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Preparation and characterization of planar Ni-Au bimetallic model catalysts

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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 283, Issue -, Pages 263-268

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.06.099

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Bimetallic model catalyst; Nickel; Gold; Phase diagram; CO adsorption

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  1. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy, Division of Chemical Science
  2. Robert A. Welch Foundation

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Ni-Au bimetallic model catalysts were prepared as thin films on Re(0 0 0 1) or Ru(0 0 0 1) single crystal substrates. Surface compositions and electronic structures of the Ni-Au thin films were characterized by low energy ion scattering spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. Surface alloys were prepared by annealing Ni-Au thin films from 500 to 800 K, resulting in substantial surface enrichment of Au. Annealing a Ni-Au thin film with a 1:1 bulk composition ratio at 700 K for 10 min resulted in a surface alloy with 84% (atomic concentration) of Au in the outermost surface layer. The surface atomic structure was investigated using CO as probe molecules, which exclusively adsorbs on the Ni atoms rather than on the Au atoms at room temperature. Polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy of CO adsorption on Ni-Au surface alloys showed that CO adsorption on two-fold bridge sites decreased and finally disappeared with an increase of Au surface concentration. The absence of Ni bridge site CO adsorption indicated that Ni atoms were isolated by Au atoms on Ni-Au alloyed surface. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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