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Watching nanoparticles grow: The mechanism and kinetics for the formation of TiO2-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles

  • United States Department of Energy
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

The formation of supported Pt nanoparticles during the reduction of Pt4+ on TiO2 under H2 (4% in He) gas flow has been monitored using a differential approach to time-resolved pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of high-energy X-ray scattering data. The reduction of Pt4+ species was found to follow pseudo-zero-order reaction kinetics, with an activation energy of 0.52 eV. Reaction data obtained at constant temperature (100, 150, and 200 °C) and during heating (0-200 °C) indicate that the growth of nanoparticles from the reduce Pt0 species depends strongly on temperature and proceeds more rapidly upon heating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13822-13824
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume129
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 14 2007

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