Effect of Graphite Aging on Its Wetting Properties and Surface Blocking by Gaseous Nanodomains

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345710" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345710</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02151" target="_blank" >10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02151</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effect of Graphite Aging on Its Wetting Properties and Surface Blocking by Gaseous Nanodomains

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Early works considered basal planes of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) as hydrophobic, relatively inert materials with low electrocatalytic activity due to nonpolar sp2 carbon. On the contrary, a freshly prepared HOPG surface exhibits intrinsically mildly hydrophilic properties, with a low contact angle of water, which increases after exposure to an ambient atmosphere. This process, called aging, ascribed to adsorption of airborne hydrocarbons, is reportedly accompanied by strong decay of electron transfer kinetics, the mechanism of which is not yet fully understood. Examining both freshly prepared and aged basal plane HOPG immersed in water by PeakForce quantitative nanomechanical imaging, we have found that aged HOPG is occupied by ambient gaseous nanodomains, the existence of which is explained by incomplete wetting. They cover up to 60% of the immersed surface and their incidence is in direct relation with graphite aging time. In contrast with aged graphite, gaseous nanodomains were absent on the freshly stripped HOPG surface. It can be concluded that ambient gaseous nanodomains can prevent aged basal plane HOPG from contact with aqueous media and may thus affect processes at the solid–liquid interface.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effect of Graphite Aging on Its Wetting Properties and Surface Blocking by Gaseous Nanodomains

Popis výsledku anglicky

Early works considered basal planes of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) as hydrophobic, relatively inert materials with low electrocatalytic activity due to nonpolar sp2 carbon. On the contrary, a freshly prepared HOPG surface exhibits intrinsically mildly hydrophilic properties, with a low contact angle of water, which increases after exposure to an ambient atmosphere. This process, called aging, ascribed to adsorption of airborne hydrocarbons, is reportedly accompanied by strong decay of electron transfer kinetics, the mechanism of which is not yet fully understood. Examining both freshly prepared and aged basal plane HOPG immersed in water by PeakForce quantitative nanomechanical imaging, we have found that aged HOPG is occupied by ambient gaseous nanodomains, the existence of which is explained by incomplete wetting. They cover up to 60% of the immersed surface and their incidence is in direct relation with graphite aging time. In contrast with aged graphite, gaseous nanodomains were absent on the freshly stripped HOPG surface. It can be concluded that ambient gaseous nanodomains can prevent aged basal plane HOPG from contact with aqueous media and may thus affect processes at the solid–liquid interface.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10405 - Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Langmuir

ISSN

0743-7463

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

39

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

39

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

14154-14161

Kód UT WoS článku

001071597400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85173603235