Ab Initio Density Functional Calculations and Infra-Red Study of CO Interaction with Pd Atoms on θ-Al2O3 (010) Surface

Chaitanya K. Narula; Lawrence F. Allard; Zili Wu

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06405-7

Ab Initio Density Functional Calculations and Infra-Red Study of CO Interaction with Pd Atoms on θ-Al₂O₃ (010) Surface

Chaitanya K. Narula
, Lawrence F. Allard
, Zili Wu

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Abstract

The ab initio density functional theoretical studies show that energetics favor CO oxidation on single Pd atoms supported on θ-alumina. The diffuse reflectance infra-red spectroscopy (DRIFTS) results show that carbonates are formed as intermediates when single supported Pd atoms are exposed to a gaseous mixture of CO + O₂. The rapid agglomeration of Pd atoms under CO oxidation conditions even at 6 °C leads to the presence of Pd particles along with single atoms during CO oxidation experiments. Thus, the observed CO oxidation has contributions from both single Pd atoms and Pd particles.

Original language	English
Article number	6231
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06405-7
State	Published - Dec 1 2017

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The research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office, Propulsion Materials Program (C.K.N, L.F.A.) under contract DE-AC05-ooOR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. Z.W. was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. The in-situ IR work was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.

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