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

Maxime Dupraz (1, 2) , Ni Li , Jérôme Carnis , Longfei Wu , Stéphane Labat (3) , Corentin Chatelier (1, 2) , Rim van de Poll , Jan Hofmann , Ehud Almog , Steven Leake (2) , Yves Watier (2) , Sergey Lazarev , Fabian Westermeier , Michael Sprung , Emiel Hensen , Olivier Thomas (3) , Eugen Rabkin , Marie‐ingrid Richard (1, 2)

1 NRS - Nanostructures et Rayonnement Synchrotron
2 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility [Grenoble]
3 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence

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 O 2 adsorption or desorption during O 2 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.

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]; Catalyse; Cristallographie; Matériaux; Mécanique des matériaux [physics.class-ph]

Maxime Dupraz, Ni Li, Jérôme Carnis, Longfei Wu, Stéphane Labat, et al.. Imaging the facet surface strain state of supported multi-faceted Pt nanoparticles during reaction. Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.3003. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-30592-1⟩. ⟨hal-03788875⟩