In-situ XPS analysis of oxidized and reduced plasma deposited ruthenium-based thin catalytic films

Autor: Wiktor Redzynia, Jacek Tyczkowski, Jacek Balcerzak
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science. 426:852-855
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.07.248
Popis: A novel in-situ study of the surface molecular structure of catalytically active ruthenium-based films subjected to the oxidation (in oxygen) and reduction (in hydrogen) was performed in a Cat-Cell reactor combined with a XPS spectrometer. The films were produced by the plasma deposition method (PEMOCVD). It was found that the films contained ruthenium at different oxidation states: metallic (Ru0), RuO2 (Ru+4), and other RuOx (Ru+x), of which content could be changed by the oxidation or reduction, depending on the process temperature. These results allow to predict the behavior of the Ru-based catalysts in different redox environments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE