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Surface Structures in the SMSI State; Pd on (1 × 2) Reconstructed TiO2(110) Full article

Journal

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN: 1520-6106 , E-ISSN: 1520-5207

Output data

Year: 2002, Volume: 106, Number: 18, Pages: 4688-4696 Pages count : 9 DOI: 10.1021/jp0138328

Tags

Annealing; Composition effects; Low energy electron diffraction; Nanostructured materials; Palladium; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Thermodynamic stability; Thin films; Titanium oxides; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Authors

Bennett R.A. ^1,2 , Pang C.L. ¹ , Perkins N. ¹ , Smith R.D. ¹ , Morrall P. ¹ , Kvon R.I. ^1,3 , Bowker M. ¹

Affiliations

1	Centre for Surface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AD, U.K
2	Department of Physics, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AF, U.K
3	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia

We have used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to investigate the thermal stability of Pd(111) islands and thin films on TiO2(110)-(1 × 2). Two new nano-structures were observed to form on the surface of the Pd by annealing to 973 K. Atomic resolution STM images show a “pinwheel” super-structure. One domain has a unit cell with respect to the Pd(111) whereas the other domain has a unit cell. Coexisting with this phase is a structure consisting of zigzag rows that run along the close-packed directions of the Pd(111) islands. This has a rectangular unit cell incommensurate with both the substrate TiO2(110) and the Pd(111) islands. STM shows these two structures merge with no noticeable domain barriers or steps, suggesting a close relationship between the two. LEED shows several distinct, overlapping patterns that can be identified with the surface structures observed; TiO2(110)-(1 × 2), Pd(111)-(1 × 1), the hexagonal pinwheel structure, and the rectangular zigzag unit cell. XPS at normal and grazing emission show the encapsulating layer to be composed of TiOx with Ti predominantly in ∼2+ or ∼3+ oxidation states. The proposed models are structurally consistent with the LEED and STM data and have stoichiometries of TiO and TiO1.4, chemically consistent with the XPS spectra. The STM images of the zigzags bear a strong similarity to structures seen for annealed Pt islands on TiO2(110)-(1 × 1) and TiOx supported on Pt(111), while the pinwheel structure is similar to annealed Cr on Pt(111). We discuss the similarities of our structures to those seen before for these related systems.

Bennett R.A. , Pang C.L. , Perkins N. , Smith R.D. , Morrall P. , Kvon R.I. , Bowker M.
Surface Structures in the SMSI State; Pd on (1 × 2) Reconstructed TiO2(110)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2002. V.106. N18. P.4688-4696. DOI: 10.1021/jp0138328 WOS Scopus РИНЦ ANCAN OpenAlex

Submitted:	Oct 16, 2001
Accepted:	Jan 17, 2002
Published print:	May 1, 2002

Web of science:	WOS:000175488500016
Scopus:	2-s2.0-0037046769
Elibrary:	16941545
Chemical Abstracts:	2002:269398
Chemical Abstracts (print):	136:300128
OpenAlex:	W2085285668

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