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The native oxide skin of liquid metal Ga nanoparticles prevents their rapid coalescence during electrocatalysis

Okatenko, Valery  
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Castilla Amorós, Laia  
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Stoian, Dragos-Constantin  
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April 6, 2022
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Liquid metals (LMs) have been used in electrochemistry since the 19th century, but it is only recently that they have emerged as electrocatalysts with unique properties, such as inherent resistance to coke-poisoning, which derives from the dynamic nature of their surface. The use of LM nanoparticles (NPs) as electrocatalysts is highly desirable to enhance any surface-related phenomena. However, LM NPs are expected to rapidly coalesce, similarly to liquid drops, which makes their implementation in electrocatalysis hard to envision. Herein, we demonstrate that liquid Ga NPs drive the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) while remaining well-separated from each other. The combination of electrochemical, microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, including operando X-Ray absorption, indicates that the unique properties of the native oxide skin of the Ga NPs account for their resistance to coalescence during operation. This discovery provides an avenue for future development of Ga-based LM NPs as a new class of electrocatalysts.

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DOI
10.1021/jacs.2c03698
Author(s)
Okatenko, Valery  
Castilla Amorós, Laia  
Stoian, Dragos-Constantin  
Vávra, Jan  
Loiudice, Anna  
Buonsanti, Raffaella  
Date Issued

2022-04-06

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume

144

Issue

22

Start page

10053

End page

10063

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REVIEWED

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April 6, 2022
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