Journal article
Thin Film Approach to Single Crystalline Electrochemistry
Journal of physical chemistry. C, v 117(45), pp 23790-23796
14 Nov 2013
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Abstract
Implementation of single-crystal metal electrodes into standard electrochemical procedures has provided invaluable insight into the structure of and processes occurring at the metal-electrolyte interface. However, the accuracy required in their manufacture to provide ideally cut crystals with the lowest possible degree of miscut in conjunction with the amount of material required, especially in the case of precious metals, can make their use highly restrictive. We present here fundamental insight into a general procedure for producing thin metal films containing large, atomically flat (111) terraces without the use of an epitaxial template. Thermal annealing in a controlled atmosphere induces long-range ordering in magnetron sputtered thin metal films deposited on an amorphous substrate. The ordering transition in these thin metal films yields characteristic (111) electrochemical signatures with minimal amount of material and provides an adequate replacement for oriented bulk single crystals. Moreover, this approach can be generalized and applied toward development of a new class of thin-film-based catalysts.
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- Title
- Thin Film Approach to Single Crystalline Electrochemistry
- Creators
- Joshua Snyder - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USANemanja Danilovic - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USAArvydas P. Paulikas - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USADusan Tripkovic - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USADusan Strmcnik - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USANenad M. Markovic - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USAVojislav R. Stamenkovic - Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USAArgonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Details
- Journal of physical chemistry. C, v 117(45), pp 23790-23796
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- DE-AC02-06CH11357 / U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000327110500039
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84887903891
- Other Identifier
- 991019296568304721
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- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology