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Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization

Thejas S. Wesley, Max J. Hülsey, Karl S. Westendorff, Noah B. Lewis, Ethan J. Crumlin, Yuriy Román‐Leshkov, Yogesh Surendranath

Chemical Science · 2023 · 14 citations · 44 references

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Using infrared and near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, we demonstrate that changing the solution pH modulates the electrochemical potential of metal nanoparticles supported on nonconductive metal oxides by over 400 mV.

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