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Taylor S, Hallböök F, Temperton RH, Sun J, Rämisch L, Gericke SM, Ehn A, Zetterberg J, Blomberg S. In Situ Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Plasma-Surface Interaction on Metal Foils. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:13950-13956. [PMID: 38917097 PMCID: PMC11238582 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
Abstract
The plasma-surface interface has sparked interest due to its potential of creating alternative reaction pathways not available in typical gas-surface reactions. Currently, there are a limited number of in situ studies investigating the plasma-surface interface, restricting the development of its application. Here, we report the use of in situ ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in tandem with an optical spectrometer to characterize the hydrogen plasma's interaction with metal surfaces. Our results demonstrate the possibility to monitor changes on the metal foil surface in situ in a plasma environment. We observed an intermediate state from the metal oxide to an -OH species during the plasma environment, indicative of reactive hydrogen radicals at room temperature. Furthermore, the formation of metal-carbides in the hydrogen plasma environment was detected, a characteristic absent in gas and vacuum environments. These findings illustrate the significance of performing in situ investigations of the plasma-surface interface to better understand and utilize its ability to create reactive environments at low temperature.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sam Taylor
- Division
of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Combustion Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Combustion Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Combustion Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Combustion Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Bekheet MF, Delir Kheyrollahi Nezhad P, Bonmassar N, Schlicker L, Gili A, Praetz S, Gurlo A, Doran A, Gao Y, Heggen M, Niaei A, Farzi A, Schwarz S, Bernardi J, Klötzer B, Penner S. Steering the Methane Dry Reforming Reactivity of Ni/La 2O 3 Catalysts by Controlled In Situ Decomposition of Doped La 2NiO 4 Precursor Structures. ACS Catal 2021; 11:43-59. [PMID: 33425477 PMCID: PMC7783868 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The influence of A- and/or B-site doping of Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite materials on the crystal structure, stability, and dry reforming of methane (DRM) reactivity of specific A2BO4 phases (A = La, Ba; B = Cu, Ni) has been evaluated by a combination of catalytic experiments, in situ X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and aberration-corrected electron microscopy. At room temperature, B-site doping of La2NiO4 with Cu stabilizes the orthorhombic structure (Fmmm) of the perovskite, while A-site doping with Ba yields a tetragonal space group (I4/mmm). We observed the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transformation above 170 °C for La2Ni0.9Cu0.1O4 and La2Ni0.8Cu0.2O4, slightly higher than for undoped La2NiO4. Loss of oxygen in interstitial sites of the tetragonal structure causes further structure transformations for all samples before decomposition in the temperature range of 400 °C-600 °C. Controlled in situ decomposition of the parent or A/B-site doped perovskite structures in a DRM mixture (CH4:CO2 = 1:1) in all cases yields an active phase consisting of exsolved nanocrystalline metallic Ni particles in contact with hexagonal La2O3 and a mixture of (oxy)carbonate phases (hexagonal and monoclinic La2O2CO3, BaCO3). Differences in the catalytic activity evolve because of (i) the in situ formation of Ni-Cu alloy phases (in a composition of >7:1 = Ni:Cu) for La2Ni0.9Cu0.1O4, La2Ni0.8Cu0.2O4, and La1.8Ba0.2Ni0.9Cu0.1O4, (ii) the resulting Ni particle size and amount of exsolved Ni, and (iii) the inherently different reactivity of the present (oxy)carbonate species. Based on the onset temperature of catalytic DRM activity, the latter decreases in the order of La2Ni0.9Cu0.1O4 ∼ La2Ni0.8Cu0.2O4 ≥ La1.8Ba0.2Ni0.9Cu0.1O4 > La2NiO4 > La1.8Ba0.2NiO4. Simple A-site doped La1.8Ba0.2NiO4 is essentially DRM inactive. The Ni particle size can be efficiently influenced by introducing Ba into the A site of the respective Ruddlesden-Popper structures, allowing us to control the Ni particle size between 10 nm and 30 nm both for simple B-site and A-site doped structures. Hence, it is possible to steer both the extent of the metal-oxide-(oxy)carbonate interface and its chemical composition and reactivity. Counteracting the limitation of the larger Ni particle size, the activity can, however, be improved by additional Cu-doping on the B-site, enhancing the carbon reactivity. Exemplified for the La2NiO4 based systems, we show how the delicate antagonistic balance of doping with Cu (rendering the La2NiO4 structure less stable and suppressing coking by efficiently removing surface carbon) and Ba (rendering the La2NiO4 structure more stable and forming unreactive surface or interfacial carbonates) can be used to tailor prospective DRM-active catalysts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maged F. Bekheet
- Fachgebiet Keramische
Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für
Werkstoffwissenschaften und -technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Reactor & Catalyst Research Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 51386, Iran
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Fachgebiet Keramische
Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für
Werkstoffwissenschaften und -technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische
Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für
Werkstoffwissenschaften und -technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Optics
and Atomic Physics, Technische Universität
Berlin, Hardenbergstraße
36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische
Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für
Werkstoffwissenschaften und -technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Ernst Ruska-Centrum
für Mikroskopie und Spektroskopie mit Elektronen Forschungszentrum
Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Ernst Ruska-Centrum
für Mikroskopie und Spektroskopie mit Elektronen Forschungszentrum
Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Reactor & Catalyst Research Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 51386, Iran
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- Reactor & Catalyst Research Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 51386, Iran
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- University Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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- University Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Nguyen L, Tao FF, Tang Y, Dou J, Bao XJ. Understanding Catalyst Surfaces during Catalysis through Near Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2019; 119:6822-6905. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luan Nguyen
- Institute of In Situ/Operando Studies of Catalysis and State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Institute of In Situ/Operando Studies of Catalysis and State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Institute of In Situ/Operando Studies of Catalysis and State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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Ren Y, Yuan K, Zhou X, Sun H, Wu K, Bernasek SL, Chen W, Xu GQ. Catalytic Intermediates of CO2
Hydrogenation on Cu(111) Probed by In Operando Near-Ambient Pressure Technique. Chemistry 2018; 24:16097-16103. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yinjuan Ren
- Department of Chemistry; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Physics; National University of Singapore; 2 Science Drive 3 117542 Singapore Singapore
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- BNLMS; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
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- BNLMS; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Peking University; Beijing 100871 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
- Science Division; Yale-NUS College; 16 College Ave. West 138529 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
- Department of Physics; National University of Singapore; 2 Science Drive 3 117542 Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 117543 Singapore Singapore
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Yuan K, Zhong JQ, Sun S, Ren Y, Zhang JL, Chen W. Reactive Intermediates or Inert Graphene? Temperature- and Pressure-Determined Evolution of Carbon in the CH4–Ni(111) System. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kaidi Yuan
- National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Linquan Street, Suzhou Industrial
Park, Jiangsu 215123, People’s Republic of China
- Department
of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore
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- Center
for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department
of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Linquan Street, Suzhou Industrial
Park, Jiangsu 215123, People’s Republic of China
- Department
of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, 117542 Singapore
- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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Liu Z, Duchoň T, Wang H, Grinter DC, Waluyo I, Zhou J, Liu Q, Jeong B, Crumlin EJ, Matolín V, Stacchiola DJ, Rodriguez JA, Senanayake SD. Ambient pressure XPS and IRRAS investigation of ethanol steam reforming on Ni–CeO2(111) catalysts: an in situ study of C–C and O–H bond scission. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:16621-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01212d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
In situ investigation of the surface chemistry of ethanol steam reforming & metal-oxide interactions over Ni–CeOx(111).
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- Zongyuan Liu
- Chemistry Department
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Upton
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- Charles University in Prague
- Praha 8
- Czech Republic
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- Chemistry Department
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Upton
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Wyoming
- Laramine
- USA
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- Advanced Light Source
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Advanced Light Source
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Advanced Light Source
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- Charles University in Prague
- Praha 8
- Czech Republic
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- Chemistry Department
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Upton
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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