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Title: The behavior of inverse oxide/metal catalysts: CO oxidation and water-gas shift reactions over ZnO/Cu(111) surfaces

Journal Article · · Surface Science
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Central Univ. of Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela)
  3. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Tianjin Univ. (China). Tianjin Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  5. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

There is a general desire to improve the configuration of industrial catalysts by taking advantage of the intrinsic properties of metal oxides. On an inverse oxide/metal catalyst, the reactants can interact with defect sites of the oxide nanoparticles, metal sites, and the metal-oxide interface. We have investigated the oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO + 0.5O2 → CO2) and the water-gas shift (WGS, CO + H2O → H2 + CO2) reaction on a series of ZnO/Cu(111) surfaces prepared in different ways. Oxidation of a Zn-Cu(111) alloys with O2 at 460 K produces ZnO/CuOx/Cu(111) systems where the size of the ZnO islands is in the range of 5–20 nm. These systems are highly active for the oxidation of CO at moderate temperatures (400–500 K) but have problems of stability when performing the water-gas shift at temperatures above 550 K. ZnO/CuOx/Cu(111) surfaces prepared by vapor deposition of Zn at 600 K in O2 exhibit islands of ZnO which are extremely large (400–500 nm) and contain a minimum of 3–4 layers of the oxide. These large islands of ZnO are not as chemically active as the small ZnO clusters yet they have high stability and produce ZnO-Cu interfaces which are efficient as catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction at 550–625 K.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1504405
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1776227
Report Number(s):
BNL-211479-2019-JAAM
Journal Information:
Surface Science, Vol. 681; ISSN 0039-6028
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
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