Volume 162, 2013

CO and O overlayers on Pd nanocrystals supported on TiO2(110)

Abstract

We have prepared a model catalytic system by depositing Pd onto a TiO2(110) surface held at ∼720 K. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) reveals well-defined Pd nanocrystals consisting of (111) top facets with {111} and {100} side facets. The Pd nanocrystals go down to about 10 nm in width and 1.3 nm in height. Top facets can be imaged with atomic resolution, indicating the absence of TiOx encapsulation. The model catalyst was probed by exposure to CO and O2. By varying the CO exposure, different CO overlayers were formed on the (111) top facets, with coverages ranging from 0.33 to 0.75 of a monolayer. Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements at 300 K reveal that at around 0.5 ML coverage, CO is oriented with the molecular axis more or less normal to TiO2(110). Dosing small amounts of O2 separately on a Pd/TiO2(110) surface led to an overlayer of p(2 × 2)-O formed on the (111) top facet of the Pd nanocrystals at 190 K.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Nov 2012
Accepted
17 Dec 2012
First published
18 Dec 2012

Faraday Discuss., 2013,162, 191-200

CO and O overlayers on Pd nanocrystals supported on TiO2(110)

C. M. Yim, C. L. Pang, D. S. Humphrey, C. A. Muryn, K. Schulte, R. Pérez and G. Thornton, Faraday Discuss., 2013, 162, 191 DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20137B

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