Pore architecture of nanoporous gold and titania by hydrogen thermoporometry

Johnston, L. T.; Biener, M. M.; Ye, J. C.; Baumann, T. F.; Kucheyev, S. O.

doi:10.1063/1.4926738

Title: Pore architecture of nanoporous gold and titania by hydrogen thermoporometry

Journal Article · Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926738· OSTI ID:1410045

Johnston, L. T. ^[1]; Biener, M. M. ^[1]; Ye, J. C. ^[1]; Baumann, T. F. ^[1]; Kucheyev, S. O. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Nanoporous gold (NPG) and materials derived from it by templating have complex pore architecture that determines their technologically relevant physical properties. Here, we apply high-resolution hydrogen thermoporometry to study the pore structure of NPG and NPG-derived titania nanofoam (TNF). Results reveal complex multimodal pore size distributions for NPG and TNF. The freezing–melting hysteresis is pronounced, with freezing and melting scans having entirely different shapes. Experiments involving partial freeze–melt cycles reveal the lack of direct correlation between individual freezing and melting peaks, pointing to phenomena that are beyond the Gibbs-Thomson formalism. The depression of the average freezing temperature scales linearly with the ratio of the internal surface area (measured by gas sorption) and the total pore volume derived from the density of monoliths. In conclusion, thermoporometry yields total pore volumes in good agreement with those derived from monolith densities for both NPG and TNF.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1410045

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1228662

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-666741

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-8979

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