Publication Date:
2015-09-05
Description:
Identification and characterization of catalytic active sites are the prerequisites for an atomic-level understanding of the catalytic mechanism and rational design of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts. Indirect evidence in recent reports suggests that platinum (Pt) single atoms are exceptionally active catalytic sites. We demonstrate that infrared spectroscopy can be a fast and convenient characterization method with which to directly distinguish and quantify Pt single atoms from nanoparticles. In addition, we directly observe that only Pt nanoparticles show activity for carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation and water-gas shift at low temperatures, whereas Pt single atoms behave as spectators. The lack of catalytic activity of Pt single atoms can be partly attributed to the strong binding of CO molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ding, Kunlun -- Gulec, Ahmet -- Johnson, Alexis M -- Schweitzer, Neil M -- Stucky, Galen D -- Marks, Laurence D -- Stair, Peter C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2015 Oct 9;350(6257):189-92. doi: 10.1126/science.aac6368. Epub 2015 Sep 3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. ; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. ; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. ; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. ; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA. pstair@northwestern.edu.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26338796" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
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Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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