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Downshift of the Ni d band center over Ni nanoparticles in situ confined within an amorphous silicon nitride matrix.
Herein, nanocomposites made of Ni nanoparticles in situ distributed in an amorphous silicon nitride (Ni/a-Si3 N4 ) matrix, on the one hand, and within an amorphous silicon dioxide (Ni/a-SiO2 ) matrix, on the other hand, were synthesized from the same Ni-modified polysilazane precursor. In both compounds, the Ni/Si atomic ratio (0.06-0.07), average Ni nanocrystallite size (7.0-7.6 nm) and micro/mesoporosity of the matrix were rigorously fixed. Hydrogen (H2 )-temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) profile analysis revealed that the activation energy for H2 desorption at about 100-130 °C evaluated for the Ni/a-Si3 N4 sample (47.4 kJ mol-1 ) was lower than that for the Ni/a-SiO2 sample (68.0 kJ mol-1 ). Mechanistic study with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that, at Ni nanoparticle/matrix heterointerfaces, Ni becomes more covalently bonded to N atoms in the a-Si3 N4 matrix compared to O atoms in the a-SiO2 matrix. Therefore, based on experimental and theoretical studies, we elucidated that nickel-nitrogen (Ni-N) interactions at the heterointerface lead to remarkable Ni d band broadening and downshifting of the d band center relative to those generated by Ni-oxygen (Ni-O) interactions at the heterointerface. This facilitates H2 desorption, as experimentally observed in the Ni/a-Si3 N4 sample.
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