Photoreduction Kinetics of Sodium Tetrachloroaurate under Synchrotron Soft X-ray Exposure

Yuen-Yan Fong; Bradley Visser; Jason Gascooke; Bruce Cowie; Lars Thomsen; Gregory Metha; Mark Buntine; Hugh Harris

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Photoreduction Kinetics of Sodium Tetrachloroaurate under Synchrotron Soft X-ray Exposure

Yuen-Yan Fong, Bradley Visser, Jason Gascooke, Bruce Cowie, Lars Thomsen, Gregory Metha, Mark Buntine, Hugh Harris

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We report on the time evolution of the sodium tetrachloroaurate (NaAuCl₄) chemical properties as a function of soft X-ray exposure in a dried sample on a silicon surface using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Our investigations provide mechanistic insight into the photoreduction kinetics from Au^III to Au^I and then Au^I to Au⁰. We unambiguously show that XPS photoreduction occurs in stepwise fashion via the Au^I state. Both photoreduction steps undergo first-order kinetics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8099-8104
Number of pages	6
Journal	Langmuir
Volume	27
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/la200463k
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2011

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Photoreduction Kinetics of Sodium Tetrachloroaurate under Synchrotron Soft X-ray Exposure

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