Journal
CHEMPLUSCHEM
Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages 722-730Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201402404
Keywords
alloys; hydrogen; nanostructures; palladium; sensors
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51271074, 61474012]
- Hunan Provincial National Natural Science Foundation of China [10JJ3016]
- construct program of the key discipline in Hunan Province
- National Science Foundation [CMMI 1100736]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1100736] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Understanding how the detailed nanoscale structure governs the interfacial interactions and reactivities is key to the exploration of nanostructured chemical sensors. We describe herein novel findings of an investigation of a palladium-gold alloy nanowire interface for hydrogen sensing. A dielectrophoretic growth pathway was utilized for controllable fabrication of the alloyed nanowires with minimum branching structures on a microelectrode device using controlled ratios of palladium and gold precursors in a two-step mechanism, a nucleation process initiated at a lower alternating current (AC) frequency followed by a growth process at a higher frequency up to 15MHz. The nanowires showed a reduced branching propensity and highly oriented 1D feature, with the bimetallic composition scaling linearly with the frequency. The nanowires exhibited excellent responses to hydrogen in concentrations as low as 0.5% by volume. The hydrogen-response characteristic represents an optimized balance of the gold-induced lattice expansion of palladium and hydrogen adsorption-induced phase and stress changes, a new insight into the sensing mechanism of the alloy nanowire. The mechanistic sensing details are also discussed in correlation with the growth mechanism, which provides a new insight into the synergy of the bimetallic composition of the alloy nanowires for the enhanced sensitivity for the detection of hydrogen.
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