Strain Dependent Light-off Temperature in Catalysis Revealed by Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Sara Blomberg, Johan Zetterberg, Jianfeng Zhou, Lindsay R. Merte, Johan Gustafson, Mikhail Shipilin, Adriana Trinchero, Luis A. Miccio, Ana Magaña, Maxim Ilyn, Frederik Schiller, J Enrique Ortega, Florian Bertram, Henrik Grönbeck, Edvin Lundgren

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Sammanfattning

Understanding how specific atom sites on metal surfaces lower the energy barrier for chemical reactions is vital in catalysis. Studies on simplified model systems have shown that atoms arranged as steps on the surface play an important role in catalytic reactions, but a direct comparison of how the light-off temperature is affected by the atom orientation on the step has not yet been possible due to methodological constraints. Here we report in situ spatially resolved measurements of the CO2 production over a cylindrical-shaped Pd catalyst and show that the light-off temperature at different parts of the crystal depends on the step orientation of the two types of steps (named A and B). Our finding is supported by density functional theory calculations, revealing that the steps, in contrast to what has been previously reported in the literature, are not directly involved in the reaction onset but have the role of releasing stress.

Originalspråkengelska
Sidor (från-till)110-114
Antal sidor5
TidskriftACS Catalysis
Volym7
Nummer1
DOI
StatusPublished - 2017 jan. 6

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Den kondenserade materiens fysik (Här ingår: Materialfysik, nanofysik)
  • Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (Här ingår: Kemisk fysik, kvantoptik)

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