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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Paul ChristensenORCiD, Jia Jin, Professor Wen-Feng Lin, Dr Andrew Hamnett
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The spontaneous oxidation of CO adsorbates on a Pt electrode modified by Ru under open circuit (OC) conditions in perchloric acid solution has been followed, for the first time, using in situ FTIR spectroscopy, and the dynamics of the surface processes taking place have been elucidated. The IR data show that adsorbed CO present on both the Ru and Pt domains and can be oxidized by the oxygen-containing adlayer on the Ru in a chemical process to produce CO2 under OC conditions. There is a free exchange of COads is between the Ru and Pt sites. Oxidation of COads may take place at the edges of the Ru islands, but COads is transfer, at least on the time scale of these experiments, allows the two different populations to maintain equilibrium. Oxidation is limited in this region by the rate of supply of oxygen to die surface of the catalyst. A mechanism is postulated to explain the observed behavior.
Author(s): Christensen PA, Jin JM, Lin WF, Hamnett A
Publication type: Letter
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Year: 2004
Volume: 108
Issue: 11
Pages: 3391-3394
ISSN (print): 1520-6106
ISSN (electronic): 1520-5207
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp037520b
DOI: 10.1021/jp037520b