Water facilitates oxygen migration on gold surfaces
| Autor: | Ioanna Fampiou, Cynthia M. Friend, Stavros Karakalos, Fang Xu, Robert J. Madix, Fanny Hiebel, Efthimios Kaxiras, Christopher R. O’Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Chemistry General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Heterogeneous catalysis Photochemistry 01 natural sciences Redox Oxygen 0104 chemical sciences Catalysis Adsorption Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 0210 nano-technology Spectroscopy Dispersion (chemistry) |
| Zdroj: | Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 20(4) |
| ISSN: | 1463-9084 |
| Popis: | The water-oxygen-gold interface is important in many surface processes and has potential influence on heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, it is shown that water facilitates the migration of atomic oxygen on Au(110), demonstrating the dynamic nature of surface adsorption. We demonstrate this effect for the first time, using in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and first-principles theoretical calculations. The dynamic interaction of water with adsorbed O maintains a high dispersion of O on the surface, potentially creating reactive transient species. At low temperature and pressure, isotopic experiments show that adsorbed oxygen on the Au(110) surface exchanges with oxygen in H218O. The presence of water modulates local electronic properties and facilitates oxygen exchange. Combining experimental results and theory, we propose that hydroxyl is transiently formed via proton transfer from the water to adsorbed oxygen. Hydroxyl groups easily recombine to regenerate water and adsorbed oxygen atoms, the net result of which is migration of the adsorbed oxygen without significant change in its overall distribution on the surface. The presence of water creates a dynamic surface where mobile surface oxygen atoms and hydroxyls are present, which can lead to a better performance of gold catalysis in oxidation reactions. |
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