Distinct Crystal‐Facet‐Dependent Behaviors for Single‐Atom Palladium‐On‐Ceria Catalysts: Enhanced Stabilization and Catalytic Properties
China Academy of Space Technology · Tsinghua University · +9 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract High‐performance, fully atomically dispersed single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are promising candidates for next‐generation industrial catalysts. However, it remains a great challenge to avoid the aggregation of isolated atoms into nanoparticles during the preparation and application of SACs. Here, the evolution of Pd species is investigated on different crystal facets of CeO 2 , and vastly different behaviors on the single‐atomic dispersion of surface Pd atoms are surprisingly discovered. In situ X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), in situ near‐ambient‐pressure‐XPS (NAP‐XPS), in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) reveal…
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20Topics & keywords
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Materials science
- Catalysis
- Palladium
- Diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform
- Single crystal
- Dispersion (optics)
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy