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- Title
Chemically resolved dynamical imaging of catalytic reactions on composite surfaces.
- Authors
Esch, F.; Günther, S.; Schütz, E.; Schaak, A.; Kevrekidis, I.G.; Marsi, M.; Kiskinova, M.; Imbihl, R.
- Abstract
The catalytic reduction of NO by hydrogen is investigated at ( T = 650 K and ( p≈10-6 mbar on a microstructured Rh/Pt(100) surface consisting of Pt(100) domains surrounded by a 600 Åthick Rh film. Synchrotron radiation scanning photoemission microscopy (SPEM), using photons focused into a spot of less than 0.2 μm diameter, is employed as a spatially and chemically resolving in situ technique. The chemical waves which arise in the bistable system NO+H2/Rh are imaged with SPEM monitoring the N 1s and O 1s photoelectrons. The reaction fronts initiate transitions from an inactive oxygen-covered surface (ΘO≈0.25 ML) to a reactive nitrogen-covered surface (ΘN≈0.06 ML). At the Pt/Rh interface, synergetic effects can be observed: the chemical waves on the Rh film nucleate preferentially at the Pt/Rh interface. This nucleation is poisoned by carbon contamination on the Pt area but is prevented in the vicinity of the Pt/Rh interface by the adjacent clean Rh film. No segregation of Pt to the surface was observed for the 600 Å thick Rh film.
- Publication
Catalysis Letters, 1998, Vol 52, Issue 1/2, p85
- ISSN
1011-372X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1019015302467