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Morphology and reactivity of size-selected titanium oxide nanoclusters on Au(111)

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5134453· OSTI ID:1631942
The morphology and reactivity of mass-selected titania clusters, Ti3O6 and Ti3O5, deposited onto Au(111) were studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). Despite differing by only one oxygen atom, the stoichiometric Ti3O6 and the sub-stoichiometric (“reduced”) Ti3O5 clusters exhibit very different structures and preferred binding sites. The Ti3O6 clusters preferentially bind at step edges and form small assemblies (2-4 clusters) on Au terraces, while the “reduced” Ti3O5 clusters form much larger fractal-like assemblies that can extend across step boundaries. Annealing the Ti3O5,6/Au(111) systems to higher temperatures causes changes in the size-distributions of cluster assemblies but does not lead to the formation of TiOx nanoislands for temperatures ≤ 700 K. Reactivity studies show that the reduced Ti3O5 cluster has higher activity than Ti3O6 for 2-propanol dehydration, although both clusters exhibit substantial activity for dehydrogenation to acetone. Calculations using DFT+U suggest that the differences in aggregate morphology and reactivity are associated with the number of undercoordinated Ti3c sites in the supported clusters.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012573; SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1631942
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1597145
Report Number(s):
BNL--215990-2020-JAAM
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 152; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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