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Simultaneous in situ monitoring of surface and gas species and surface properties by modulation excitation polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy: CO oxidation over Pt film
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Urakawa, Atsushi
Buergi, Thomas
Schläpfer, Hans-Peter
Baiker, Alfons
Published in Journal of Chemical Physics. 2006, vol. 124, no. 5, p. 54717-11
Abstract A method for in situ monitoring of surface and gas species utilizing separately the difference and sum reflectivity of two polarizations, normal and parallel to the surface, measured by polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy is presented. Surface and gas-phase spectra were separately but simultaneously obtained from the reflectivities. The technique is combined with modulation excitation spectroscopy to further enhance the sensitivity, and a small-volume cell was designed for this purpose. CO oxidation over a 40 nm Pt film on aluminum was investigated under moderate pressure (atmospheric pressure, 5% CO, and 5%–40% O2) at 373–433 K. The surface species involved in the oxidation process and the gas-phase species, both reactant (CO) and product (CO2), could be simultaneously monitored and analyzed quantitatively. In addition, the reflectivity change of the sample during the reaction was assigned to a near-surface bulk property change, that is, surface reconstruction to the oxide phase. Under an O2-rich atmosphere, two reactive phases, denoted as low- and high-activity phases, were identified. A large amount of atop CO was observed during the low-activity phase, while the adsorbed CO completely disappeared during the high-activity phase. The presence of an infrared-inactive CO2 precursor formed by the reaction between surface oxide and gaseous CO during the high-activity phase was inferred. The desorption of the CO2 precursor is facilitated under a CO-rich atmosphere, most likely, by surface reconstruction to metallic Pt and a competitive adsorption of CO on the surface.
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Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie physique
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(ISO format) 		URAKAWA, Atsushi et al. Simultaneous in situ monitoring of surface and gas species and surface properties by modulation excitation polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy: CO oxidation over Pt film. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2006, vol. 124, n° 5, p. 54717-11. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:14673

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