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Title: Facet-specific interaction between methanol and TiO 2 probed by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy

Abstract

Significance Facet engineering has become a major strategy for designing crystalline catalysts, yet many fundamental issues, including facet-specific interaction with adsorbates, remain unsolved due to lack of experimental investigation. Using surface-specific sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy, we have conducted an in-depth study of methanol adsorption on four different facets of TiO 2 under ambient conditions. The spectra revealed that for the four facets investigated, dissociation of adsorbed methanol occurs only when surface defects are present. Adsorption kinetics and energetics appeared nearly the same on different facets, but the Fermi resonance coupling strength for CH 3 of adsorbed methanol was found to depend sensitively on facets and methanol coverage, and could serve as a gauge for studying facet effects on molecular adsorption and surface reactions.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,
  2. Division of Interfacial Water, Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201800 Shanghai, China,
  3. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720,
  4. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China,, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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1432428
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AC03-76SF00098
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 115 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Yang, Deheng, Li, Yadong, Liu, Xinyi, Cao, Yue, Gao, Yi, Shen, Y. Ron, and Liu, Wei-Tao. Facet-specific interaction between methanol and TiO 2 probed by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1802741115.
Yang, Deheng, Li, Yadong, Liu, Xinyi, Cao, Yue, Gao, Yi, Shen, Y. Ron, & Liu, Wei-Tao. Facet-specific interaction between methanol and TiO 2 probed by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802741115
Yang, Deheng, Li, Yadong, Liu, Xinyi, Cao, Yue, Gao, Yi, Shen, Y. Ron, and Liu, Wei-Tao. Mon . "Facet-specific interaction between methanol and TiO 2 probed by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802741115.
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title = {Facet-specific interaction between methanol and TiO 2 probed by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy},
author = {Yang, Deheng and Li, Yadong and Liu, Xinyi and Cao, Yue and Gao, Yi and Shen, Y. Ron and Liu, Wei-Tao},
abstractNote = {Significance Facet engineering has become a major strategy for designing crystalline catalysts, yet many fundamental issues, including facet-specific interaction with adsorbates, remain unsolved due to lack of experimental investigation. Using surface-specific sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy, we have conducted an in-depth study of methanol adsorption on four different facets of TiO 2 under ambient conditions. The spectra revealed that for the four facets investigated, dissociation of adsorbed methanol occurs only when surface defects are present. Adsorption kinetics and energetics appeared nearly the same on different facets, but the Fermi resonance coupling strength for CH 3 of adsorbed methanol was found to depend sensitively on facets and methanol coverage, and could serve as a gauge for studying facet effects on molecular adsorption and surface reactions.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1802741115},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 17,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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