Probing Catalytic Sites and Adsorbate Spillover on Ultrathin FeO2-x Film on Ir(111) during CO Oxidation

The spatially resolved identification of active sites on the heterogeneous catalyst surface is an essential step toward directly visualizing a catalytic reaction with atomic scale. To date, ferrous centers on platinum group metals have shown promising potential for low-temperature CO catalytic oxidation, but the temporal and spatial distribution of active sites during the reaction and how molecular-scale structures develop at the interface are not fully understood. Here, we studied the catalytic CO oxidation and the effect of co-adsorbed hydrogen on the FeO2-x/Ir(111) surface. Combining scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), isotope-labeled pulse reaction measurements, and DFT calculations, we identified both FeO2/Ir and FeO2/FeO sites as active sites with different reactivity. The trilayer O-Fe-O structure with its Moiré pattern can be fully recovered after O2 exposure, where molecular O2 dissociates at the FeO/Ir interface. Additionally, as a competitor, dissociated hydrogen migrates onto the oxide film with the formation of surface hydroxyl and water clusters down to 150 K.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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ACS nano - 18(2024), 9 vom: 05. März, Seite 7114-7122

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yin, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Yu-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Brune, Harald [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CO oxidation
Hydrogen spillover
Iron oxides
Journal Article
Model catalyst
Surface science

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Date Revised 09.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.3c11400

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36867617X