Size-Dependent Energy of Ni Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) and Adhesion Energetics by Adsorption Calorimetry
Abstract
The use of carbon supports for late transition-metal nanoparticle catalysts has grown substantially in recent years due to efforts to develop electrocatalysts for clean energy applications and catalysts for new aqueous-phase biomass-related conversions and due to the evolution of new carbon materials with unique properties (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes, and so forth). However, much less is known about the bonding energetics of catalytic metal nanoparticles on carbon supports in comparison with oxide supports, which are more common for thermal catalysis. Here, we report the growth morphology and heats of adsorption of Ni vapor deposited onto graphene/Ni(111) at 300 K and 100 K using metal vapor single-crystal adsorption calorimetry and He+ low-energy ion scattering (LEIS). These results provide the Ni chemical potential versus particle size, and the Ni/graphene adhesion energy. LEIS intensities suggest that Ni grows as flat-topped face-centered cubic islands with a nearly constant thickness of ~1.5 nm when deposited at 300 K. At 100 K, Ni grows as smaller nanoparticles, well modeled as hemispherical hexagonal close-packed nanoparticles with a density of ~2 × 1016 particles/m2. The Ni chemical potential as a function of average particle diameter in the 0.5 to 4 nm range at 100 K was determined frommore »
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- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1905187
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-96ER14630
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Catalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; metal adsorption energy; supported nanoparticles; carbon supports; metal chemical potential; particle; support interactions; adsorption calorimetry; ion scattering spectroscopy
Citation Formats
Rumptz, John R., Zhao, Kun, Mayo, Jackson, and Campbell, Charles T. Size-Dependent Energy of Ni Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) and Adhesion Energetics by Adsorption Calorimetry. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c02765.
Rumptz, John R., Zhao, Kun, Mayo, Jackson, & Campbell, Charles T. Size-Dependent Energy of Ni Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) and Adhesion Energetics by Adsorption Calorimetry. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02765
Rumptz, John R., Zhao, Kun, Mayo, Jackson, and Campbell, Charles T. Mon .
"Size-Dependent Energy of Ni Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) and Adhesion Energetics by Adsorption Calorimetry". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02765. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1905187.
@article{osti_1905187,
title = {Size-Dependent Energy of Ni Nanoparticles on Graphene Films on Ni(111) and Adhesion Energetics by Adsorption Calorimetry},
author = {Rumptz, John R. and Zhao, Kun and Mayo, Jackson and Campbell, Charles T.},
abstractNote = {The use of carbon supports for late transition-metal nanoparticle catalysts has grown substantially in recent years due to efforts to develop electrocatalysts for clean energy applications and catalysts for new aqueous-phase biomass-related conversions and due to the evolution of new carbon materials with unique properties (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes, and so forth). However, much less is known about the bonding energetics of catalytic metal nanoparticles on carbon supports in comparison with oxide supports, which are more common for thermal catalysis. Here, we report the growth morphology and heats of adsorption of Ni vapor deposited onto graphene/Ni(111) at 300 K and 100 K using metal vapor single-crystal adsorption calorimetry and He+ low-energy ion scattering (LEIS). These results provide the Ni chemical potential versus particle size, and the Ni/graphene adhesion energy. LEIS intensities suggest that Ni grows as flat-topped face-centered cubic islands with a nearly constant thickness of ~1.5 nm when deposited at 300 K. At 100 K, Ni grows as smaller nanoparticles, well modeled as hemispherical hexagonal close-packed nanoparticles with a density of ~2 × 1016 particles/m2. The Ni chemical potential as a function of average particle diameter in the 0.5 to 4 nm range at 100 K was determined from the heats of Ni gas adsorption. Further, by fitting the measured chemical potential as a function of diameter, we determined an adhesion energy of 3.6 J/m2 for large Ni particles on graphene/Ni(111). This adhesion energy is in good agreement with previous scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory investigations of Ni/graphene/Ni(111).},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.2c02765},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 20,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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