The possibility of synergic effects of some metals on the catalytic activity of silver led us to study the way to perform controlled deposition on silver. In fact, many metals of technological interest such as Co, Ni, and Fe cannot be deposited at underpotential on silver, and any attempt to control the deposition at overpotential, even at potentials slightly negative of the Nernst value, did not allow an effective control. However, due to the favorable energy gain involved in the formation of the corresponding sulfides, these metals can be deposited at underpotential on sulfur covered silver. The deposition is surface limited and the successive electrodesorption of sulfur leaves confined clusters of metals. The method can also be used to obtain metal clusters of different size. In fact, the alternate underpotential deposition of elements that form a compound is the basis of the electrochemical atomic layer epitaxy (ECALE), and the reiteration of the basic cycle allows us to obtain sulfide deposits whose thickness increases with the number of cycles. Therefore, the successive selective desorption of sulfur leaves increasing amounts of metals.

Selective Electrodesorption Based Atomic Layer Deposition (SEBALD): a Novel Electrochemical Route to Deposit Metal Clusters on Ag(111) / M. Innocenti; S. Bellandi; E. Lastraioli; F. Loglio; M. L. Foresti.. - In: LANGMUIR. - ISSN 0743-7463. - STAMPA. - 27:(2011), pp. 11704-11709. [10.1021/la202174j]

Selective Electrodesorption Based Atomic Layer Deposition (SEBALD): a Novel Electrochemical Route to Deposit Metal Clusters on Ag(111).

INNOCENTI, MASSIMO;BELLANDI, SILVANO;LASTRAIOLI, ELISA;LOGLIO, FRANCESCA;FORESTI, MARIA LUISA
2011

Abstract

The possibility of synergic effects of some metals on the catalytic activity of silver led us to study the way to perform controlled deposition on silver. In fact, many metals of technological interest such as Co, Ni, and Fe cannot be deposited at underpotential on silver, and any attempt to control the deposition at overpotential, even at potentials slightly negative of the Nernst value, did not allow an effective control. However, due to the favorable energy gain involved in the formation of the corresponding sulfides, these metals can be deposited at underpotential on sulfur covered silver. The deposition is surface limited and the successive electrodesorption of sulfur leaves confined clusters of metals. The method can also be used to obtain metal clusters of different size. In fact, the alternate underpotential deposition of elements that form a compound is the basis of the electrochemical atomic layer epitaxy (ECALE), and the reiteration of the basic cycle allows us to obtain sulfide deposits whose thickness increases with the number of cycles. Therefore, the successive selective desorption of sulfur leaves increasing amounts of metals.
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M. Innocenti; S. Bellandi; E. Lastraioli; F. Loglio; M. L. Foresti.
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