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Influence of Adsorbates on the Electronic Structure, Bond Strain, and Thermal Properties of an Alumina-Supported Pt Catalyst

Journal Article · · ACS Nano
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nn3015322· OSTI ID:1875505
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  1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States); University of Illinois
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
  3. Delaware Univ., Newark, DE (United States)
  4. Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY (United States)
We describe the results of an X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) study of adsorbate and temperature-dependent alterations of the atomic level structure of a prototypical, noble metal hydrogenation and reforming catalyst: ~1.0 nm Pt clusters supported on gamma alumina (Pt/γ-Al2O3). This work demonstrates that the metal–metal (M–M) bonding in these small clusters is responsive to the presence of adsorbates, exhibiting pronounced coverage-dependent strains in the clusters’ M–M bonding, with concomitant modifications of their electronic structures. Hydrogen and CO adsorbates demonstrate coverage-dependent bonding that leads to relaxation of the M–M bond strains within the clusters. These influences are partially compensated, and variably mediated, by the temperature-dependent electronic perturbations that arise from cluster–support and adsorbate–support interactions. Taken together, the data reveal a strikingly fluxional system with implications for understanding the energetics of catalysis. Here, we estimate that a 9.1 ± 1.1 kJ/mol strain exists for these clusters under H2 and that this strain increases to 12.8 ± 1.7 kJ/mol under CO. This change in the energy of the particle is in addition to the different heats of adsorption for each gas (64 ± 3 and 126 ± 2 kJ/mol for H2 and CO, respectively).
Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886; FG02-03ER15476; FG02-07ER46453; FG02-07ER46471
OSTI ID:
1875505
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1069584
Journal Information:
ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 6; ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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