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Title: Towards ALD thin film stabilized single-atom Pd 1 catalysts

Journal Article · · Nanoscale
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nr04403d· OSTI ID:1319206
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  1. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States). Research Resources Center
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Energy Systems Division
  5. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
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Supported precious metal single-atom catalysts have shown interesting activity and selectivity in recent studies. However, agglomeration of these highly mobile mononuclear surface species can eliminate their unique catalytic properties. Here we study a strategy for synthesizing thin film stabilized single-atom Pd1 catalysts using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The thermal stability of the Pd1 catalysts is significantly enhanced by creating a nanocavity thin film structure. In situ infrared spectroscopy and Pd K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) revealed that the Pd1 was anchored on the surface through chlorine sites. The thin film stabilized Pd1 catalysts were thermally stable under both oxidation and reduction conditions. The catalytic performance in the methanol decomposition reaction is found to depend on the thickness of protecting layers. While Pd1 catalysts showed promising activity at low temperature in a methanol decomposition reaction, 14 cycle TiO2 protected Pd1 was less active at high temperature. Pd L3 edge XAS indicated that the low reactivity compared with Pd nanoparticles is due to the strong adsorption of carbon monoxide even at 250 °C. Furthermore, these results clearly show that the ALD nanocavities provide a basis for future design of single-atom catalysts that are highly efficient and stable.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); ORAU; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22) - National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; CBET-1511820; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1319206
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1337161
Journal Information:
Nanoscale, Vol. 8, Issue 33; ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 89 works
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