ABSTRACT
We extend the use of our recently developed Near-Ambient Pressure Velocity Map Imaging (NAP-VMI) technique to study the kinetics and dynamics of catalytic reactions in the pressure gap. As an example, we show that NAP-VMI combined with molecular beam surface scattering allows the direct measurement of time- and velocity-resolved kinetics of the scattering and oxidation of CO on the Pd(110) surface with oxygen pressures at the surface up to 1 × 10-5 mbar, where different metastable surface structures form. Our results show that the c(2 × 4) oxide structure formed at low O2 pressure is highly active for CO oxidation. The velocity distribution of the CO2 products shows the presence of two reaction channels, which we attribute to reactions starting from two distinct but rapidly interconverting CO binding sites. The effective CO oxidation reaction activation energy is Er = (1.0 ± 0.13) eV. The CO2 production is suppressed at higher O2 pressure due to the number of antiphase domain boundaries increasing, and the missing row sites are filled by O-atoms at O2 pressures approaching 1 × 10-6 mbar. Filling of these sites by O-atoms reduces the CO surface lifetime, meaning the surface oxide is inactive for CO oxidation. We briefly outline further developments planned for the NAP-VMI and its application to other types of experiments.
ABSTRACT
We present a new velocity map imaging instrument for studying molecular beam surface scattering in a near-ambient pressure (NAP-VMI) environment. The instrument offers the possibility to study chemical reaction dynamics and kinetics where higher pressures are either desired or unavoidable, adding a new tool to help close the "pressure gap" between surface science and applied catalysis. NAP-VMI conditions are created by two sets of ion optics that guide ions through an aperture and map their velocities. The aperture separates the high pressure ionization region and maintains the necessary vacuum in the detector region. The performance of the NAP-VMI is demonstrated with results from N2O photodissociation and N2 scattering from a Pd(110) surface, which are compared under vacuum and at near-ambient pressure (1 × 10-3 mbar). NAP-VMI has the potential to be applied to, and useful for, a broader range of experiments, including photoelectron spectroscopy and scattering with liquid microjets.
ABSTRACT
Cyanuric acid is often found to be the end product in the hydrolysis of waste melamine and in the TiO2-mediated photocatalytic decomposition of s-triazine-containing compounds used as herbicides or dyes. The photocatalytically recalcitrant nature of cyanuric acid on TiO2 may be closely related to its adsorption properties, including the tautomeric forms present on the surfaces and their bonding structures, which remain to be determined. In this paper, we present the optimized adsorption structures of the four tautomeric isomers (triketo, diketo, monoketo, and triol) of cyanuric acid on a model rutile-TiO2(110) surface and their vibrational absorptions. Experimentally, the adsorption structures of cyanuric acid and chloride on powdered TiO2 are analyzed on the basis of the theoretically obtained, characteristic infrared information. Cyanuric acid on TiO2 at 35 °C exists in triketo and hydroxylated forms, but the diketo becomes the predominant form on the surface at 250 °C, being bonded to a titanium site via one of its carbonyl groups and with a N-H···O hydrogen bonding interaction. Hydroxylation of cyanuric chloride occurs as it is adsorbed on TiO2 at 35 °C. Upon being heated to 200 °C, the surface is mainly covered with the diketo form of cyanuric acid after the adsorption of cyanuric chloride.
