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NANO LETTERS
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 1595-1601Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04760
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Dissolution; corrosion; defect; nanocrystal; coherent X-ray imaging
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- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- DOE, BES, Scientific User Facility Division [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
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Dissolution is critical to nanomaterial stability, especially for partially dealloyed nanoparticle catalysts. Unfortunately, highly active catalysts are often not stable in their reactive environments, preventing widespread application. Thus, focusing on the structure stability relationship at the nanoscale is crucial and will likely play an important role in meeting grand challenges. Recent advances in imaging capability have come from electron, X-ray, and other techniques but tend to be limited to specific sample environments and/or two-dimensional images. Here, we report investigations into the defect-stability relationship of silver nanoparticles to voltage-induced electrochemical dissolution imaged in situ in three-dimensional detail by Bragg coherent diffractive imaging. We first determine the average dissolution kinetics by stationary probe rotating disk electrode in combination with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, which allows in situ measurement of Ag+ ion formation. We then observe the dissolution and redeposition processes in single nanocrystals, providing unique insight about the role of surface strain, defects, and their coupling to the dissolution chemistry. The methods developed and the knowledge gained go well beyond a simple silver electrochemistry and are applicable to all electrocatalytic reactions where functional links between activity and stability are controlled by structure and defect dynamics.
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