Reaction-driven restructuring of Rh-Pd and Pt-Pd core-shell nanoparticles.
Heterogeneous catalysts that contain bimetallic nanoparticles may undergo segregation of the metals, driven by oxidizing and reducing environments. The structure and composition of core-shell Rh(0.5)Pd(0.5) and Pt(0.5)Pd(0.5) nanoparticle catalysts were studied in situ, during oxidizing, reducing, and catalytic reactions involving NO, O2, CO, and H2 by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at near-ambient pressure. The Rh(0.5)Pd(0.5) nanoparticles underwent dramatic and reversible changes in composition and chemical state in response to oxidizing or reducing conditions. In contrast, no substantial segregation of Pd or Pt atoms was found in Pt(0.5)Pd(0.5) nanoparticles. The different behaviors in restructuring and chemical response of Rh(0.5)Pd(0.5) and Pt(0.5)Pd(0.5) nanoparticle catalysts under the same reaction conditions illustrates the flexibility and tunability of the structure of bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts during catalytic reactions.
Tao
Feng
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Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Grass
Michael E
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Zhang
Yawen
Y
Butcher
Derek R
DR
Renzas
James R
JR
Liu
Zhi
Z
Chung
Jen Y
JY
Mun
Bongjin S
BS
Salmeron
Miquel
M
Somorjai
Gabor A
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