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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 7, 期 12, 页码 2440-2445出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b501266j
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/D504872/1, GR/R97207/01] Funding Source: researchfish
The interaction between gold in the O, I, II and III oxidation states and the zinc-terminated ZnO(0001) surface is studied via the QM/MM electronic embedding method using density functional theory. The surface sites considered are the vacant zinc interstitial surface site (VZISS) and the bulk-terminated island site (BTIS). We find that on the VZISS, only Au(o) and Au(I) are stable oxidation states. However, all clusters of I to in oxidation states are stable as substitutionals for Zn2+ in the bulk terminated island site. Au(OH), complexes (x = 1-3) can adsorb exothermically onto the VZISS, indicating that higher oxidation states of gold can be stabilised at this site in the presence of hydroxyl groups. CO is used as a probe molecule to study the reactivity of An in different oxidation states in VZISS and BTIS. In all cases, we find that the strongest binding of CO is to surface Au(I). Furthermore, CO binding onto Au(O) is stronger when the gold atom is adsorbed onto the VZISS compared to CO binding onto a gas phase neutral gold atom. These results indicate that the nature of the oxidation states of Au on ZnO(0001) will depend on the type of adsorption site. The role of ZnO in Au/ZnO catalysts is not, therefore, merely to disperse gold atoms/particles, but to also modify their electronic properties.
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