Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles on rutile surface

Ganesh, Panchapakesan; Kent, Paul R; Veith, Gabriel M

doi:10.1021/jz2013177

Title: Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles on rutile surface

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Hydroxyls are present as surface terminations of transition metal oxides under ambient conditions and may modify the properties of supported catalysts. We perform first-principles density functional theory calculations to investigate the role of hydroxyls on the catalytic activity of supported gold clusters on TiO{sub 2} (rutile). We find that they have a long-range effect increasing the adhesion of gold clusters on rutile. While hydroxyls make one gold atom more electronegative, a more complex charge-transfer scenario is observed on larger clusters which are important for catalytic applications. This enhances the molecular adsorption and coadsorption energies of CO and O{sub 2}, thereby increasing the catalytic activity of gold clusters for CO oxidation, consistent with reported experiments. Hydroxyls at the interface between gold and rutile surface are most important to this process, even when not directly bound to gold. As such, accurate models of catalytic processes on gold and other catalysts should include the effect of surface hydroxyls.

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Ganesh, Panchapakesan ^[1]; Kent, Paul R ^[1]; Veith, Gabriel M ^[1]

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Publication Date:: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1033156

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 1948-7185

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ADHESION; ADSORPTION; ATOMS; CATALYSTS; FUNCTIONALS; GOLD; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDATION; OXIDES; RUTILE; STABILITY; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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                    Ganesh, Panchapakesan, Kent, Paul R, and Veith, Gabriel M. Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles on rutile surface.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Ganesh, Panchapakesan, Kent, Paul R, and Veith, Gabriel M. 2011.  
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  title        = {Role of hydroxyl groups on the stability and catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles on rutile surface},

  author       = {Ganesh, Panchapakesan and Kent, Paul R and Veith, Gabriel M},

  abstractNote = {Hydroxyls are present as surface terminations of transition metal oxides under ambient conditions and may modify the properties of supported catalysts. We perform first-principles density functional theory calculations to investigate the role of hydroxyls on the catalytic activity of supported gold clusters on TiO{sub 2} (rutile). We find that they have a long-range effect increasing the adhesion of gold clusters on rutile. While hydroxyls make one gold atom more electronegative, a more complex charge-transfer scenario is observed on larger clusters which are important for catalytic applications. This enhances the molecular adsorption and coadsorption energies of CO and O{sub 2}, thereby increasing the catalytic activity of gold clusters for CO oxidation, consistent with reported experiments. Hydroxyls at the interface between gold and rutile surface are most important to this process, even when not directly bound to gold. As such, accurate models of catalytic processes on gold and other catalysts should include the effect of surface hydroxyls.},

  doi          = {10.1021/jz2013177},

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  journal      = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},

  issn         = {1948-7185},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011},

  month        = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011}

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