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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6151-6155 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | ACS Catalysis |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2 Sep 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CO oxidation
- heterogeneous catalysis
- in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- metal-support interaction
- platinum cerium oxide catalyst