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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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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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 (La_0.43Ca_0.37Ni_0.06Ti_0.94O_2.955). 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 (<30 nm diameter). To prove the practical utility of exsolved NPs, various experiments aimed at assessing their catalytic performance for methanation from synthesis gas, CO, and CH₄ oxidation are carried out. Low-temperature and atmospheric pressure plasma exsolution are successfully demonstrated and suggest that this approach could contribute to the practical deployment of exsolution-based stable catalyst systems.

Original language	English
Article number	e2402235
Number of pages	15
Journal	Advanced Science
Volume	Early View
Early online date	4 Jul 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202402235
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 4 Jul 2024

Keywords

Exsolution
Perovskites
Ni nanoparticles
Plasma
Catalysis

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Dielectric barrier plasma discharge exsolution of nanoparticles at room temperature and atmospheric pressure dataset
Haq, A. (Creator), Fanelli, F. (Creator), Bekris, L. (Creator), Lee, S. (Creator), Khalid, H. (Creator), Savaniu, C. D. (Creator), Kousi, K. (Creator), Metcalfe, I. S. (Creator), Irvine, J. T. S. (Creator), Maguire, P. (Creator), Papaioannou, E. I. (Creator), Mariotti, D. (Creator) & Mariotti, D. (Contributor), Ulster University, 31 Jan 2023
DOI: 10.21251/794ab086-d855-4e44-805a-5c019868546b
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Dielectric barrier plasma discharge exsolution of nanoparticles at room temperature and atmospheric pressure (dataset)
Lee, S. (Creator), Savaniu, C. D. (Creator) & Irvine, J. T. S. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 2024
DOI: 10.15129/e2e11901-92c4-4b2e-a83e-ff25052e972a
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Ul Haq, A., Fanelli, F., Bekris, L., Martin, A. M., Lee, S., Khalid, H., Savaniu, C. D., Kousi, K., Metcalfe, I. S., Irvine, J. T. S., Maguire, P., Papaioannou, E. I., & Mariotti, D. (2024). Dielectric barrier plasma discharge exsolution of nanoparticles at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Advanced Science , Early View, Article e2402235. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202402235

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