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Title: O2-Oxidation of Individual Graphite and Graphene Nanoparticles in the 1200 – 2200 K Range: Particle-to-Particle Variations and the Evolution of the Reaction Rates and Optical Properties

Abstract

The kinetics for O2 oxidation of individual graphite and graphene platelet nanoparticles (NPs) were studied as a function of temperature (1200 to 2200 K) at varying oxygen partial pressures, using a single nanoparticle mass spectrometry method. NP temperature (TNP) was measured by measuring the NP thermal emission spectra during the kinetics studies. The initial oxidation efficiency is found to peak in the 1200 to 1500 K range, dropping by an order of magnitude as TNP was increased above 2000 K. There were large NP-to-NP variations in the oxidation rates, attributed to variations in the NP surface structure. In addition, the oxidation efficiencies evolved, non-monotonically, as the NPs reacted, decreasing by factors of between 10 and 300. This evolution of reactivity is attributed to changes in the NP surface structure due to the combination of oxidation and annealing. In conclusion, the optical properties, including wavelength dependence of the emissivity and the absorption cross section for the 532 nm heating laser, also tended to evolve as the NPs oxidized, but differently for each individual NP, presumably reflecting differences in the initial structures and their evolution.

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  1. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
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Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1686011
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OSTI ID: 1775600
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018049
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Carbon
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 173; Related Information: arXiv:2008.05078, 2020; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Graphite; graphene; nanoparticle; oxidation; single particle; evolution

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Rodriguez, Daniel J., Lau, Chris Y., Long, Bryan A., Tang, Susanna An, Friese, Abigail M., and Anderson, Scott L. O2-Oxidation of Individual Graphite and Graphene Nanoparticles in the 1200 – 2200 K Range: Particle-to-Particle Variations and the Evolution of the Reaction Rates and Optical Properties. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2020.10.053.
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Rodriguez, Daniel J., Lau, Chris Y., Long, Bryan A., Tang, Susanna An, Friese, Abigail M., & Anderson, Scott L. O2-Oxidation of Individual Graphite and Graphene Nanoparticles in the 1200 – 2200 K Range: Particle-to-Particle Variations and the Evolution of the Reaction Rates and Optical Properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.10.053
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Rodriguez, Daniel J., Lau, Chris Y., Long, Bryan A., Tang, Susanna An, Friese, Abigail M., and Anderson, Scott L. Fri . "O2-Oxidation of Individual Graphite and Graphene Nanoparticles in the 1200 – 2200 K Range: Particle-to-Particle Variations and the Evolution of the Reaction Rates and Optical Properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.10.053. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1686011.
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@article{osti_1686011,
title = {O2-Oxidation of Individual Graphite and Graphene Nanoparticles in the 1200 – 2200 K Range: Particle-to-Particle Variations and the Evolution of the Reaction Rates and Optical Properties},
author = {Rodriguez, Daniel J. and Lau, Chris Y. and Long, Bryan A. and Tang, Susanna An and Friese, Abigail M. and Anderson, Scott L.},
abstractNote = {The kinetics for O2 oxidation of individual graphite and graphene platelet nanoparticles (NPs) were studied as a function of temperature (1200 to 2200 K) at varying oxygen partial pressures, using a single nanoparticle mass spectrometry method. NP temperature (TNP) was measured by measuring the NP thermal emission spectra during the kinetics studies. The initial oxidation efficiency is found to peak in the 1200 to 1500 K range, dropping by an order of magnitude as TNP was increased above 2000 K. There were large NP-to-NP variations in the oxidation rates, attributed to variations in the NP surface structure. In addition, the oxidation efficiencies evolved, non-monotonically, as the NPs reacted, decreasing by factors of between 10 and 300. This evolution of reactivity is attributed to changes in the NP surface structure due to the combination of oxidation and annealing. In conclusion, the optical properties, including wavelength dependence of the emissivity and the absorption cross section for the 532 nm heating laser, also tended to evolve as the NPs oxidized, but differently for each individual NP, presumably reflecting differences in the initial structures and their evolution.},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2020.10.053},
journal = {Carbon},
number = ,
volume = 173,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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