Reduction of Pt2+ species in model Pt-CeO2 fuel cell catalysts upon reaction with methanol
Neitzel A, Johanek V, Lykhach Y, Skala T, Tsud N, Vorokhta M, Matolin V, Libuda J (2016)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2016
Journal
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Book Volume: 387
Pages Range: 674-681
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.156
Abstract
The stability of atomically dispersed Pt2+ species on the surface of nanostructured CeO2 films during the reaction with methanol has been investigated by means of synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy and resonant photoemission spectroscopy. The isolated Pt2+ species were prepared at low Pt concentration in Pt-CeO2 film. Additionally, Pt2+ species coexisting with metallic Pt particles were prepared at high Pt concentration. We found that adsorption of methanol yields similar decomposition products regardless of Pt concentration in Pt-CeO2 films. A small number of oxygen vacancies formed during the methanol decomposition can be replenished in the Pt-CeO2 film with low Pt concentration by diffusion of oxygen from the bulk. In the presence of supported Pt particles, a higher number of oxygen vacancies leads to a partial reduction of the Pt2+ species. The isolated Pt2+ species are reduced under rather strongly reducing conditions only, i.e. during annealing under continuous exposure to methanol. Reduction of isolated Pt2+ species results in the formation of ultra-small Pt particles containing around 25 atoms per particle or less. Such ultra-small Pt particles demonstrate excellent stability against sintering during annealing of Pt-CeO2 film with low Pt concentration under reducing conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Armin Neitzel
Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II
Yaroslava Lykhach
Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II
Jörg Libuda
Professur für Physikalische Chemie
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APA:
Neitzel, A., Johanek, V., Lykhach, Y., Skala, T., Tsud, N., Vorokhta, M.,... Libuda, J. (2016). Reduction of Pt2+ species in model Pt-CeO2 fuel cell catalysts upon reaction with methanol. Applied Surface Science, 387, 674-681. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.06.156
MLA:
Neitzel, Armin, et al. "Reduction of Pt2+ species in model Pt-CeO2 fuel cell catalysts upon reaction with methanol." Applied Surface Science 387 (2016): 674-681.
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