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Understanding the Intrinsic Surface Reactivity of Single-Layer and Multilayer PdO(101) on Pd(100)

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis
In this work, we investigated the intrinsic reactivity of CO on single and multilayer PdO(101) grown on Pd(100) using temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) experiments as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We find that CO binds more strongly on multilayer than single-layer PdO(101) (~119 vs. 43 kJ/mol), and that CO oxidizes negligibly on single-layer PdO(101) whereas nearly 90% of a saturated layer of CO oxidizes on multilayer PdO(101) during TPRS experiments. RAIRS further shows that CO molecules adsorb on both bridge and atop-Pdcus sites (coordinatively-unsaturated Pd sites) of single-layer PdO(101)/Pd(100), while CO binds exclusively on atop-Pdcus sites of multilayer PdO(101). The DFT calculations reproduce the much stronger binding of CO on multilayer PdO(101) as well as the observed binding site preferences, and reveal that the stronger binding is entirely responsible for the higher CO oxidation activity of multilayer PdO(101)/Pd(100). We show that the O-atom below the Pdcus site, present only on multi-layer PdO(101), modifies the electronic states of the Pdcus atom in a way that enhances the CO-Pdcus bonding. Lastly, we show that a precursor-mediated kinetic model, with energetics determined from the present study, predicts that the intrinsic CO oxidation rates achieved on both single and multilayer PdO(101)/Pd(100) can be expected to exceed the gaseous CO diffusion rate to the surface during steady-state CO oxidation at elevated pressures, even though the intrinsic reaction rates are 4-5 orders of magnitude lower on single layer than on multilayer PdO(101)/Pd(100).
Research Organization:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-03ER15478
OSTI ID:
1593965
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1539515
OSTI ID: 1773794
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 8; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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