title: Imaging the electrocatalytic activity of single nanoparticles.
abstract: The electrocatalytic properties of nanoparticles depend on their size, shape and composition. These properties are typically probed by measuring the total electrocatalytic reaction current of a large number of nanoparticles, but this approach is time-consuming and can only measure the average catalytic activity of the nanoparticles under study. However, the identification of new catalysts requires the ability to rapidly measure the properties of nanoparticles synthesized under various conditions and, ideally, to measure the electrocatalytic activity of individual nanoparticles. Here, we show that a plasmonic-based electrochemical current-imaging technique can simultaneously image and quantify the electrocatalytic reactions of an array of 1.6 × 10(5) platinum nanoparticles printed on an electrode surface, which could facilitate high-throughput screening of the catalytic activities of nanoparticles. We also show that the approach can be used to image the electrocatalytic reaction current and measure the cyclic voltammograms of single nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
authors.forename: Xiaonan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Díez-Pérez
authors.forename: Luojia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiktor
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shaopeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qihuang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Jinghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Nongjian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum