1. Strain Field in Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Cerium-Based Mixed Oxides. Key Influence of the Support Redox State
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Eloy del Rio, José A. Pérez-Omil, Susana Trasobares, Edward D. Boyes, José J. Calvino, Kenta Yoshida, Pratibha L. Gai, Miguel López-Haro, Jian-Min Zuo, Laboratoire d'Etude des Matériaux par Microscopie Avancée (LEMMA ), Modélisation et Exploration des Matériaux (MEM), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica (DCMIMQ), Universidad de Cádiz (UCA), Department of Chemistry [York, UK], University of York [York, UK], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana], University of Illinois System, European Project: 312483,EC:FP7:INFRA,FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2012-1,ESTEEM 2(2012), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
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chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Catalytic-Properties ,01 natural sciences ,Redox ,Catalysis ,Adsorption ,Electrochemistry ,General Materials Science ,Spectroscopy ,HREM Images ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Strain (chemistry) ,Chemistry ,Fuel-Cell Applications ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,Hydrogen-Production ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Cerium ,Chemical engineering ,Colloidal gold ,Mixed oxide ,Electron-Microscopy Techniques ,Particle size ,CO Oxidation ,0210 nano-technology ,Zirconia Catalysts - Abstract
International audience; Using a method that combines experimental and simulated Aberration-Corrected High Resolution Electron Microscopy images with digital image processing and structure modeling, strain distribution maps within gold nanoparticles relevant to real powder type catalysts, i.e., smaller than 3 nm, and supported on a ceria-based mixed oxide have been determined. The influence of the reduction state of the support and particle size has been examined. In this respect, it has been proven that reduction even at low temperatures induces a much larger Compressive strain on the first 111 planes at the; interface. This increase in compression fully explains, in accordance with previous DFT calculations, the loss of CO adsorption capacity of the interface area previously reported for Au supported on ceria-based oxides.
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- 2016
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