Room-Temperature CO Oxidation Catalyst: Low-Temperature Metal-Support Interaction between Platinum Nanoparticles and Nanosized Ceria

Suresh Gatla, Daniel Aubert, Giovanni Agostini, Olivier Mathon, Sakura Pascarelli, Thomas Lunkenbein, Marc Georg Willinger, Helena Kaper

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Abstract

Platinum nanoparticles dispersed on nanosized ceria are active for CO oxidation at room temperature after hydrogen pretreatment. High angular annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) analysis of the reduced catalyst shows spreading of the 1 nm sized platinum particles under the electron beam, characteristic for a two-dimensional strong metal-support interaction. In situ X-ray absorption fluorescence spectroscopy (XAFS) reveals a Pt-O distance of 2.1 Å, which is significantly longer than the Pt-O distance in PtO2 (2.0 Å). This elongated Pt-O distance can be related to interaction of the platinum species with cerium oxide in the form of a low-temperature active species-support interaction. These findings contribute to the general understanding of catalytic systems operating at low temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6151-6155
Number of pages5
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume6
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Sep 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CO oxidation
  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • metal-support interaction
  • platinum cerium oxide catalyst

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