Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy

Li, Luyao; Tan, Sha; Yue, Shiyu; Yan, Hanfei; Chu, Yong S.; Tong, Xiao; Wong, Stanislaus S.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05027

Title: Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy

Abstract

Synchrotron-based scanning hard X-ray microscopy (SHXM) was used to extract localized chemical and structural information within a system of model alkaline earth-metal tungstate nanorods, characterized by multiple chemical configurations. Specifically, we have highlighted the practical ability of SHXM to probe chemically distinctive nanoscale species, consisting of (i) chemically doped versus (ii) solid solution-state nanorods of comparable dimension, synthesized using a template-directed method under ambient conditions. Indeed, we show that SHXM can be used to map out elemental distributions within individual anisotropic nanorods with nanoscale resolution, coupled with chemical sensitivity and specificity. Complementary electrochemical results suggest the possibility of using these nanorods as support materials for electro-oxidation reactions within an acidic electrolyte medium. Our structural and chemical composition results have been corroborated using parallel lines of inquiry involving scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Furthermore, these measurements confirmed the relatively even and uniform distribution of the expected, individual elements within all of the nanorod samples tested.

Authors:

^[1]; Tan, Sha ^[1]; Yue, Shiyu ^[1]; Yan, Hanfei ^[2]; Chu, Yong S. ^[2]; Tong, Xiao ^[2];

^[1]

State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1546041

Report Number(s):: BNL-211887-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 28; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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                    Li, Luyao, Tan, Sha, Yue, Shiyu, Yan, Hanfei, Chu, Yong S., Tong, Xiao, and Wong, Stanislaus S. Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Li, Luyao, Tan, Sha, Yue, Shiyu, Yan, Hanfei, Chu, Yong S., Tong, Xiao, & Wong, Stanislaus S. Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05027

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                    Li, Luyao, Tan, Sha, Yue, Shiyu, Yan, Hanfei, Chu, Yong S., Tong, Xiao, and Wong, Stanislaus S. Mon .  
"Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05027.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1546041.

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@article{osti_1546041,

  title        = {Studying Catalytically Viable Single-Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanorods Using Synchrotron-Based Scanning Hard X-ray Microscopy},

  author       = {Li, Luyao and Tan, Sha and Yue, Shiyu and Yan, Hanfei and Chu, Yong S. and Tong, Xiao and Wong, Stanislaus S.},

  abstractNote = {Synchrotron-based scanning hard X-ray microscopy (SHXM) was used to extract localized chemical and structural information within a system of model alkaline earth-metal tungstate nanorods, characterized by multiple chemical configurations. Specifically, we have highlighted the practical ability of SHXM to probe chemically distinctive nanoscale species, consisting of (i) chemically doped versus (ii) solid solution-state nanorods of comparable dimension, synthesized using a template-directed method under ambient conditions. Indeed, we show that SHXM can be used to map out elemental distributions within individual anisotropic nanorods with nanoscale resolution, coupled with chemical sensitivity and specificity. Complementary electrochemical results suggest the possibility of using these nanorods as support materials for electro-oxidation reactions within an acidic electrolyte medium. Our structural and chemical composition results have been corroborated using parallel lines of inquiry involving scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Furthermore, these measurements confirmed the relatively even and uniform distribution of the expected, individual elements within all of the nanorod samples tested.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05027},

  journal      = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},

  number       = 28,

  volume       = 123,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Mon Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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Figure 1: (A) Survey XRD spectra coupled with (B) magnified views of the (112) peak associated with as-prepared samples of doped Mn-BaWO₄ (blue), BaWO₄ (red), solid-solution BaSrWO₄ (green), and SrWO₄ (yellow). Facets have been indexed, according to the JCPDS No. 080457 database standard for BaWO₄.

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