Tuning the Reactivity of Ultrathin Oxides: NO Adsorption on Monolayer FeO(111)
Journal article, 2016

Ultrathin metal oxides exhibit unique chemical properties and show promise for applications in heterogeneous catalysis. Monolayer FeO films supported on metal surfaces show large differences in reactivity depending on the metal substrate, potentially enabling tuning of the catalytic properties of these materials. Nitric oxide (NO) adsorption is facile on silver-supported FeO, whereas a similar film grown on platinum is inert to NO under similar conditions. Ab initio calculations link this substrate-dependent behavior to steric hindrance caused by substrate-induced rumpling of the FeO surface, which is stronger for the platinum-supported film. Calculations show that the size of the activation barrier to adsorption caused by the rumpling is dictated by the strength of the metal–oxide interaction, offering a straightforward method for tailoring the adsorption properties of ultrathin films.

surface chemistry

heterogeneous catalysis

oxide films

nitric oxide

Author

Lindsay R. Merte

Lund University

Christopher Heard

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Feng Zhang

University of Florida

Juhee Choi

University of Florida

Mikhail Shipilin

Lund University

Johan Gustafson

Lund University

Jason F. Weaver

University of Florida

Henrik Grönbeck

Chalmers, Physics, Chemical Physics

Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK)

Edvin Lundgren

Lund University

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

1433-7851 (ISSN) 1521-3773 (eISSN)

Vol. 55 32 9267-9271

Subject Categories

Chemical Engineering

Other Physics Topics

DOI

10.1002/anie.201601647

PubMed

27346455

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