Kinetic phases of Ag–Cu alloy films are accessible through photodeposition
| Autor: | Jingfu He, Aoxue Huang, Kevan E. Dettelbach, Curtis P. Berlinguette, Noah J. J. Johnson, Adam Bottomley, Danielle A. Salvatore, Brian Lam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Materials science Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Alloy chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry engineering.material 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Copper Redox Atomic mass chemistry Chemical engineering Metastability Ultraviolet light engineering General Materials Science Thin film 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7:711-715 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7496 2050-7488 |
| Popis: | Silver and copper are each widely-studied metals for catalyzing the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), yet studies of Ag–Cu alloys are very rare due to the immiscibility of the two metals. Reported herein is a synthetic route that provides access to Ag–Cu alloys at ambient pressures and temperatures. This method involves solution-depositing a homogeneous mixture of silver(I) 2-ethylhexanoate and copper(II) bis-(2-ethylhexanoate) on a substrate, and photolyzing the thin films with ultraviolet light in an inert dinitrogen atmosphere. This photodeposition procedure is shown to furnish metastable phases of alloys with ∼10 atomic weight% (at%) copper incorporated into the silver lattice. The CO2RR activity of the alloyed sample shows a preference for forming CH4 rather than CO or HCO2− favored for our pure silver and copper films, respectively. These results provide proof that photodeposition can be used to access kinetic phases of alloys that are useful for heterogeneous reaction chemistry. |
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