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In Situ Raman Monitoring and Manipulating of Interfacial Hydrogen Spillover by Precise Fabrication of Au/TiO2 /Pt
Jie Wei1, Si-Na Qin1, Jing-Li Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces,iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fujian Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, College of Materials, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Abstract:
The spillover of hydrogen species and its role in tuning the activity and selectivity in catalytic hydrogenation have been investigated in situ using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with 10 nm spatial resolution through the precise fabrication of Au/TiO2 /Pt sandwich nanostructures. In situ SERS study reveals that hydrogen species can efficiently spillover at Pt-TiO2 -Au interfaces, and the ultimate spillover distance on TiO2 is about 50 nm. Combining kinetic isotope experiments and density functional theory calculations, it is found that the hydrogen spillover proceeds via the water-assisted cleavage and formation of surface hydrogen-oxygen bond. More importantly, the selectivity in the hydrogenation of the nitro or isocyanide group is manipulated by controlling the hydrogen spillover. This work provides molecular insights to deepen the understanding of hydrogen activation and boosts the design of active and selective catalysts for hydrogenation.
