355. Oxygen and hydrogen transport at 2D and 3D Pd interfaces with TiO2 monitored by TPR, operando 1H NMR and CO oxidation studies
Melis Yarar, Asmae Bouzani and Deniz Uner; Catalysis Communications; (2022); DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106580 (open access)
Ambient temperature reduction of TiO2 surface was observed through hydrogen spillover from Pd nanoparticles with a hydrogen consumption stoichiometry of 1.4 H2:Pd up to ≤2 wt%Pd loading. This behavior was attributed to the formation of nanoparticles exhibiting 2D behavior for ≤2 wt%Pd loading. The 2D behavior of Pd nanoparticles were further confirmed from the relative abundance of metallic Pd in 3D, deduced from hydrogen stoichiometry of β-PdHx. EPR revealed oxygen vacancy formation, operando NMR revealed facile hydrogen spillover, and CO oxidation reaction rates systematically increased for Pd ≤ 2 wt%, indicating facile exchange of hydrogen and oxygen at 2D Pd/TiO2 interfaces.