Plasmon-driven catalysis of adsorbed p-nitroaniline (PNA) by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS): Platinum versus silver
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Title: | Plasmon-driven catalysis of adsorbed p-nitroaniline (PNA) by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS): Platinum versus silver |
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Authors: | Vidal-Iglesias, Francisco J. | Juan Juan, Jerónimo | Such-Basañez, Ion | Solla-Gullón, José | Pérez Martínez, Juan Manuel |
Research Group/s: | Electroquímica Aplicada y Electrocatálisis | Materiales Carbonosos y Medio Ambiente | Grupo de Espectroelectroquímica y Modelización (GEM) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Física | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Electroquímica |
Keywords: | SERS | P-nitroaniline | Plasmon-driven catalysis | Pt nanoparticles | Ag nanoparticles |
Knowledge Area: | Química Física |
Issue Date: | Sep-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Surface Science. 2019, 687: 17-24. doi:10.1016/j.susc.2019.04.007 |
Abstract: | The adsorption of p-nitroaniline (PNA) on Pt nanoparticles, both in the absence (in aqueous solution) and in the presence of oxygen (in air environment), is studied by SERS for the first time. Differences between the plasmon-driven catalysis of adsorbed PNA on Pt and Ag nanoparticles have been found. In the presence of oxygen, the oxidative coupling of the NH2 group in PNA to yield dinitroazobenzene (DNAB) occurs on both Pt and Ag nanoparticles. However, in the absence of oxygen, PNA behaves clearly differently on Ag than on Pt. Thus, whereas diaminoazobenzene (DAAB) is catalytically produced on Ag nanoparticles by plasmon-driven reduction reactions of the NO2 group, on Pt nanoparticles this reaction does not fully take place as indicated by the presence of NO2 groups on the surface of the nanoparticles. A mechanism for this distinctive behavior is tentatively proposed in which water acts as a sacrificial agent, being reduced to hydrogen by hot electrons coming from the Pt surface, while the hot holes on Pt are proposed to attach to an occupied molecular state of adsorbed PNA. The overall photocatalytic reaction of adsorbed PNA on Pt nanoparticles, in an O2 free solution, would actually be consistent with a dehydrogenation process of water. |
Sponsor: | This work was conducted under the framework of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), project CTQ2016-76231-C2-2-R (AEI/FEDER, UE). JSG acknowledges financial support from VITC (Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferencia de Conocimiento) of the University of Alicante (UATALENTO16-02). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/91651 |
ISSN: | 0039-6028 (Print) | 1879-2758 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.susc.2019.04.007 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2019.04.007 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - MCMA - Artículos de Revistas INV - GEM - Artículos de Revistas INV - LEQA - Artículos de Revistas |
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