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Wang C, Sombut P, Puntscher L, Jakub Z, Meier M, Pavelec J, Bliem R, Schmid M, Diebold U, Franchini C, Parkinson GS. CO-Induced Dimer Decay Responsible for Gem-Dicarbonyl Formation on a Model Single-Atom Catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317347. [PMID: 38294119 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Abstract
The ability to coordinate multiple reactants at the same active site is important for the wide-spread applicability of single-atom catalysis. Model catalysts are ideal to investigate the link between active site geometry and reactant binding, because the structure of single-crystal surfaces can be precisely determined, the adsorbates imaged by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and direct comparisons made to density functional theory. In this study, we follow the evolution of Rh1 adatoms and minority Rh2 dimers on Fe3O4(001) during exposure to CO using time-lapse STM at room temperature. CO adsorption at Rh1 sites results exclusively in stable Rh1CO monocarbonyls, because the Rh atom adapts its coordination to create a stable pseudo-square planar environment. Rh1(CO)2 gem-dicarbonyl species are also observed, but these form exclusively through the breakup of Rh2 dimers via an unstable Rh2(CO)3 intermediate. Overall, our results illustrate how minority species invisible to area-averaging spectra can play an important role in catalytic systems, and show that the decomposition of dimers or small clusters can be an avenue to produce reactive, metastable configurations in single-atom catalysis.
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- Chunlei Wang
- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Brno University of Technology, Brno, 612 00, Czechia
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
- Faculty of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography, 1098XG, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna, 1040, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy
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Puntscher L, Sombut P, Wang C, Ulreich M, Pavelec J, Rafsanjani-Abbasi A, Meier M, Lagin A, Setvin M, Diebold U, Franchini C, Schmid M, Parkinson GS. A Multitechnique Study of C 2H 4 Adsorption on Fe 3O 4(001). J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces 2023; 127:18378-18388. [PMID: 37752903 PMCID: PMC10518864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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The adsorption/desorption of ethene (C2H4), also commonly known as ethylene, on Fe3O4(001) was studied under ultrahigh vacuum conditions using temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT)-based computations. To interpret the TPD data, we have employed a new analysis method based on equilibrium thermodynamics. C2H4 adsorbs intact at all coverages and interacts most strongly with surface defects such as antiphase domain boundaries and Fe adatoms. On the regular surface, C2H4 binds atop surface Fe sites up to a coverage of 2 molecules per (√2 × √2)R45° unit cell, with every second Fe occupied. A desorption energy of 0.36 eV is determined by analysis of the TPD spectra at this coverage, which is approximately 0.1-0.2 eV lower than the value calculated by DFT + U with van der Waals corrections. Additional molecules are accommodated in between the Fe rows. These are stabilized by attractive interactions with the molecules adsorbed at Fe sites. The total capacity of the surface for C2H4 adsorption is found to be close to 4 molecules per (√2 × √2)R45° unit cell.
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- Lena Puntscher
- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
- Faculty
of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
- Department
of Surface and Plasma Science, Faculty of
Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague 180 00, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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- Faculty
of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia, Università
di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Institute
of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna 1040, Austria
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Sombut P, Puntscher L, Atzmueller M, Jakub Z, Reticcioli M, Meier M, Parkinson GS, Franchini C. Role of Polarons in Single-Atom Catalysts: Case Study of Me 1 [Au 1, Pt 1, and Rh 1] on TiO 2(110). Top Catal 2022; 65:1620-1630. [PMID: 36405974 PMCID: PMC9668789 DOI: 10.1007/s11244-022-01651-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The local environment of metal-oxide supported single-atom catalysts plays a decisive role in the surface reactivity and related catalytic properties. The study of such systems is complicated by the presence of point defects on the surface, which are often associated with the localization of excess charge in the form of polarons. This can affect the stability, the electronic configuration, and the local geometry of the adsorbed adatoms. In this work, through the use of density functional theory and surface-sensitive experiments, we study the adsorption of Rh1, Pt1, and Au1 metals on the reduced TiO2(110) surface, a prototypical polaronic material. A systematic analysis of the adsorption configurations and oxidation states of the adsorbed metals reveals different types of couplings between adsorbates and polarons. As confirmed by scanning tunneling microscopy measurements, the favored Pt1 and Au1 adsorption at oxygen vacancy sites is associated with a strong electronic charge transfer from polaronic states to adatom orbitals, which results in a reduction of the adsorbed metal. In contrast, the Rh1 adatoms interact weakly with the excess charge, which leaves the polarons largely unaffected. Our results show that an accurate understanding of the properties of single-atom catalysts on oxide surfaces requires a careful account of the interplay between adatoms, vacancy sites, and polarons. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11244-022-01651-0.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Faculty of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Physics, Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Hoshimoto Y, Asada T, Hazra S, Kinoshita T, Sombut P, Kumar R, Ohashi M, Ogoshi S. Berichtigung: Strategic Utilization of Multifunctional Carbene for Direct Synthesis of Carboxylic-Phosphinic Mixed Anhydride from CO 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201707299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hoshimoto Y, Asada T, Hazra S, Kinoshita T, Sombut P, Kumar R, Ohashi M, Ogoshi S. Corrigendum: Strategic Utilization of Multifunctional Carbene for Direct Synthesis of Carboxylic-Phosphinic Mixed Anhydride from CO 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:10631. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hoshimoto Y, Asada T, Hazra S, Kinoshita T, Sombut P, Kumar R, Ohashi M, Ogoshi S. Strategic Utilization of Multifunctional Carbene for Direct Synthesis of Carboxylic-Phosphinic Mixed Anhydride from CO 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:16075-16079. [PMID: 27891755 PMCID: PMC6680262 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Direct synthesis of carboxylic-phosphinic mixed anhydrides has been achieved by treating carbon dioxide with N-phosphine oxide-substituted imidazolylidenes (PoxIms) that contain both nucleophilic carbene and electrophilic phosphorus moieties. This novel mixed anhydride was efficiently derivatized into an ester, an amide, and an unsymmetrical ketone via transformation into its corresponding imidazolium salt followed by a dual substitution reaction. The presented work used well-designed multifunctional carbene reagents to establish a novel utility for carbon dioxide in organic synthesis.
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- Yoichi Hoshimoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Hoshimoto Y, Asada T, Hazra S, Kinoshita T, Sombut P, Kumar R, Ohashi M, Ogoshi S. Strategic Utilization of Multifunctional Carbene for Direct Synthesis of Carboxylic-Phosphinic Mixed Anhydride from CO2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoichi Hoshimoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers; Graduate School of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering; Osaka University; Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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