The monomolecular surface layer of acceptor doped CeO_(2) may become neutral and metallic or charged and semiconducting.This is revealed in the theoretical analysis of the oxygen pressure dependence of the surface def...The monomolecular surface layer of acceptor doped CeO_(2) may become neutral and metallic or charged and semiconducting.This is revealed in the theoretical analysis of the oxygen pressure dependence of the surface defects concentration in acceptor doped ceria with two different dopant types and operated under different oxygen pressures.Recently published experimental data for highly reduced Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9-x(SDC)containing a fixed valence dopant Sm3+are very different from those published for Pr0.1Ce0.9O_(2)-x(PCO) with the variable valence dopant Pr4+/Pr3+being reduced under milder conditions.The theoretical analysis of these experimental results fits very well the experimental results of SDC and PCO.It leads to the following predictions:the highly reduced surface of SDC is metallic and neutral,the metallic surface electron density of state is gs=0.9×10^(38)J-1·m^(-2)(1.4×1015eV^(-1)·cm^(-2)),the electron effective mass is meff,s=3.3me,and the phase diagram of the reduced surface has theα(fcc)structure as in the bulk.In PCO a double layer is predicted to be formed between the surface and the bulk with the surface being negatively charged and semiconducting.The surface of PCO maintains high Pr^(3+) defect concentration as well as relative high oxygen vacancy concentration at oxygen pressures higher than in the bulk.The reasons for the difference between a metallic and semiconducting surface layer of acceptor doped CeO_(2) are reviewed,as well as the key theoretical considerations applied in coping with this problem.For that we make use of the experimental data and theoretical analysis available for acceptor doped ceria.展开更多
气氛环境下原位研究催化剂的烧结行为,能够为理解催化剂在预处理以及反应条件下的烧结机理和高稳定催化剂的设计提供重要的实验依据。本文以Au/CeO_(2)模型纳米催化剂为研究对象,利用环境透射电子显微镜原位观察其在O_(2)与CO气氛下的...气氛环境下原位研究催化剂的烧结行为,能够为理解催化剂在预处理以及反应条件下的烧结机理和高稳定催化剂的设计提供重要的实验依据。本文以Au/CeO_(2)模型纳米催化剂为研究对象,利用环境透射电子显微镜原位观察其在O_(2)与CO气氛下的高温动态烧结过程。实验发现,负载在CeO_(2)上的Au纳米颗粒在O_(2)与CO气氛环境中表现出不同的烧结行为,其在O_(2)气氛下具有较高的烧结速度,同时存在颗粒迁移与聚集长大(particle migration and coalescence,PMC)和奥斯特瓦尔德熟化(Ostwald ripening,OR)两种烧结过程;在CO气氛下烧结速度较慢,烧结过程以OR为主。对比不同气氛环境下烧结后催化剂的表面结构可知,CO增加了CeO_(2)表面台阶的数量以及表面氧空位浓度,增强了载体对Au颗粒的锚定作用,从而提升Au/CeO_(2)催化剂的稳定性。展开更多
基金financially supported by the Technion V.P.for Research Fund(No.2023320)。
文摘The monomolecular surface layer of acceptor doped CeO_(2) may become neutral and metallic or charged and semiconducting.This is revealed in the theoretical analysis of the oxygen pressure dependence of the surface defects concentration in acceptor doped ceria with two different dopant types and operated under different oxygen pressures.Recently published experimental data for highly reduced Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9-x(SDC)containing a fixed valence dopant Sm3+are very different from those published for Pr0.1Ce0.9O_(2)-x(PCO) with the variable valence dopant Pr4+/Pr3+being reduced under milder conditions.The theoretical analysis of these experimental results fits very well the experimental results of SDC and PCO.It leads to the following predictions:the highly reduced surface of SDC is metallic and neutral,the metallic surface electron density of state is gs=0.9×10^(38)J-1·m^(-2)(1.4×1015eV^(-1)·cm^(-2)),the electron effective mass is meff,s=3.3me,and the phase diagram of the reduced surface has theα(fcc)structure as in the bulk.In PCO a double layer is predicted to be formed between the surface and the bulk with the surface being negatively charged and semiconducting.The surface of PCO maintains high Pr^(3+) defect concentration as well as relative high oxygen vacancy concentration at oxygen pressures higher than in the bulk.The reasons for the difference between a metallic and semiconducting surface layer of acceptor doped CeO_(2) are reviewed,as well as the key theoretical considerations applied in coping with this problem.For that we make use of the experimental data and theoretical analysis available for acceptor doped ceria.
文摘气氛环境下原位研究催化剂的烧结行为,能够为理解催化剂在预处理以及反应条件下的烧结机理和高稳定催化剂的设计提供重要的实验依据。本文以Au/CeO_(2)模型纳米催化剂为研究对象,利用环境透射电子显微镜原位观察其在O_(2)与CO气氛下的高温动态烧结过程。实验发现,负载在CeO_(2)上的Au纳米颗粒在O_(2)与CO气氛环境中表现出不同的烧结行为,其在O_(2)气氛下具有较高的烧结速度,同时存在颗粒迁移与聚集长大(particle migration and coalescence,PMC)和奥斯特瓦尔德熟化(Ostwald ripening,OR)两种烧结过程;在CO气氛下烧结速度较慢,烧结过程以OR为主。对比不同气氛环境下烧结后催化剂的表面结构可知,CO增加了CeO_(2)表面台阶的数量以及表面氧空位浓度,增强了载体对Au颗粒的锚定作用,从而提升Au/CeO_(2)催化剂的稳定性。
