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Strain Dependent Light-off Temperature in Catalysis Revealed by Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Blomberg, Sara LU ; Zetterberg, Johan LU orcid ; Zhou, Jianfeng LU ; Merte, Lindsay R. LU ; Gustafson, Johan LU ; Shipilin, Mikhail LU ; Trinchero, Adriana ; Miccio, Luis A. ; Magaña, Ana and Ilyn, Maxim , et al. (2017) In ACS Catalysis 7(1). p.110-114
Abstract

Understanding how specific atom sites on metal surfaces lower the energy barrier for chemical reactions is vital in catalysis. Studies on simplified model systems have shown that atoms arranged as steps on the surface play an important role in catalytic reactions, but a direct comparison of how the light-off temperature is affected by the atom orientation on the step has not yet been possible due to methodological constraints. Here we report in situ spatially resolved measurements of the CO2 production over a cylindrical-shaped Pd catalyst and show that the light-off temperature at different parts of the crystal depends on the step orientation of the two types of steps (named A and B). Our finding is supported by density... (More)

Understanding how specific atom sites on metal surfaces lower the energy barrier for chemical reactions is vital in catalysis. Studies on simplified model systems have shown that atoms arranged as steps on the surface play an important role in catalytic reactions, but a direct comparison of how the light-off temperature is affected by the atom orientation on the step has not yet been possible due to methodological constraints. Here we report in situ spatially resolved measurements of the CO2 production over a cylindrical-shaped Pd catalyst and show that the light-off temperature at different parts of the crystal depends on the step orientation of the two types of steps (named A and B). Our finding is supported by density functional theory calculations, revealing that the steps, in contrast to what has been previously reported in the literature, are not directly involved in the reaction onset but have the role of releasing stress.

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CO oxidation, cylindrical crystal, density functional theory, planar laser-induced fluorescence, steps
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ACS Catalysis
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7
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1
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5 pages
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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2155-5435
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10.1021/acscatal.6b02440
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English
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  author       = {{Blomberg, Sara and Zetterberg, Johan and Zhou, Jianfeng and Merte, Lindsay R. and Gustafson, Johan and Shipilin, Mikhail and Trinchero, Adriana and Miccio, Luis A. and Magaña, Ana and Ilyn, Maxim and Schiller, Frederik and Ortega, J Enrique and Bertram, Florian and Grönbeck, Henrik and Lundgren, Edvin}},
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  keywords     = {{CO oxidation; cylindrical crystal; density functional theory; planar laser-induced fluorescence; steps}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{110--114}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{ACS Catalysis}},
  title        = {{Strain Dependent Light-off Temperature in Catalysis Revealed by Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b02440}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acscatal.6b02440}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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