-based battery below the intercalation voltage. The chemical environments of oxygen and cobalt at the surface are shown to differ chemically from those in the bulk. The present design enables a wide variety of in situ spectroscopies, microscopies and scattering techniques.
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- Cole F Petersburg
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Idriss H, Scott M, Llorca J, Chan SC, Chiu W, Sheng PY, Yee A, Blackford MA, Pas SJ, Hill AJ, Alamgir FM, Rettew R, Petersburg C, Senanayake SD, Barteau MA. A phenomenological study of the metal-oxide interface: the role of catalysis in hydrogen production from renewable resources. ChemSusChem 2008; 1:905-910. [PMID: 18988246 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.200800196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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- Hicham Idriss
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, Private bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Vittadello M, Stallworth PE, Alamgir FM, Suarez S, Abbrent S, Drain CM, Di Noto V, Greenbaum SG. Polymeric δ-MgCl2 nanoribbons. Inorganica Chim Acta 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sheng HW, Luo WK, Alamgir FM, Bai JM, Ma E. Atomic packing and short-to-medium-range order in metallic glasses. Nature 2006; 439:419-25. [PMID: 16437105 DOI: 10.1038/nature04421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Unlike the well-defined long-range order that characterizes crystalline metals, the atomic arrangements in amorphous alloys remain mysterious at present. Despite intense research activity on metallic glasses and relentless pursuit of their structural description, the details of how the atoms are packed in amorphous metals are generally far less understood than for the case of network-forming glasses. Here we use a combination of state-of-the-art experimental and computational techniques to resolve the atomic-level structure of amorphous alloys. By analysing a range of model binary systems that involve different chemistry and atomic size ratios, we elucidate the different types of short-range order as well as the nature of the medium-range order. Our findings provide a reality check for the atomic structural models proposed over the years, and have implications for understanding the nature, forming ability and properties of metallic glasses.
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- H W Sheng
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
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We have characterized the icosahedral short-range order in amorphous solids using local environment probes. Such topological local order is pronounced even in an amorphous alloy that does not form quasicrystalline phases upon crystallization, as demonstrated by the extended x-ray absorption fine structure and x-ray absorption near-edge structure of a Ni-Ag amorphous alloy analyzed through reverse Monte Carlo simulations.
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- W K Luo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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The short-range atomic order around all three constituent atoms in a prototypical bulk metallic glass (BMG) system was probed in a complementary way, using extended X-ray absorption fine structure for neighborhood of the higher atomic number elements, and extended energy loss fine structure (EXELFS) for the lower atomic number ones. The Pd(x)Ni((80-x))P((20)) system is a prototype for a whole class of BMG formers which are 80% transition metal and 20% metalloid. We find that the structure of these BMGs could be explained in terms of those of glasses at the end of the BMG range, namely, Pd(60)Ni(20)P(20) and Pd(30)Ni(50)P(20). The binary phosphide crystals near [Formula: see text] and 80 are found to be simulate very well the local atomic structure of Pd(30)Ni(50)P(20) and Pd(60)Ni(20)P(20) glasses, respectively. The best glass former in this series, Pd(40)Ni(40)P(20), is best described by a weighted average of Pd(30)Ni(50)P(20) and Pd(60)Ni(20)P(20) structures.
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- Faisal M Alamgir
- Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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