Surface sensitive study to determine the reactivity of soot with the focus on the European emission standards IV and VI

Manfred E. Schuster, Michael Hävecker, Rosa Arrigo, Raoul Blume, Markus Knauer, Natalia P. Ivleva, Dang Sheng Su, Reinhard Niessner, Robert Schlögl

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Abstract

Diesel soot (Euro IV and Euro VI) was investigated with spectroscopic methods such as near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). C and O K-edge NEXAFS show that structural disorder on the surface is accompanied by a higher amount of oxygen functional groups. O K-edge NEXAFS and O1s XPS results are discussed with the aim to elucidate the nature of the oxygen surface species. The analysis of the data presented here allows the postulation of a hypothetical structure for soot samples emitted by diesel engines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2568-2580
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume115
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Mar 2011

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