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- Duan, Sai, et al.
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A density functional theory approach to mushroom-like platinum clusters on palladium-shell over Au core nanoparticles for high electrocatalytic activity
- 2011
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - Cambridge : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY. - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 13:12, s. 5441-5449
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recently, it was found that Pt clusters deposited on Pd shell over Au core nanoparticles (Au@Pd@Pt NPs) exhibit unusually high electrocatalytic activity for the electro-oxidation of formic acid (P. P. Fang, S. Duan, et al., Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 531-539). In an attempt to offer an explanation, we used here carbon monoxide (CO) as probed molecules, and applied density functional theory (DFT) to simulate the surface Raman spectra of CO at this core-shell-cluster NPs with a two monolayer thickness of Pd shell and various Pt cluster coverage. Our DFT results show that the calculated Pt coverage dependent spectra fit the experimental ones well only if the Pt clusters adopt a mushroom-like structure, while currently the island-like structure is the widely accepted model, which follows the Volmer-Weber growth mode. This result infers that there should be a new growth mode, i.e., the mushroom growth mode as proposed in the present work, for Au@Pd@Pt NPs. We suggest that such a mushroom-like structure may offer novel active sites, which accounts for the observed high electrocatalytic activity of Au@Pd@Pt NPs.
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- Duan, Sai, et al.
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Structures of Water Molecules Adsorbed on a Gold Electrode under Negative Potentials
- 2010
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 114:9, s. 4051-4056
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two stable conformations of water hexamer Clusters on gold electrode under negative potentials have been identified by density functional theory calculations. Both form a ring Structure but with different orientations of free CH bonds. Ill one of the Structures, labeled as F-Type, four free OH bonds of the water molecules point toward the gold surface and remain stable over a wide range of the negative potential. The other Structure, labeled as S-Type, starts with five Such free OH bonds pointing toward the gold surface at the low negative potential and ends LIP with six of them at higher negative potential. From the energetic point of view, the S-Type Structure is more stable than the F-Type under the same Potential. By comparing the calculated Raman spectra with the experiment, it is found that S-Type Structures are the most possible surface adsorption state of water molecules at the electrochemical interface under very negative electrode potentials. It is believed that such a novel water Structure Could also exist Oil other negative charged Surfaces.
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