Article Dans Une Revue Dalton Transactions Année : 2024

Downshift of the Ni d band center over Ni nanoparticles in situ confined within an amorphous silicon nitride matrix

Norifumi Asakuma
Shotaro Tada
Tomoyuki Tamura
Assil Bouzid
Samuel Bernard
Yuji Iwamoto

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Herein, nanocomposites made of Ni nanoparticles in situ distributed in an amorphous silicon nitride (Ni/a-Si3N4) matrix, on the one hand, and within an amorphous silicon dioxide (Ni/a-SiO2) matrix, on the other hand, were synthesized from the same Ni-modified polysilazane precursor. In both compounds, the Ni/Si atomic ratio (0.06–0.07), average Ni nanocrystallite size (7.0–7.6 nm) and micro/mesoporosity of the matrix were rigorously fixed. Hydrogen (H2)-temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) profile analysis revealed that the activation energy for H2 desorption at about 100–130 °C evaluated for the Ni/a-Si3N4 sample (47.4 kJ mol−1) was lower than that for the Ni/a-SiO2 sample (68.0 kJ mol−1). Mechanistic study with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that, at Ni nanoparticle/matrix heterointerfaces, Ni becomes more covalently bonded to N atoms in the a-Si3N4 matrix compared to O atoms in the a-SiO2 matrix. Therefore, based on experimental and theoretical studies, we elucidated that nickel–nitrogen (Ni–N) interactions at the heterointerface lead to remarkable Ni d band broadening and downshifting of the d band center relative to those generated by Ni–oxygen (Ni–O) interactions at the heterointerface. This facilitates H2 desorption, as experimentally observed in the Ni/a-Si3N4 sample.

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hal-04778643 , version 1 (15-11-2024)

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Norifumi Asakuma, Shotaro Tada, Tomoyuki Tamura, Erika Kawaguchi, Sawao Honda, et al.. Downshift of the Ni d band center over Ni nanoparticles in situ confined within an amorphous silicon nitride matrix. Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53 (12), pp.5686-5694. ⟨10.1039/D3DT04155G⟩. ⟨hal-04778643⟩
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