Design and synthesis of model and practical palladium catalysts using atomic layer deposition

Autor: Mar Piernavieja-Hermida, Zheng Lu, Yu Lei, Jeffrey T. Miller, Jeffrey W. Elam, Orhan Kizilkaya, A. Jeremy Kropf, Richard L. Kurtz
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Catalysis Science & Technology. 6:6845-6852
ISSN: 2044-4761
2044-4753
Popis: We investigated the “one-batch” synthesis of model and practical palladium catalysts using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Two types of model catalysts and one type of powder-based nanocatalyst were synthesized simultaneously by ALD under viscous flow conditions. In addition, Pd/TiO2(110) model catalysts were prepared by the identical ALD process but under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. Because of the self-limiting surface reaction that defines ALD, the local structure of all the Pd catalysts were essentially the same as confirmed by a suite of microscopic and spectroscopic characterization techniques. A comprehensive understanding of the Pd-based catalysts was achieved by applying both surface science probes and advanced synchrotron techniques, and by strategically selecting the catalyst substrate best suited for each characterization. Both X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray resonant photoelectron spectroscopy suggested that Pd only weakly interacted with the TiO2 support. The one-batch synthesis approach facilitated by ALD can potentially bridge the “synthesis gap” between model catalysts and practical catalysts.
Databáze: OpenAIRE