Size-Dependent Kinetics of Hydriding and Dehydriding of Pd Nanoparticles

作者:Langhammer Christoph*; Zhdanov Vladimir P; Zoric Igor; Kasemo Bengt
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2010, 104(13): 135502.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.135502

摘要

Using a new indirect nanoplasmonic sensing method with subsecond resolution, we have studied hydriding and dehydriding kinetics of Pd nanoparticles in the size range 1.8-5.4 nm. Strong particle-size effects are observed. The scaling of the hydriding and dehydriding time scales satisfies power and power-exponential laws. The former (with an exponent of 2.9) is in perfect agreement with Monte Carlo simulations of diffusion-controlled hydriding kinetics. The latter is explained by the effect of surface tension on hydrogen desorption from the surface layer. The approach is generalizable to other reactant-nanoparticle systems.

  • 出版日期2010-4-2