Abstract
We employ SrTiO3 nanocuboid single crystals with well-defined (001) surfaces that are synthesized to have either a TiO2- or SrO-terminated surface to investigate the influence of surface termination on the morphology and the chemical property of supported metallic nanoparticles. Using such monodispersed STO nanocuboids allows for practical catalytic reaction studies as well as surface studies comparable to a single crystal model catalyst. Pd nanoparticles were grown by atomic layer deposition, which is able to control the effective coverage, chemical state, and the size of the Pd nanoparticles. The properties of Pd nanoparticles were examined by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The morphology and growth pattern for the Pd nanoparticles supported on the SrTiO3 nanocuboids are shown to depend on the surface termination.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-298 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Surface Science |
Volume | 648 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2016 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes (ICEP) at Northwestern University (NU) under DOE Grant DE-FG02-03ER15457 . Electron microscopy was performed at the EPIC facility support by the NU-MRSEC program ( NSF DMR-1121262 ). X-ray measurements were performed at the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Lab (ANL), at DND-CAT (Sector 5), which is supported by E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. , NU and The Dow Chemical Co. ANL is supported by DOE under grant number DE-AC02-06CH11357 . The X-ray photoemission work was performed in the Keck-II facility of the NUANCE Center at NU. BRC is partially supported by Study Abroad Fellowship from Ministry of Education of Taiwan . LC is supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship . We thank Qing Ma at DND-CAT for assisting with the XAFS measurements.
Keywords
- Atomic layer deposition
- Electron microscopy
- Strontium titanate
- Supported palladium nanoparticles
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Materials Chemistry