A Multi-Technique Study of C2H4 Adsorption on a Model Single-Atom Rh1 Catalyst

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Autori principali: Wang, Chunlei, Sombut, Panukorn, Puntscher, Lena, Ulreich, Manuel, Pavelec, Jiri, Rath, David, Balajka, Jan, Meier, Matthias, Schmid, Michael, Diebold, Ulrike, Franchini, Cesare, Parkinson, Gareth S.
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author Wang, Chunlei
Sombut, Panukorn
Puntscher, Lena
Ulreich, Manuel
Pavelec, Jiri
Rath, David
Balajka, Jan
Meier, Matthias
Schmid, Michael
Diebold, Ulrike
Franchini, Cesare
Parkinson, Gareth S.
author_facet Wang, Chunlei
Sombut, Panukorn
Puntscher, Lena
Ulreich, Manuel
Pavelec, Jiri
Rath, David
Balajka, Jan
Meier, Matthias
Schmid, Michael
Diebold, Ulrike
Franchini, Cesare
Parkinson, Gareth S.
contents Single-atom catalysts are potentially ideal model systems to investigate structure-function relationships in catalysis, if the active sites can be uniquely determined. In this work, we study the interaction of C2H4 with a model Rh/Fe3O4(001) catalyst that features 2-, 5-, and 6-fold coordinated Rh adatoms, as well as Rh clusters. Using multiple surface-sensitive techniques in combination with calculations of density functional theory (DFT), we follow the thermal evolution of the system and disentangle the behavior of the different species. C2H4 adsorption is strongest at the 2-fold coordinated Rh1 with a DFT-determined adsorption energy of -2.26 eV. However, desorption occurs at lower temperatures than expected because the Rh migrates into substitutional sites within the support, where the molecule is more weakly bound. Adsorption at the 5-fold coordinated Rh sites is predicated to -1.49 eV, but the superposition of this signal with that from small Rh clusters and additional heterogeneity leads to a broad C2H4 desorption shoulder in TPD above room temperature.
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spellingShingle A Multi-Technique Study of C2H4 Adsorption on a Model Single-Atom Rh1 Catalyst
Wang, Chunlei
Sombut, Panukorn
Puntscher, Lena
Ulreich, Manuel
Pavelec, Jiri
Rath, David
Balajka, Jan
Meier, Matthias
Schmid, Michael
Diebold, Ulrike
Franchini, Cesare
Parkinson, Gareth S.
Materials Science
Single-atom catalysts are potentially ideal model systems to investigate structure-function relationships in catalysis, if the active sites can be uniquely determined. In this work, we study the interaction of C2H4 with a model Rh/Fe3O4(001) catalyst that features 2-, 5-, and 6-fold coordinated Rh adatoms, as well as Rh clusters. Using multiple surface-sensitive techniques in combination with calculations of density functional theory (DFT), we follow the thermal evolution of the system and disentangle the behavior of the different species. C2H4 adsorption is strongest at the 2-fold coordinated Rh1 with a DFT-determined adsorption energy of -2.26 eV. However, desorption occurs at lower temperatures than expected because the Rh migrates into substitutional sites within the support, where the molecule is more weakly bound. Adsorption at the 5-fold coordinated Rh sites is predicated to -1.49 eV, but the superposition of this signal with that from small Rh clusters and additional heterogeneity leads to a broad C2H4 desorption shoulder in TPD above room temperature.
title A Multi-Technique Study of C2H4 Adsorption on a Model Single-Atom Rh1 Catalyst
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.03016