Inverse Catalysts for CO Oxidation: Enhanced Oxide–Metal Interactions in MgO/Au(111), CeO2/Au(111), and TiO2/Au(111)

Palomino, Robert M.; Gutiérrez, Ramón A.; Liu, Zongyuan; Tenney, Samuel; Grinter, David C.; Crumlin, Ethan; Waluyo, Iradwikanari; Ramírez, Pedro J.; Rodriguez, José A.; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02744

Inverse Catalysts for CO Oxidation: Enhanced Oxide–Metal Interactions in MgO/Au(111), CeO₂/Au(111), and TiO₂/Au(111)

Journal Article · Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02744· OSTI ID:1425036

Palomino, Robert M. ^[1]; Gutiérrez, Ramón A. ^[2]; ^[1]; Tenney, Samuel ^[1]; Grinter, David C. ^[1]; ^[3]; Waluyo, Iradwikanari ^[1]; Ramírez, Pedro J. ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. Central de Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Au(111) does not bind CO and O₂ well. The deposition of small nanoparticles of MgO, CeO₂, and TiO₂ on Au(111) produces excellent catalysts for CO oxidation at room temperature. In an inverse oxide/metal configuration there is a strong enhancement of the oxide–metal interactions, and the inverse catalysts are more active than conventional Au/MgO(001), Au/CeO₂(111), and Au/TiO₂(110) catalysts. An identical trend was seen after comparing the CO oxidation activity of TiO2/Au and Au/TiO₂ powder catalysts. In the model systems, the activity increased following the sequence: MgO/Au(111) < CeO₂/Au(111) < TiO₂/Au(111). Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) was used to elucidate the role of the titania–gold interface in inverse TiO₂/Au(111) model catalysts during CO oxidation. Stable surface intermediates such as CO(ads), CO₃^2–(ads), and OH(ads) were identified under reaction conditions. CO₃^2–(ads) and OH(ads) behaved as spectators. The concentration of CO(ad) initially increased and then decreased with increasing TiO₂ coverage, demonstrating a clear role of the Ti–Au interface and the size of the TiO₂ nanostructures in the catalytic process. Overall, our results show an enhancement in the strength of the oxide–metal interactions when working with inverse oxide/metal configurations, a phenomenon that can be utilized for the design of efficient catalysts useful for green and sustainable chemistry.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1425036

Report Number(s):: BNL-200017-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Journal Name: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 5; ISSN 2168-0485

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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