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CO adsorption on a Au/CeO2 (111) model catalyst

Weststrate, C J ; Resta, Andrea LU ; Westerström, Rasmus LU ; Lundgren, Edvin LU ; Mikkelsen, Anders LU and Andersen, Jesper N LU (2008) In Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112(17). p.6900-6906
Abstract
We prepared a Au/CeO2 (111) model catalyst by depositing a thin cerium oxide film on a Ru(0001) surface and subsequently depositing gold. This model system was investigated using high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Gold forms metallic nanoparticles on CeO2 with an average particle size that depends on the Au dose. At 80 K adsorption of CO was observed on the supported Au particles, which induces a chemical shift of +0.9 eV in the An 4f level of the An atoms directly involved in the Au-CO bond. CO adsorption also induces an additional, particle-size-dependent shift, which affects all Au atoms in the particle; i.e., the whole Au particle is affected by CO adsorption. The fraction of surface atoms involved in CO bonding decreases with... (More)
We prepared a Au/CeO2 (111) model catalyst by depositing a thin cerium oxide film on a Ru(0001) surface and subsequently depositing gold. This model system was investigated using high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Gold forms metallic nanoparticles on CeO2 with an average particle size that depends on the Au dose. At 80 K adsorption of CO was observed on the supported Au particles, which induces a chemical shift of +0.9 eV in the An 4f level of the An atoms directly involved in the Au-CO bond. CO adsorption also induces an additional, particle-size-dependent shift, which affects all Au atoms in the particle; i.e., the whole Au particle is affected by CO adsorption. The fraction of surface atoms involved in CO bonding decreases with increasing gold particle size, from similar to 60-70% for small particles to 15-20% for large particles. It is concluded that CO only adsorbs on defects (low-coordinated Au atoms). The CO desorption temperature decreases with increasing particle size. This is explained as follows: on small particles the most abundant defects are corner atoms and kinks (6-coordinated), which interact strongly with CO. On large particles the most abundant defects are edges between two planes (7-coordinated), which interact less strongly with CO. (Less)
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  author       = {{Weststrate, C J and Resta, Andrea and Westerström, Rasmus and Lundgren, Edvin and Mikkelsen, Anders and Andersen, Jesper N}},
  issn         = {{1932-7447}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{17}},
  pages        = {{6900--6906}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Physical Chemistry C}},
  title        = {{CO adsorption on a Au/CeO2 (111) model catalyst}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp7117482}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp7117482}},
  volume       = {{112}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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