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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 4: Heterogeneous catalysis I
O 4.3: Talk
Monday, March 22, 2010, 11:45–12:00, H33
Nanostructured Cerium Oxide Based Model Catalysts: Structure, Morphology and Reactivity — •Thorsten Staudt1, Yaroslava Lykhach1, Michael Peter Andreas Lorenz1, Regine Streber1, Lutz Hammer2, Hans-Peter Steinrück1, Alexander Schneider2, and Jörg Libuda1 — 1Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen — 2Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen
Nanostructured cerium oxide based catalysts offer unique properties in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, e.g. involving the activation of CO2. In our study we prepare model systems starting from CeO2(111) films on a Cu(111) substrate. Ultra-thin films are grown by PVD in O2 at different sample temperatures. The morphology is analyzed by STM and LEED [1], showing a (1.5x1.5) superstructure. STM reveals a 3d growth mode for films grown at elevated temperatures (520K). Using kinetically limited growth at 100K and subsequent annealing, closed layers of ceria with atomically flat terraces can be prepared, even in the ultra-thin regime (1.5 ML). Via homoepitaxial growth of ceria on this initial film, closed films with larger thickness (3 ML) are available.
In a second step, the ceria substrate is modified by deposition of MgO, which offers basic sites and may further enhance the reactivity. We have investigated the influence of surface structure, oxidation state and composition of these samples on their interaction with CO2.[2] Systematic XPS studies show that two CO2 related species are formed, which are assigned to carbonates and carboxylates. [1] T. Staudt et al., Surface Science 603 (2009) 3382 [2] Y. Lykhach et al., submitted