Visualizing the Anomalous Catalysis in Two-Dimensional Confined Space

Wang, Zhu-Jun1,2,3; Liang, Zhihua1,2; Kong, Xiao4; Zhang, Xiaowen1,2; Qiao, Ruixi5,6; Wang, Jinhuan5; Zhang, Shuai7; Zhang, Zhiqun3; Xue, Chaowu3; Cui, Guoliang1,2; Zhang, Zhihong8; Zou, Dingxin9; Liu, Zhi3; Li, Qunyang7; Wei, Wenya1,2; Zhou, Xu1,2; Tang, Zhilie1,2; Yu, Dapeng9; Wang, Enge6,10,11; Liu, Kaihui5,6; Ding, Feng4,12; Xu, Xiaozhi1,2

2022-05-31

10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00549

NANO LETTERS   Impact Factor & Quartile

1530-6984

1530-6992

Confined nanospaces provide a new platform to promote catalytic reactions. However, the mechanism of catalytic enhancement in the nanospace still requires insightful exploration due to the lack of direct visualization. Here, we report operando investigations on the etching and growth of graphene in a two-dimensional (2D) confined space between graphene and a Cu substrate. We observed that the graphene layer between the Cu and top graphene layer was surprisingly very active in etching (more than 10 times faster than the etching of the top graphene layer). More strikingly, at a relatively low temperature (similar to 530 degrees C), the etched carbon radicals dissociated from the bottom layer, in turn feeding the growth of the top graphene layer with a very high efficiency. Our findings reveal the in situ dynamics of the anomalous confined catalytic processes in 2D confined spaces and thus pave the way for the design of high-efficiency catalysts.

confined nanospaces graphene catalysis operando observation in-plan evolution

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[12027804,52102043,52025023,51991342,52021006,11888101] ; Guangdong Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars[2020B1515020043] ; Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou[2019050001] ; Key R&D Program of Guangdong Province["2020B010189001","2019B010931001","2018B030327001"] ; Beijing Natural Science Foundation[JQ19004] ; Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program of Guangdong Province[2019ZT08C321] ; Institute for Basic Science of South Korea[IBS-R019-D1]

Chemistry ; Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science ; Physics

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary ; Chemistry, Physical ; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied ; Physics, Condensed Matter

WOS:000815682300001

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

20222512251313

Catalysis ; Efficiency ; Etching ; Temperature

Thermodynamics:641.1 ; Nanotechnology:761 ; Chemical Reactions:802.2 ; Chemical Products Generally:804 ; Production Engineering:913.1

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Wang, Zhu-Jun,Liang, Zhihua,Kong, Xiao,et al. Visualizing the Anomalous Catalysis in Two-Dimensional Confined Space[J]. NANO LETTERS,2022,22(12):4661-4668.

Wang, Zhu-Jun.,Liang, Zhihua.,Kong, Xiao.,Zhang, Xiaowen.,Qiao, Ruixi.,...&Xu, Xiaozhi.(2022).Visualizing the Anomalous Catalysis in Two-Dimensional Confined Space.NANO LETTERS,22(12),4661-4668.

Wang, Zhu-Jun,et al."Visualizing the Anomalous Catalysis in Two-Dimensional Confined Space".NANO LETTERS 22.12(2022):4661-4668.