Exploring the influence of interlayer interaction on SERS performance by using 2D PtSe2 and ReS2 with different numbers of layers as the research objects.
Recent
studies have found that some transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs) with their own defects are difficult to store in the air for
a long time. Worse stability of TMDs under extreme conditions has
also been reported. Therefore, monitoring the oxidation and degradation
processes of TMDs can directly guide the stability prediction of TMD-based
devices and monitor TMDs quality. Herein, with the case of molybdenum
disulfide, UV–ozone defect engineering is used to simulate
the oxidation and degradation of TMDs under severe conditions. Surface-enhanced
Raman scattering based on a chemical mechanism was first introduced
to the dynamic monitoring of defect evolution in the oxidation and
degradation of TMDs, and succeeds in tracking the TMDs oxidation state
by the quantitative method. It is expected that this technology can
be extended to the quantification and tracking of oxidation and degradation
of other 2D materials.
The implementation of plasmonic materials in heterogeneous catalysis was limited due to the lack of experimental access in managing the plasmonic hot carriers. Herein, we propose a liquid-state surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique to manipulate and visualize heterogeneous photocatalysis with transparent plasmonic chips. The liquid-state measurement conquers the difficulties that arise from the plasmon-induced thermal effects, and thus the plasmon based strategies can be extended to investigate a wider range of catalytic reactions. We demonstrated the selection of reaction products by modulating the plasmonic hot carriers and explored the mechanisms in several typical C−C coupling reactions with 4bromothiophenol (4-BTP) as reactants. The real-time experimental results suggest brand new mechanisms of the formation of C−C bonds on plasmonic metal nanoparticles (NPs): the residue of 4-BTP, but not thiophenol (TP), is responsible for the C−C coupling. Furthermore, this technique was extended to study the evolution of the Suzuki−Miyaura reaction on nonplasmonic palladium metals by establishing the charge transfer channels between palladium and Au NPs. The cleavage and formation of chemical bonds in each individual reaction step were discerned, and the corresponding working mechanisms were clarified.
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