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Plasma Functionalization of Silica Bilayer Polymorphs.

Mauricio J Prieto¹, Thomas Mullan², Weiming Wan¹

¹Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195Berlin, Germany.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

|October 18, 2022

Summary

Researchers developed a new catalytic support using ultrathin silica films. Surface functionalization with H-plasma creates hydroxyl and hydride groups, enabling controlled single-atom catalyst development.

Keywords:

crystalline hydride hydroxyl plasma functionalization ultrathin silica film vitreous

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Catalysis
Surface Chemistry

Background:

Ultrathin silica films serve as model systems for studying all-silica zeolites.
They are also explored as supports for stabilizing single atoms.

Purpose of the Study:

To create a novel model catalytic support through surface functionalization of silica bilayer polymorphs.
To investigate the functionalization mechanism and its impact on the silica structure.

Main Methods:

In situ H-plasma treatment at room temperature.
Low energy electron diffraction and microscopy for structural analysis.
Photoemission and infrared absorption spectroscopy.
Density functional theory simulations.

Main Results:

Surface functionalization of silica films was achieved without altering their atomic structure.
H-plasma treatment led to heterolytic dissociation of siloxane bonds.
Hydroxyl and hydride groups were formed on the top and bottom layers, respectively.

Conclusions:

The functionalized silica films represent a new model system for single-atom catalysts.
This approach allows for controlled anchoring of metal atoms in specific positions within the SiO2 matrix.
Enables the study of synergistic and confinement effects in catalysis.