Dielectric Barrier Plasma Discharge Exsolution of Nanoparticles at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure

  • Atta ul Haq
  • , Fiorenza Fanelli
  • , Leonidas Bekris
  • , Alex Martinez Martin
  • , Steve Lee
  • , Hessan Khalid
  • , Cristian D. Savaniu
  • , Kalliopi Kousi
  • , Ian S. Metcalfe
  • , John T. S. Irvine
  • , Paul Maguire
  • , Evangelos I. Papaioannou
  • , Davide Mariotti

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Abstract

Exsolution of metal nanoparticles (NPs) on perovskite oxides has been demonstrated as a reliable strategy for producing catalyst‐support systems. Conventional exsolution requires high temperatures for long periods of time, limiting the selection of support materials. Plasma direct exsolution is reported at room temperature and atmospheric pressure of Ni NPs from a model A‐site deficient perovskite oxide (La0.43Ca0.37Ni0.06Ti0.94O2.955). Plasma exsolution is carried out within minutes (up to 15 min) using a dielectric barrier discharge configuration both with He‐only gas as well as with He/H2 gas mixtures, yielding small NPs (
Original languageEnglish
Article number2402235
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages16
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume11
Issue number34
Early online date4 Jul 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished online - 4 Jul 2024

Bibliographical note

© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Science published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.

Data Access Statement

This paper is accompanied by representative samples of experimental data and the relevant numerical tabulated raw data is available from Ulster University’s Research Portal at https://doi.org/10.15129/e2e11901-92c4-4b2e-a83e-ff25052e972a. Detailed procedures explaining how these representative samples were selected, and how these experiments can be repeated, are provided in the corresponding sections of this paper. Additional results and raw data underlying this work are available in the Supporting Information or on request following instructions provided at https://doi.org/10.15129/e2e11901-92c4-4b2e-a83e-ff25052e972a

Funding

This work was supported by EPSRC through the UK Catalysis Hub (EP/R027129/1) and the Emergent Nanomaterials-Critical Mass Initiative (EP/R023638/1, EP/R023921/1, EP/R023522/1, EP/R008841/1) as well as the Royal Society (IES∖R2∖212049). F.F. gratefully acknowledges support from the National Research Council of Italy (2020 STM program). I.S.M. acknowledges funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering through a Chair in Emerging Technologies Award entitled “Engineering Chemical Reactor Technologies for a Low-Carbon Energy Future” (Grant CiET1819∖2∖57). K.K. acknowledges funding from the Henry Royce Institute (EP/X527257/1), Royal Society (RGS∖R2∖222062), and EPSRC (EP/Y015487/1).

FundersFunder number
National Research Council
Royal Academy of EngineeringCiET1819∖2∖57
Royal Academy of Engineering
IES∖R2∖212049
UK Catalysis HubEP/R023638/1, EP/R023921/1, EP/R027129/1, EP/R008841/1, EP/R023522/1
UK Catalysis Hub
EP/X527257/1, EP/Y015487/1, RGS∖R2∖222062

    Keywords

    • plasma
    • exsolution
    • catalysis
    • perovskites
    • Ni nanoparticles

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