RESONANT PHOTOEMISSION OF BULK CeO2 AND NANO—CeO2 FILMS

Photoemission behaviors of nano-CeO2 films with parlicle sizes ranging from 8nm to 50nm and bulk CeO2 in Ce 4d-4f absorption region have been investigated.Resonant enhancements of Ce 4f valance band and Ce 5p bands for nano film and bulk material have been observed.The variation of electron density of Ce 4d-4f resonace.     

INVESTIGATION OF BONDING IN NANO—SiO2 BY Si L2，3 X—RAY ABSORPTION NEAR—EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY

The Si L2,3 X-ray absorption near-edge structure(XANES) can be used to probe the local structure around Si and derive electronic information of the unoccupied s- and d-like partial density of states in nano-size SiO2.We present Si L2,3-edge for three different size silicates acquired by total electron yield(TEY) at the photoemission atation of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF).The Si L2,3-edge spectra are interpreted based on ab initio full multiple-scattering(MS) calculation.The Si L2,3-edge of nano-size materials has XANES similar to that of α-quartz.The similarities between the Si L2,3-edge shapes attest to a common molecular-orbital picture of their Si-O bonding and the same coordination state.However,a considerable broadening of Si L2,3-edge XANES spectra as decrease of particle size is also an indicative of polyhedral distortions.     

XAFS CHARACTERIZATION ON THE ACTIVE SITES OF Ni／γ—Al2O3 CATALYSTS FOR NO—SCR BY PROPENE

Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalysts show high catalytic activity for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by C3H6.The microstructures of nickel species were characterized by the spectroscopy of X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structures(XANES) and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structures(EXAFS).The resuts of XANES and EXAFS indicate that the nickel species in the sample calcined at 500℃mainly exist as highly dispersed NiO phase,Whereas in the samples calcined at750 and 950℃,the nickel species mainly exist as NiAl2O4-like spinel.The surace NiAl2O4-like spinel is the main active site for the selective reduction of No,and the highly dispersed NiO phase is the main active site for C3H6 oxidation. The formation of subsurface or buld NiAl2O4 spinel results in the reduction of surface spinel and cuases the decrease of activity for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by propene.