Imaging nanostructural modifications induced by electronic metal-support interaction effects at Au||cerium-based oxide nanointerfaces.
A variety of advanced (scanning) transmission electron microscopy experiments, carried out in aberration-corrected equipment, provide direct evidence about subtle structural changes taking place at nanometer-sized Au||ceria oxide interfaces, which agrees with the occurrence of charge transfer effects between the reduced support and supported gold nanoparticles suggested by macroscopic techniques. Tighter binding of the gold nanoparticles onto the ceria oxide support when this is reduced is revealed by the structural analysis. This structural modification is accompanied by parallel deactivation of the CO chemisorption capacity of the gold nanoparticles, which is interpreted in exact quantitative terms as due to deactivation of the gold atoms at the perimeter of the Au||cerium oxide interface.
Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, E-11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain.
Miguel
M
López-Haro
José M
JM
Cíes
Susana
S
Trasobares
José A
JA
Pérez-Omil
Juan J
JJ
Delgado
Serafín
S
Bernal
Pascale
P
Bayle-Guillemaud
Odile
O
Stéphan
Kenta
K
Yoshida
Edward D
ED
Boyes
Pratibha L
PL
Gai
José J
JJ
Calvino
D002563:Cerium / Q000737:chemistry*; D004579:Electron Transport; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D002563:Cerium; C030583:ceric oxide; D006046:Gold