Volume 125, Issue 19 pp. 5205-5209
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Importance of the Metal–Oxide Interface in Catalysis: In Situ Studies of the Water–Gas Shift Reaction by Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Dr. Kumudu Mudiyanselage

Dr. Kumudu Mudiyanselage

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Sanjaya D. Senanayake

Dr. Sanjaya D. Senanayake

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Leticia Feria

Dr. Leticia Feria

Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville (Spain)

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Dr. Shankhamala Kundu

Dr. Shankhamala Kundu

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Ashleigh E. Baber

Dr. Ashleigh E. Baber

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Jesús Graciani

Dr. Jesús Graciani

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville (Spain)

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Dr. Alba B. Vidal

Dr. Alba B. Vidal

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Stefano Agnoli

Dr. Stefano Agnoli

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Prof. Jaime Evans

Prof. Jaime Evans

Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas 1020A (Venezuela)

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Dr. Rui Chang

Dr. Rui Chang

Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Shanghai 200050 (China)

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Dr. Stephanus Axnanda

Dr. Stephanus Axnanda

The Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA)

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Dr. Zhi Liu

Dr. Zhi Liu

The Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA)

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Prof. Javier F. Sanz

Prof. Javier F. Sanz

Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville (Spain)

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Dr. Ping Liu

Dr. Ping Liu

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. José A. Rodriguez

Dr. José A. Rodriguez

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Darío J. Stacchiola

Corresponding Author

Dr. Darío J. Stacchiola

Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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First published: 09 April 2013
Citations: 41

Research carried at BNL was financed by the US DOE, Office of BES (Grant No. DE-AC02-98CH10086). Some of the calculations were performed at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at BNL. The main theoretical part was carried out by the group of J.F.S. and funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain, grants MAT2012-31526 and CSD2008-0023). Computational resources were provided by the Barcelona Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (Spain). J.E. thanks INTEVEP and IDB for grants used for the research in Venezuela.

Graphical Abstract

Wo sich Oxid und Metall treffen: Die Aktivierung eines effizienten assoziativen Reaktionspfades für die Wassergasreaktion an einer Oxid-Metall-Grenzfläche führt zu einer Erhöhung der katalytischen Aktivität von CeOx-Nanopartikeln auf Cu(111) oder Au(111) um über eine Größenordnung (siehe Diagramm). In-situ-Experimente demonstrieren, dass eine an der Metall-Oxid-Grenzfläche gebildete Carboxyspezies das Schlüsselintermediat der Reaktion ist.

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