Highly Stable and Reactive Platinum Single Atoms on Oxygen Plasma-Functionalized CeO₂ Surfaces: Nanostructuring and Peroxo Effects.

ABSTRACT: Atomically dispersed precious metals on oxide supports have recently become increasingly interesting catalytic materials. Nonetheless, their non-trivial preparation and limited thermal and environmental stability constitutes an issue for their potential applications. Here we demonstrate that an oxygen plasma pre-treatment of the ceria (CeO₂ ) surface serves to anchor Pt single atoms, making them active and resistant towards sintering in the CO oxidation reaction. Through a combination of experimental results obtained on well-defined CeO₂ films and theory, we show that the O₂ plasma causes surface nanostructuring and the formation of surface peroxo (O₂ ^2- ) species, favoring the uniform and dense distribution of isolated strongly bonded

SUBMITTER: Wan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature