Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

In situ identification of the metallic state of Ag nanoclusters in oxidative dispersion

  • Rongtan Li,
  • Xiaoyan Xu,
  • Beien Zhu,
  • Xiao-Yan Li,
  • Yanxiao Ning,
  • Rentao Mu,
  • Pengfei Du,
  • Mengwei Li,
  • Huike Wang,
  • Jiajie Liang,
  • Yongsheng Chen,
  • Yi Gao,
  • Bing Yang,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Xinhe Bao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21552-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Designing ultra small metal nanoclusters or single atoms with metallic state is a challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate the stabilization of ultra small silver clusters in the nearly-metallic state by oxygen adsorption at high temperature, using in situ spectroscopy and microscope technologies.