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Parkinson GS, Novotny Z, Argentero G, et al. Carbon monoxide-induced adatom sintering in a Pd-Fe3O4 model catalyst. Nat Mater. 2013;12(8):724-8doi: 10.1038/nmat3667.
Parkinson, G. S., Novotny, Z., Argentero, G., Schmid, M., Pavelec, J., Kosak, R., Blaha, P., & Diebold, U. (2013). Carbon monoxide-induced adatom sintering in a Pd-Fe3O4 model catalyst. Nature materials, 12(8), 724-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3667
Parkinson, Gareth S, et al. "Carbon monoxide-induced adatom sintering in a Pd-Fe3O4 model catalyst." Nature materials vol. 12,8 (2013): 724-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3667
Parkinson GS, Novotny Z, Argentero G, Schmid M, Pavelec J, Kosak R, Blaha P, Diebold U. Carbon monoxide-induced adatom sintering in a Pd-Fe3O4 model catalyst. Nat Mater. 2013 Aug;12(8):724-8. doi: 10.1038/nmat3667. Epub 2013 Jun 09. PMID: 23749267.
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Nat Mater. 2013 Aug;12(8):724-8. doi: 10.1038/nmat3667. Epub 2013 Jun 09.

Carbon monoxide-induced adatom sintering in a Pd-Fe3O4 model catalyst.

Nature materials

Gareth S Parkinson, Zbynek Novotny, Giacomo Argentero, Michael Schmid, Jiří Pavelec, Rukan Kosak, Peter Blaha, Ulrike Diebold

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10/134, 1040 Vienna, Austria. [email protected]

PMID: 23749267 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3667

Abstract

The coarsening of catalytically active metal clusters is often accelerated by the presence of gases, but the role played by gas molecules is difficult to ascertain and varies from system to system. We use scanning tunnelling microscopy to follow the CO-induced coalescence of Pd adatoms supported on the Fe3O4(001) surface at room temperature, and find Pd-carbonyl species to be responsible for mobility in this system. Once these reach a critical density, clusters nucleate; subsequent coarsening occurs through cluster diffusion and coalescence. Whereas CO induces the mobility in the Pd/Fe3O4 system, surface hydroxyls have the opposite effect. Pd atoms transported to surface OH groups are no longer susceptible to carbonyl formation and remain isolated. Following the evolution from well-dispersed metal adatoms into clusters, atom-by-atom, allows identification of the key processes that underlie gas-induced mass transport.

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