TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface acidity and properties of tiO 2/SiO 2 catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition
T2 - Uv-visible diffuse reflectance, dRIFTS, and visible raman spectroscopy studies
AU - Lu, Junling
AU - Kosuda, Kathryn M.
AU - Van Duyne, Richard P.
AU - Stair, Peter C.
PY - 2009/7/16
Y1 - 2009/7/16
N2 - Highly uniform submonolayer to multilayer thin films of titanium dioxide supported on high surface area silica gel have been synthesized by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and titanium isopropoxide (TTIP) as metal precursors. The deposition rate of titania films from TiCl4was found to be stable in the 150-300 °C temperature range, which is slightly higher than that from TTIP at 150 °C. UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) shows that the coordination geometry of Ti cations depends on the number of ALD cycles and the precursor but is essentially independent of deposition temperature. Using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and visible Raman spectroscopy with pyridine as a probe molecule, we found all of the titania films studied to exhibit Lewis acidity but only films containing chloride or carbonyl impurities possessed Brønsted acid sites. Additionally, three new pronounced bands in the Raman spectra, v 6b(638 cm -1), v 9a(1200 cm -1), and v 2(3103 cm -1), provide strong spectroscopic evidence for Brønsted acid sites on the surface.
AB - Highly uniform submonolayer to multilayer thin films of titanium dioxide supported on high surface area silica gel have been synthesized by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and titanium isopropoxide (TTIP) as metal precursors. The deposition rate of titania films from TiCl4was found to be stable in the 150-300 °C temperature range, which is slightly higher than that from TTIP at 150 °C. UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) shows that the coordination geometry of Ti cations depends on the number of ALD cycles and the precursor but is essentially independent of deposition temperature. Using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and visible Raman spectroscopy with pyridine as a probe molecule, we found all of the titania films studied to exhibit Lewis acidity but only films containing chloride or carbonyl impurities possessed Brønsted acid sites. Additionally, three new pronounced bands in the Raman spectra, v 6b(638 cm -1), v 9a(1200 cm -1), and v 2(3103 cm -1), provide strong spectroscopic evidence for Brønsted acid sites on the surface.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp902200c
DO - 10.1021/jp902200c
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68149083167
SN - 1932-7447
VL - 113
SP - 12412
EP - 12418
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
IS - 28
ER -