Journal
JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
Volume 328, Issue -, Pages 151-164Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2015.03.016
Keywords
Adatom emission; Ostwald ripening; Catalyst sintering; Pt-Pd; Diesel oxidation; Exhaust treatment
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Funding
- NSF GOALI CBET [1067803, 1438765]
- NSF IGERT [DGE-0504276]
- NSF PIRE [OISE-0730277]
- U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-AC04-94AL85000]
- National Science Foundation [DMR TG-110093]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1438765, 1067803] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1263387] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Sintering of nanoparticles is an important contributor to loss of activity in heterogeneous catalysts, such as those used for controlling harmful emissions from automobiles. But mechanistic details, such as the rates of atom emission or the nature of the mobile species, remain poorly understood. Herein we report a novel approach that allows direct measurement of atom emission from nanoparticles. We use model catalyst samples and a novel reactor that allows the same region of the sample to be observed after short-term heat treatments (seconds) under conditions relevant to diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs). Monometallic Pd is very stable and does not sinter when heated in air (T <= 800 degrees C). Pt sinters readily in air, and at high temperatures (>= 800 degrees C) mobile Pt species emitted to the vapor phase cause the formation of large, faceted particles. In Pt Pd nanoparticles, Pd slows the rate of emission of atoms to the vapor phase due to the formation of an alloy. However, the role of Pd in Pt DOCs in air is quite complex: at low temperatures, Pt enhances the rate of Pd sintering (which otherwise would be stable as an oxide), while at higher temperature Pd helps to slow the rate of Pt sintering. DFT calculations show that the barrier for atom emission to the vapor phase is much greater than the barrier for emitting atoms to the support. Hence, vapor-phase transport becomes significant only at high temperatures while diffusion of adatoms on the support dominates at lower temperatures. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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