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Lahiri N, Song D, Zhang X, Huang X, Stoerzinger KA, Carvalho OQ, Adiga PP, Blum M, Rosso KM. Interplay between Facets and Defects during the Dissociative and Molecular Adsorption of Water on Metal Oxide Surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2930-2940. [PMID: 36696237 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Surface terminations and defects play a central role in determining how water interacts with metal oxides, thereby setting important properties of the interface that govern reactivity such as the type and distribution of hydroxyl groups. However, the interconnections between facets and defects remain poorly understood. This limits the usefulness of conventional notions such as that hydroxylation is controlled by metal cation exposure at the surface. Here, using hematite (α-Fe2O3) as a model system, we show how oxygen vacancies overwhelm surface cation-dependent hydroxylation behavior. Synchrotron-based ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to monitor the adsorption of molecular water and its dissociation to form hydroxyl groups in situ on (001), (012), or (104) facet-engineered hematite nanoparticles. Supported by density functional theory calculations of the respective surface energies and oxygen vacancy formation energies, the findings show how oxygen vacancies are more prone to form on higher energy facets and induce surface hydroxylation at extremely low relative humidity values of 5 × 10-5%. When these vacancies are eliminated, the extent of surface hydroxylation across the facets is as expected from the areal density of exposed iron cations at the surface. These findings help answer fundamental questions about the nature of reducible metal oxide-water interfaces in natural and technological settings and lay the groundwork for rational design of improved oxide-based catalysts.
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- Nabajit Lahiri
- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States.,Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon97331, United States
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon97331, United States
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon97331, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99352, United States
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Wang J, Li C, Zhu Y, Boscoboinik JA, Zhou G. In Situ Monitoring of H 2-Induced Nonstoichiometry in Cu 2O. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5597-5604. [PMID: 35700476 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Using ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy to monitor the reduction of Cu2O in H2, we identify the formation of an intermediate, oxygen-deficient Cu2O phase and its progressive inward growth into the deeper region of the oxide. Complemented by atomistic modeling, we show that the oxygen-deficient Cu2O formation occurs via molecular H2 adsorption at the Cu2O surface, which results in the loss of lattice oxygen from the formation of H2O molecules that desorb spontaneously from the oxide surface. The resulting oxygen-deficient Cu2O is a stable intermediate that persists before the Cu2O is fully reduced to metallic Cu. The oxygen vacancy-induced charge of the coordinating Cu atoms results in a satellite feature in Cu LMM, which can be used as a fingerprint to identify nonstoichiometry in oxides and local charge transfer induced by the nonstoichiometry.
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- Jianyu Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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Rodriguez JA, Rui N, Zhang F, Senanayake SD. In Situ Studies of Methane Activation Using Synchrotron-Based Techniques: Guiding the Conversion of C–H Bonds. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- José A. Rodriguez
- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Pielsticker L, Nicholls R, Beeg S, Hartwig C, Klihm G, Schlögl R, Tougaard S, Greiner M. Inelastic electron scattering by the gas phase in near ambient pressure XPS measurements. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lukas Pielsticker
- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry Fritz‐Haber Institute of the Max‐Planck Society Berlin Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Max Plank Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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Wang J, Lu D, Li C, Zhu Y, Boscoboinik JA, Zhou G. Measuring Charge Transfer between Adsorbate and Metal Surfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:6827-6834. [PMID: 32787215 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Charge transfer between dissimilar atoms is an essential step for many chemical processes such as corrosion and heterogeneous catalysis, but directly probing the charge transfer has been a challenge. Using the oxygen-copper system as an example, we show that synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy can be employed to monitor the charge transfer between adsorbates and metal surfaces. It is shown that oxygen chemisorption on Cu surfaces results in an Auger process that differs from the photoexcitation-induced Coster-Kroning transition and can be used to derive the degree of charge transfer in combination with ab initio calculations. The identified chemisorption-induced Auger process may have broader implications for its use as a fingerprint to monitor bond formation and charge transfer between dissimilar atoms.
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- Jianyu Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, Binghamton University State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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Schnadt J, Knudsen J, Johansson N. Present and new frontiers in materials research by ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:413003. [PMID: 32438360 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab9565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this topical review we catagorise all ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy publications that have appeared between the 1970s and the end of 2018 according to their scientific field. We find that catalysis, surface science and materials science are predominant, while, for example, electrocatalysis and thin film growth are emerging. All catalysis publications that we could identify are cited, and selected case stories with increasing complexity in terms of surface structure or chemical reaction are discussed. For thin film growth we discuss recent examples from chemical vapour deposition and atomic layer deposition. Finally, we also discuss current frontiers of ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy research, indicating some directions of future development of the field.
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- Joachim Schnadt
- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Li X, Wang X, Roy K, van Bokhoven JA, Artiglia L. Role of Water on the Structure of Palladium for Complete Oxidation of Methane. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xiansheng Li
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Roy K, Artiglia L, Xiao Y, Varma A, van Bokhoven JA. Role of Bismuth in the Stability of Pt–Bi Bimetallic Catalyst for Methane Mediated Deoxygenation of Guaiacol, an APXPS Study. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Kanak Roy
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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