Electronic and Structural Properties of Thin Iron Oxide Films on CeO2
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c05542" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsami.4c05542</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Electronic and Structural Properties of Thin Iron Oxide Films on CeO2
Original language description
Modification of CeO2 (ceria) with 3d transition metals, particularly iron, has been proven to significantly enhance its catalytic efficiency in oxidation or combustion reactions. Although this phenomenon is widely reported, the nature of the iron-ceria interaction responsible for this improvement remains debated. To address this issue, we prepared well-defined model FeOx/CeO2(111) catalytic systems and studied their structure and interfacial electronic properties using photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and low-energy electron diffraction, coupled with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Our results show that under ultrahigh vacuum conditions, Fe deposition leads to the formation of small FeOx clusters on the ceria surface. Subsequent annealing results in the growth of large amorphous FeOx particles and a 2D FeOx layer. Annealing in an oxygen-rich atmosphere further oxidizes iron up to the Fe3+ state and improves the crystallinity of both the 2D layer and the 3D particles. Our DFT calculations indicate that the 2D FeOx layer interacts strongly with the ceria surface, exhibiting structural corrugations and transferred electrons between Fe2+/Fe3+ and Ce4+/Ce3+ redox pairs. The novel 2D FeOx/CeO2(111) phase may explain the enhancement of the catalytic properties of CeO2 by iron. Moreover, the corrugated 2D FeOx layer can serve as a template for the ordered nucleation of other catalytically active metals, in which the redox properties of the 2D FeOx/CeO2(111) system are exploited to modulate the charge of the supported metals.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ISSN
1944-8244
e-ISSN
1944-8252
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
35
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
46858-46871
UT code for WoS article
001296425800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85201774405