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Vanadium oxide nanostructures on Rh(111): Promotion effect of CO adsorption and oxidation

Schoiswohl, J ; Eck, S ; Ramsey, MG ; Andersen, Jesper N LU ; Surnev, S and Netzer, FP (2005) In Surface Science 580(1-3). p.122-136
Abstract
The adsorption of CO and the reaction of CO with pre-adsorbed oxygen at room temperature has been studied on the (2 x 1)O-Rh(1 1 1) surface and on vanadium oxide-Rh(1 1 1) "inverse model catalyst" surfaces using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and core-level photoemission with synchrotron radiation. Two types of structurally well-defined model catalyst V3O9-Rh(1 1 1) surfaces have been prepared, which consist of large (mean size of similar to 50 nm, type I model catalyst) and small (mean size < 15 nm, type II model catalyst) two-dimensional oxide islands and bare Rh areas in between; the latter are covered by chemisorbed oxygen. Adsorption of CO on the oxygen pre-covered (2 x 1)O-Rh(1 1 1) surface leads to fast CO uptake in on-top... (More)
The adsorption of CO and the reaction of CO with pre-adsorbed oxygen at room temperature has been studied on the (2 x 1)O-Rh(1 1 1) surface and on vanadium oxide-Rh(1 1 1) "inverse model catalyst" surfaces using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and core-level photoemission with synchrotron radiation. Two types of structurally well-defined model catalyst V3O9-Rh(1 1 1) surfaces have been prepared, which consist of large (mean size of similar to 50 nm, type I model catalyst) and small (mean size < 15 nm, type II model catalyst) two-dimensional oxide islands and bare Rh areas in between; the latter are covered by chemisorbed oxygen. Adsorption of CO on the oxygen pre-covered (2 x 1)O-Rh(1 1 1) surface leads to fast CO uptake in on-top sites and to the removal of half (0.25 ML) of the initial oxygen coverage by an oxidation clean-off reaction and as a result to the formation of a coadsorbed (2 x 2)-O + CO phase. Further removal of the adsorbed O with CO is kinetically hindered at room temperature. A similar kinetic behaviour has been found also for the CO adsorption and oxidation reaction on the type I "inverse model catalyst" surface. In contrast, on the type II inverse catalyst surface, containing small V-oxide islands, the rate of removal of the chemisorbed oxygen is significantly enhanced. In addition, a reduction of the V-oxide islands at their perimeter by CO has been observed, which is suggested to be the reason for the promotion of the CO oxidation reaction near the metal-oxide phase boundary. (Less)
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rhodium, catalysis, chemisorption, carbon monoxide, spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, synchrotron radiation photoelectron, vanadium oxide
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Surface Science
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580
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1-3
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122 - 136
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Elsevier
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0039-6028
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10.1016/j.susc.2005.02.023
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English
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  author       = {{Schoiswohl, J and Eck, S and Ramsey, MG and Andersen, Jesper N and Surnev, S and Netzer, FP}},
  issn         = {{0039-6028}},
  keywords     = {{rhodium; catalysis; chemisorption; carbon monoxide; spectroscopy; scanning tunneling microscopy; synchrotron radiation photoelectron; vanadium oxide}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1-3}},
  pages        = {{122--136}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Surface Science}},
  title        = {{Vanadium oxide nanostructures on Rh(111): Promotion effect of CO adsorption and oxidation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.02.023}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.susc.2005.02.023}},
  volume       = {{580}},
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