Cr掺杂ZnO(10(¯1)0)表面的原子结构和电子性质研究

多相催化中ZnO基催化剂广泛应用于甲醇合成、水汽变换和合成气转化等诸多领域.近期发展的ZnCrOx-分子筛双功能催化剂(OX-ZEO)打破了传统合成气转化的ASF分布,能够高选择性地实现CO加氢转化为低碳烯烃.其中CO在ZnCrOx表面活化被认为是OX-ZEO催化的关键基元过程,但是ZnCrOx表面的活性位组成和结构目...     

Hydrogen generation using a CuO/ZnO-ZrO₂ nanocatalyst for autothermal reforming of methanol in a microchannel reactor

In the present work, a microchannel reactor for autothermal reforming of methanol using a synthesized catalyst porous alumina support-CuO/ZnO mixed with ZrO? sol washcoat has been developed and its fine structure and inner surface characterized. Experimentally, CuO/ZnO and alumina support with ZrO? sol washcoat catalyst (catalyst slurries) nanoparticles is the catalytically active component of the microreactor. Catalyst slurries have been dried at 298 K for 5 h and then calcined at 623 K for 2 h to increase the surface area and specific pore structures of the washcoat catalyst. The surface area of BET N? adsorption isotherms for the as-synthesized catalyst and catalyst/ZrO? sol washcoat samples are 62 and 108 ± 2 m2g?1, respectively. The intensities of Cu content from XRD and XPS data indicate that Al?O? with Cu species to form CuAl?O?. The EXAFS data reveals that the Cu species in washcoat samples have Cu-O bonding with a bond distance of 1.88 ± 0.02 ? and the coordination number is 3.46 ± 0.05, respectively. Moreover, a hydrogen production rate of 2.16 L h?1 is obtained and the corresponding methanol conversion is 98% at 543 K using the CuO/ZnO with ZrO? sol washcoat catalyst.     

Probing surface properties and glass-liquid transition of amorphous solid water: temperature-programmed TOF-SIMS and TPD studies of adsorption/desorption of hexane

The interaction of hexane with amorphous solid water has been investigated in terms of the surface diffusion, hydrogen bond imperfections, hydrophobic hydration, crystallization, and glass-liquid transition. The hexane exhibits two main peaks in temperature-programmed desorption: one is ascribed to a complex formed at the surface or subsurface sites (135 K) and the other is caused by a bulk complex (165 K). The latter is associated with the presence of frozen-in imperfections in hydrogen bonds and formed provided that the annealing temperature of the film is below 130 K, whereas the former is created even when the film is annealed up to 150 K. Thus, the hexane-water interaction is hardly characterized by simple physisorption. The hexane is incorporated in the bulk during reorganization of hydrogen bonds due to rotational and translational diffusions of water molecules above 120-140 K, whereas the surface complex is formed even below 120 K due to the surface diffusion of molecules. The film undergoes abrupt dewetting at 165 K as a consequence of the glass-liquid transition. The slow evolution of the fluidity in the supercooled liquid phase may be responsible for the delay of the structural relaxation (165 K) relative to the onset of the translational molecular diffusion (135-140 K).     

Hydrogen desorption of reduced Pt/TiO2 catalyst

The temperature-programmed desorption of hydrogen from a Pt/TiO₂ catalyst reduced in a wide temperature range (RT-773 K) has been studied. It is found that the presence of labile surface oxygen species increases the amount of hydrogen species formed at room temperature, and greatly decreases the quantities of adsorbed hydrogen species at medium temperatures. After the catalyst was reduced at high temperature, it is observed that two strong hydrogen desorption peaks appear at 450–600 K and above 600 K, which are ascribed to surface titanium hydride and the hydrogen species stored in the sublayer and bulk of the support, respectively.     

Temperature-programmed desorption and adsorption of hydrogen on Mo2N

Hydrogen adsorption-desorption over Mo₂N has been studied using a temperature-programmed technique. It is revealed that hydrogen on Mo₂N exhibits very high mobility leading to migration of the surface hydrogen into the sublayer and bulk of the sample or the reverse. The surface hydrogen species are preferentially formed when adsorption is carried out below 573 K. On increasing the adsorption temperature to above 573 K, the quantity of hydrogen species located in the sublayer or/and bulk of the Mo₂N sample increases significantly.     

Hydrogen segregation on a palladium hydride surface

Surface phenomena occurring in the process of palladium hydride formation during the interaction of thin Pd film with molecular hydrogen were studied by means of simultaneous measurements of surface potential and H₂ pressure. This allows to differentiate between various states of the adsorbate, and to correlate their behaviour with hydrogen concentration on the surface and in the bulk. Two distinct states of the adsorbate were determined: (i) the negatively polarized, atomic adspecies, stable on the surface, arising at the beginning of the adsorption, referred to as β^-, and (ii) the induced, positively polarized, atomic adspecies, incorporating quickly from the surface into the bulk, referred to as β⁺. The β⁺ adspecies form a precursor surface state for PdH_x creation. It has been found that at low temperature (78K) the β⁺ adspecies are placed above the surface image plane (SIP). Under these conditions, the maximal hydrogen concentration on the palladium hydride surface approaches 2, while in the bulk the (H/Pd) ratio does not exceed 1. At higher temperatures (120K, 160K), when the β⁺ adspecies are located below the SIP, hydrogen concentration on the surface and in the bulk is uniform, approaching (H/Pd) ˜ 1.     

Adsorption of atomic hydrogen on ZnO(1010): STM study

The adsorption of atomic hydrogen on a single crystal ZnO(1010) surface has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultrahigh vacuum conditions at room temperature and at elevated temperatures. High resolution STM images indicate that a well-ordered (1x1) H adlayer is formed on the ZnO(1010) surface. The STM data strongly indicate that the hydrogen adsorbs on top of the oxygen atoms forming hydroxyl species. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) studies reveal a H atom induced metallization at room temperature. In contrast to the clean surface for the hydrogen-covered surface distinct defects structures consisting of missing O and Zn atoms could be identified.     

Interpreting the conductive atomic force microscopy measured inhomogeneous nanoscale surface electrical properties of Al‐doped ZnO films

In this work, conductive atomic force microscopy is used to study the inhomogeneous surface electrical conductivity of Al‐doped ZnO thin films at a nanoscale dimension. To this end, Al‐doped ZnO films were deposited onto the soda lime glass substrates at substrate temperature (T_s) varying from 303 to 673 K in radio frequency magnetron sputtering. The obtained local surface electrical conductivity values are found to be influenced by their bulk electrical resistivity, surface topography and tip geometry. Further, the average (local) surface conductivity from the film surface is found to increase with increasing T_s from 303 to 623 K, beyond which they decrease until 673 K. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

氧化锌有序结构在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长

利用NO₂或O₂作为氧化剂,研究了氧化锌在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长和结构。NO₂表现了更好的氧化性能,有利于有序氧化锌纳米结构或薄膜的生长。在Au(111)和Cu(111)这两个表面上,化学计量比氧化锌都形成非极性的平面化ZnO(0001)的表面结构。在Au(111)上,NO₂气氛下室温沉积锌倾向于形成双层氧化锌纳米结构;而在更高的沉积温度下,在NO₂气氛中沉积锌则可同时观测到单层和双层氧化锌纳米结构。O₂作为氧化剂时可导致形成亚化学计量比的ZnO_x结构。由于铜和锌之间的强相互作用会促进锌的体相扩散,并且铜表面可以被氧化形成表面氧化物,整层氧化锌在Cu(111)上的生长相当困难。我们通过使用NO₂作为氧化剂解决了这个问题,生长出了覆盖Cu(111)表面的满层有序氧化锌薄膜。这些有序氧化锌薄膜表面显示出莫尔条纹,表明存在一个ZnO和Cu(111)之间的莫尔超晶格。实验上观察到的超晶格结构与最近理论计算提出的Cu(111)上的氧化锌薄膜结构相符,具有最小应力。我们的研究表明,氧化锌薄膜的表界面结构可能会随氧化程度或氧化剂的不同而变化,而Cu(111)的表面氧化也可能影响氧化锌的生长。当Cu(111)表面被预氧化成铜表面氧化物时,ZnO_x的生长模式会发生变化,锌原子会受到铜氧化物晶格的限域形成单位点锌。我们的研究表明了氧化锌的生长需要抑制锌向金属基底的扩散,并阻止亚化学计量比ZnO_x的形成。因此,使用原子氧源有利于在Au(111)和Cu(111)表面上生长有序氧化锌薄膜。     

Palladium supported on structured and nonstructured carbon: a consideration of Pd particle size and the nature of reactive hydrogen

This study sets out a comprehensive characterization of bulk Pd and Pd (ca. 8% w/w) supported on activated carbon (AC), graphite and graphitic nanofibers (GNF). Catalyst activation has been examined by temperature programmed reduction (TPR) analysis and the activated catalysts analyzed in terms of BET area, TEM, H2 chemisorption/TPD, and XRD measurements. While H2 chemisorption and TEM delivered the same sequence of increasing (surface area weighted) average Pd particle sizes, a significant difference (by up to a factor of 3) in the values obtained from both techniques has been recorded and is attributed to an unwarranted (but widely adopted) assumption of an exclusive H2/Pd adsorption stoichiometry=1/2. It is demonstrated that TEM analysis provides a valid mean particle size once it is established that the associated standard deviation is small and insensitive to additional particle counting. XRD line broadening yielded an essentially equivalent Pd size (20-25 nm) for each supported catalyst. The nature of the hydrogen associated with the supported catalysts has been probed and is shown to comprise of chemisorbed (on Pd), spillover (on the carbon support), and hydride (associated with Pd) species. Physical mixtures of bulk Pd + support (AC, graphite, and GNF) were also considered in order to assess hydrogen spillover by H2 TPD analysis. Generation of spillover hydrogen at room temperature is established where temperatures in excess of 740 K are required for effective desorption from the supported Pd catalysts, i.e., 280 K higher than that required for the desorption of chemisorbed hydrogen. Pd hydride formation (at room temperature) is shown to be reversible with decomposition occurring at ca. 380 K. Taking the hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzene as a test reaction, the capability of Pd hydride to promote a hydrogen scission of C-Cl in the absence of an external supply of H2 is demonstrated with a consequent consumption of the hydride. This catalytic response was entirely recoverable once the Pd hydride was replenished during a subsequent reactivation step.     

Organic phase conversion of bulk (wurtzite) ZnO to nanophase (wurtzite and zinc blende) ZnO

We describe the all-organic phase conversion of bulk commercial ZnO in the wurtzite modification to sub-30 nm ZnO that we find to be partially in the zinc blende [, a=4.568(3) Å] modification. The conversion involves refluxing ZnO in 2,4-pentanedione (acetylacetone) at 413 K to form the zinc 2,4-pentanedionate, which is decomposed by heating at 573 K in an appropriate high-temperature solvent such as dibenzylether to form nanophase ZnO. This nanophase, partially zinc blende ZnO can also be obtained in a single step by heating commercial zinc 2,4-pentanedionate in refluxing dibenzylether. Thermodiffractometry suggests that the conversion of zinc blende ZnO to wurtzite ZnO commences near 650 K.     

Hydrogen adsorption kinetics on Pd/Ce0.8Zr0.2O2

Hydrogen adsorption on Pd/Ce(0.8)Zr(0.2)O(2) was studied by temperature-programmed reduction, volumetric measurements and IR spectroscopy. Hydrogen uptake and reduction rate at 353 K are strongly dependent on the hydrogen pressure. At relatively high hydrogen partial pressure, reduction involves PdO, the surface and a significant fraction of the bulk of the ceria based oxide. Formation of oxygen vacancies even at low temperature (<373 K) is observed. The hydrogen adsorption process is mainly irreversible, as is shown by an increase in the (2)F(5/2)-->(2)F(7/2) electronic transition of Ce(3+) with hydrogen pressure and surface dehydroxylation. This "severe" reduction has a negative effect on the subsequent hydrogen adsorption capability. The decrease of hydrogen uptake capacity and rate during adsorption can be associated with the partial loss of superficial OH and the presence of Ce(3+), which deactivates Pd electronically.     

On the formation of hydrogen gas on copper in anoxic water

Hydrogen gas has been detected in a closed system containing copper and pure anoxic water [P. Szakalos, G. Hultquist, and G. Wikmark, Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 10, C63 (2007) and G. Hultquist, P. Szakalos, M. Graham, A. Belonoshko, G. Sproule, L. Grasjo, P. Dorogokupets, B. Danilov, T. Aastrup, G. Wikmark, G. Chuah, J. Eriksson, and A. Rosengren, Catal. Lett. 132, 311 (2009)]. Although bulk corrosion into any of the known phases of copper is thermodynamically forbidden, the present paper shows how surface reactions lead to the formation of hydrogen gas in limited amounts. While water cleavage on copper has been reported and investigated before, formation of molecular hydrogen at a single-crystal Cu[100] surface is here explored using density functional theory and transition state theory. It is found that although solvent catalysis seems possible, the fastest route to the formation of molecular hydrogen is the direct combination of hydrogen atoms on the copper surface. The activation free energy (ΔG(s)(?)(f)) of hydrogen formation in condensed phase is 0.70 eV, which corresponds to a rate constant of 10 s(-1) at 298.15 K, i.e., a relatively rapid process. It is estimated that at least 2.4 ng hydrogen gas could form per cm(2) on a perfect copper surface.     

Thermodynamic analysis of surface formation of {1,4-dioxane + 1-alkanol} mixtures

Surface tensions (sigma) for {1,4-dioxane + methanol, ethanol, or 1-propanol} at the temperature 298.15 K and normal atmospheric pressure have been determined as a function of mole fractions. The experimental results have been analyzed using the ideal and Langmuir models and in the light of the well-documented bulk properties of these systems, which reflect hydrogen bonding between the alcohol and 1,4-dioxane molecules. For {1,4-dioxane + ethanol} surface tensions were also measured at other temperatures between 288.15 and 308.15 K, and these data were used to calculate the surface entropy and enthalpy per unit area.     

Ionization and solvation of HCl adsorbed on the D2O-ice surface

The interaction of HCl with the D(2)O-ice surface has been investigated in the temperature range 15-200 K by utilizing time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The intensities of sputtered H(+)(D(2)O) and Cl(-) ions (the H(+) ions) are increased (decreased) markedly above 40 K due to the hydrogen bond formation between the HCl and D(2)O molecules. The HCl molecules which form ionic hydrates undergo H/D exchange at 110-140 K and a considerable fraction of them dissolves into the bulk above 140 K. The neutral hydrates of HCl should coexist as evidenced by the desorption of HCl above 170 K. They are incorporated completely in the D(2)O layer up to 140 K. The HCl molecules embedded in the thick D(2)O layer dissolve into the bulk, and the ionic hydrate tends to segregate to the surface above 150 K.     

Hydrogen chemisorption on gallium oxide polymorphs

The chemisorption of H(2) over a set of gallia polymorphs (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-Ga(2)O(3)) has been studied by temperature-programmed adsorption equilibrium and desorption (TPA and TPD, respectively) experiments, using in situ transmission infrared spectroscopy. Upon heating the gallium oxides above 500 K in 101.3 kPa of H(2), two overlapped infrared signals developed. The 2003- and 1980-cm(-1) bands were assigned to the stretching frequencies of H bonded to coordinatively unsaturated (cus) gallium cations in tetrahedral and octahedral positions [nu(Ga(t)-H) and nu(Ga(o)-H), respectively]. Irrespective to the gallium cation geometrical environment, (i) a linear relationship between the integrated intensity of the whole nu(Ga-H) infrared band versus the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of the gallia was found and (ii) TPA and TPD results revealed that molecular hydrogen is dissociatively chemisorbed on any bulk gallium oxide polymorph following two reaction pathways. An endothermal, homolytic dissociation occurs over surface cus-gallium sites at T > 450 K, giving rise to Ga-H(I) bonds. The heat and entropy of this type I hydrogen adsorption were determined by the Langmuir's adsorption model as Deltah(I) = 155 +/- 25 kJ mol(-1) and Deltas(I) = 0.27 +/- 0.11 kJ mol(-1) K(-1). In addition, another exothermic, heterolytic adsorption sets in already in the low-temperature region. This type of hydrogen chemisorption involves surface Ga-O-Ga species, originating GaO-H and Ga-H(II) bonds which can only be removed from the gallia surface after heating under evacuation at T > 650 K. The measured desorption energy of this last, second-order process was equal to 77 +/- 10 kJ mol(-1). The potential of the H(2) chemisorption as a tool to measure or estimate the specific surface area of gallia and to discern the nature and proportion of gallium cation coordination sites on the surface of bulk gallium oxides is also analyzed.     

XPS depth profile study of porous zirconia films deposited on stainless steel by spray pyrolysis: the problem of substrate corrosion

Zirconia (ZrO₂) films of tissue‐like structure and narrow pore size distribution have been deposited by spray pyrolysis using aqueous zirconyl chloride octahydrate (ZrOCl₂·8H₂O) precursor solutions. Stainless‐steel sheets, protected or unprotected by a ZnO barrier layer, have been used as the substrate material held at 473 K. The ZnO barrier layers have been deposited on the stainless steel held at 523 K by spray pyrolysis using a zinc acetate precursor. Their property of corrosion protection to stainless steel has been proved by electrochemical polarization measurements in 0.5 M NaCl solution. A complementary study of XPS (depth profiling, mapping) and x‐ray diffraction has shown that the unprotected steel substrates were corroded during ZrO₂ film post‐annealing in air at T ≥ 773 K, whereas steel substrates protected with a compact barrier layer of crystalline ZnO before ZrO₂ film deposition did not show surface corrosion even after annealing up to 997 K. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Influence of pH on the synthesis ZnO nanorods and photocatalytic hydrogen production from glycerol solution

Photocatalytic oxidation of glycerol at ambient conditions has been investigated with the use of Zinc oxide photocatalysts. Zinc oxide nanorods were prepared via a simple hydrothermal method using zinc nitrate and sodium hydroxide in the solution pH of 7, 8 and 9. The samples prepared in this way were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis). The pH of the solution is 7, the sample contains zinc hydroxide nitrate hydrated. When the pH of solution was adjusted to 8 and 9, the samples consisted of pure hexagonal wurtzite ZnO without impurity detection. The influence of solution pH on hydrogen formation was investigated. The wurtzite ZnO nanorods synthesized in a solution with pH 9 are considered promising photocatalysts for hydrogen production under xenon radiation.     

Modification of the ZnO(0001)-Zn surface under reducing conditions

The ZnO(0001)-Zn terminated crystal face was studied after reduction at high temperatures by combination of STM, STS, XPS and TDS. The clean ZnO(0001)-Zn surface exhibits triangular reconstruction in UHV, while after exposure to 10(-5) mbar H(2) at RT this reconstruction is lifted and a rough surface has formed. The roughness as well as the metallic character of the surface increased with the applied low-pressure reduction temperature up to 800 K. XPS revealed that exposure to 1 bar H(2) at RT led to the formation of OH groups; at higher temperatures progressive metallization of the ZnO surface was found to occur. Analysis of the thermal desorption results showed that huge amounts of H(2) dissolved into the ZnO crystal. The results obtained under these conditions were in good accordance with thermodynamic calculations. The experimental ratio between the absorbed amount of H(2) at RT and 800 K amounts to 1000. The ratio calculated from increasing diffusion coefficients with temperature only amounts to 6. This emphasizes the importance of ZnO as a H supplier by spillover, and proves that metallic Zn boosts dissociative adsorption of H(2). This surface modification of the ZnO structure during the reduction promotes an enhanced activity of the Cu/ZnO catalyst at elevated temperatures.