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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 122, Issue 2, Pages 794-800Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06901
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- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and Catalysis Science Program [DE-SC0012704]
- DOE Office of Science by Brookhaven National Laboratory [DE-SC0012704]
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The results of kinetic tests and ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) show the important role played by a ZnO-copper interface in the generation of CO and the synthesis of methanol from CO2 hydrogenation. The deposition of nanoparticles of ZnO on Cu(100) and Cu(111), theta(oxi) < 0.3 monolayer, produces highly active catalysts. The catalytic activity of these systems increases in the sequence: Cu(111) < Cu(100) < ZnO/Cu(111) < ZnO/Cu(100). The structure of the copper substrate influences the catalytic performance of a ZnO-copper interface. Furthermore, size and metal-oxide interactions affect the chemical and catalytic properties of the oxide making the supported nanoparticles different from bulk ZnO. The formation of a ZnO-copper interface favors the binding and conversion of CO2 into a formate intermediate that is stable on the catalyst surface up to temperatures above 500 K. Alloys of Zn with Cu(111) and Cu(100) were not stable at the elevated temperatures (500-600 K) used for the CO2 hydrogenation reaction. Reaction with CO2 oxidized the zinc, enhancing its stability over the copper substrates.
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