Highly n-Type Titanium Oxide as an Electronically Active Support for Platinum in the Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide

L. Robert Baker, Antoine Hervier, Hyungtak Seo, Griffin Kennedy, Kyriakos Komvopoulos, Gabor A. Somorjai

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Abstract

The role of the oxide-metal interface in determining the activity and selectivity of chemical reactions catalyzed by metal particles on an oxide support is an important topic in science and industry. A proposed mechanism for this strong metal-support interaction is electronic activation of surface adsorbates by charge carriers. Motivated by the goal of using electronic activation to drive nonthermal chemistry, we investigated the ability of the oxide support to mediate charge transfer. We report an approximately 2-fold increase in the turnover rate of catalytic carbon monoxide oxidation on platinum nanoparticles supported on stoichiometric titanium dioxide (TiO2) when the TiO2 is made highly n-type by fluorine (F) doping. However, for nonstoichiometric titanium oxide (TiOX
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)16006-16011
Number of pages6
JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume115
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 27 2011
Externally publishedYes

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