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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 110, Issue 50, Pages 25279-25287Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp064434d
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Different pathways towards the generation and detection of a single metal nanoparticle (MNP) on a conductive carbon support for testing as an electrocatalyst are described. Various approaches were investigated including interparticle distance enhancement, electrochemical and mechanical tip-substrate MNP transfer onto macroscopic surfaces, scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)-controlled electrodeposition, and the use of selective binding monolayers on carbon fiber electrodes (CFEs) for solution-phase-selective adsorption. A novel SECM technique for electrodepositing MNPs on CFE tips immersed 100-200 nm below the electrolyte level was developed and used to generate single Pt and Ni nanoparticles. Following their generation, we demonstrate electrocatalytic detection of Fe3+ on individual Pt particles with the CFE in a Fe3+/H2SO4 solution. We also describe an approach of attaching MNPs to CFEs by controlling the composition of monolayers bonded to the CFE. By employing a monolayer with a low ratio of binding (e. g., 4-aminopyridine) to nonbinding molecules (e. g., aniline) and controlling the position of the CFE in a colloidal Pt solution with a SECM, we attached a single 15 nm radius Pt nanoparticle to the CFE. Such chemisorbed Pt particles exhibited a stronger adhesion on surface-modified CFEs and better mechanical stability during proton reduction than MNPs electrodeposited directly on the CFE.
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