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Imaging the facet surface strain state of supported multi-faceted Pt nanoparticles during reaction

  • Maxime Dupraz (Corresponding author)
  • , Ni Li
  • , Jérôme Carnis
  • , Longfei Wu
  • , Stéphane Labat
  • , Corentin Chatelier
  • , Rim van de Poll
  • , Jan P. Hofmann
  • , Ehud Almog
  • , Steven J. Leake
  • , Yves Watier
  • , Sergey Lazarev
  • , Fabian Westermeier
  • , Michael Sprung
  • , Emiel J.M. Hensen
  • , Olivier Thomas
  • , Eugen Rabkin
  • , Marie Ingrid Richard (Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    Nanostructures with specific crystallographic planes display distinctive physico-chemical properties because of their unique atomic arrangements, resulting in widespread applications in catalysis, energy conversion or sensing. Understanding strain dynamics and their relationship with crystallographic facets have been largely unexplored. Here, we reveal in situ, in three-dimensions and at the nanoscale, the volume, surface and interface strain evolution of single supported platinum nanocrystals during reaction using coherent x-ray diffractive imaging. Interestingly, identical {hkl} facets show equivalent catalytic response during non-stoichiometric cycles. Periodic strain variations are rationalised in terms of O2 adsorption or desorption during O2 exposure or CO oxidation under reducing conditions, respectively. During stoichiometric CO oxidation, the strain evolution is, however, no longer facet dependent. Large strain variations are observed in localised areas, in particular in the vicinity of the substrate/particle interface, suggesting a significant influence of the substrate on the reactivity. These findings will improve the understanding of dynamic properties in catalysis and related fields.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number3003
    JournalNature Communications
    Volume13
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2022

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The authors are grateful to PETRA synchrotron for allocating beamtime. The measurement was performed at the P10 beamline of the PETRA III synchrotron at DESY, a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF). We thank P10 beamline staff for excellent support during the experiment. M.-I.R. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 818823). The research leading to this result has been supported by the project CALIPSOplus under the Grant Agreement 730872 from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. M.-I.R and E.R. also wish to thank the support by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.

    Funding

    The authors are grateful to PETRA synchrotron for allocating beamtime. The measurement was performed at the P10 beamline of the PETRA III synchrotron at DESY, a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF). We thank P10 beamline staff for excellent support during the experiment. M.-I.R. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 818823). The research leading to this result has been supported by the project CALIPSOplus under the Grant Agreement 730872 from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. M.-I.R and E.R. also wish to thank the support by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France. The authors are grateful to PETRA synchrotron for allocating beamtime. The measurement was performed at the P10 beamline of the PETRA III synchrotron at DESY, a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF). We thank P10 beamline staff for excellent support during the experiment. M.-I.R. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 818823). The research leading to this result has been supported by the project CALIPSOplus under the Grant Agreement 730872 from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. M.-I.R and E.R. also wish to thank the support by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.

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