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3 Chemisorption and Catalysis over TiO -Modified Pt Surfaces 2

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D. J. Dwyer, J. L. Robbins, S. D. Cameron, N. Dudash, and J. Hardenbergh Corporate Research Science Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801

The migration of titania from the support onto a Pt surface during high temperature reduction is clearly demonstrated and correlated with chemisorption suppression. The origin of chemisorption suppression is a simple loss in surface adsorption sites; no electronic or chemical modification of the Pt occurs. The rate of methanation (3/1 H2/CO, latm) over Pt blacks increases by well over 2 orders of magnitude when surface TiO i s added. This rate enhancement does not require high temperature reduction and is not directly related to chemisorption suppression. Ti+3 centers at the periphery of the titania-Pt interface are implicated in the mechanism of enhanced methanation. 2

The nature o f s t r o n g metal support i n t e r a c t i o n s (SMSI) has been t h e s u b j e c t o f debate and c o n t r o v e r s y over t h e past s e v e r a l y e a r s . SMSI i s c h a r a c t e r i z e d by t h e l o s s o f a supported m e t a l ' s a b i l i t y t o chemisorb CO o r H f o l l o w i n g high temperature r e d u c t i o n . ( l ) In a d d i t i o n , t h e r a t e o f methane s y n t h e s i s from C0/H can be enhanced over c e r t a i n t r a n s i t i o n metals by u s i n g SMSI s u p p o r t s . ( 2 - 5 ) Pt/Ti0 c a t a l y s t s e x h i b i t one of t h e l a r g e s t SMSI e f f e c t s i n terms o f e n hanced methanation r a t e s and have been e x t e n s i v e l y s t u d i e d i n t h e past.(6-12) E a r l y e x p l a n a t i o n s of the SMSI e f f e c t c e n t e r e d on an e l e c t r o n i c model wherein t h e chemical p r o p e r t i e s o f Pt were a l t e r e d v i a a charge t r a n s f e r between t h e support and t h e m e t a l . ( 1 3 , 1 4 ) More r e c e n t l y , t h e r e i s a growing body o f evidence t h a t a reduced form o f t i t a n i a m i g r a t e s onto t h e metal s u r f a c e d u r i n g high tempera ture reduction.(15-20) In t h i s work, we have s t u d i e d SMSI e f f e c t s i n t h e P t / T i 0 system u s i n g a v a r i e t y o f s u r f a c e s c i e n c e probes on both model ana c o n v e n t i o n a l c a t a l y s t s . T h i s work shows t h a t T i 0 i n c o n t a c t w i t h Pt i s r e a d i l y reduced t o a s u b s t o i c h i o m e t r i c TiOo . A s u b s t a n t i a l rearrangement o f t h e e l e c t r o n i c s t r u c t u r e a t t h e n i L / P t 2

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i n t e r f a c e takes p l a c e d u r i n g t h i s r e d u c t i o n . However, t h i s e l e c t r o n i c r e o r g a n i z a t i o n does not induce c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n v i a a charge t r a n s f e r mechanism as p r e v i o u s l y s u g g e s t e d . R a t h e r , chemi s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n i s due t o the s i m p l e l o s s of s i t e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the m i g r a t i o n of T i 0 _ onto the Pt s u r f a c e . When Pt b l a c k s are promoted by the a d d i t i o n o f TiOo o v e r l a y e r s , a two order o f magnitude i n c r e a s e i n the methanation r a t e i s o b s e r v e d . The r a t e enhancement does not r e q u i r e high temperature r e d u c t i o n and may be associated with special i n t e r f a c i a l reaction s i t e s . 2

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Experimental The experimental apparatus used i n t h i s study i s shown s c h e m a t i c a l l y in F i g . 1. It c o n s i s t s o f a m u l t i - t e c h n i q u e UHV s u r f a c e s c i e n c e chamber coupled d i r e c t l y t o a r e a c t o r system. This configuration p e r m i t s s u r f a c e c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n and r e a c t o r s t u d i e s t o be c a r r i e d out on both model and c o n v e n t i o n a l c a t a l y s t systems. The r e a c t o r and the down stream a n a l y t i c a l t r a i n have been d e s c r i b e d e l s e where. (21^22) The UHV s u r f a c e probes used i n t h i s study were x - r a y p h o t o e l e c t r o n s p e c t r o s c o p y ( X P S ) , i o n s c a t t e r i n g spectroscopy (ISS) and tem p e r a t u r e programmed d e s o r p t i o n (TPD). XPS measurements were c a r r i e d out w i t h Mg Κ r a d i a t i o n ( h v = 1253.6 eV) and a h e m i s p h e r i c a l e l e c t r o n energy a n a l y z e r set at 50 eV pass energy. ISS measurements were made w i t h the same a n a l y z e r but w i t h r e v e r s e d p o l a r i t y on the hemispheres and i n p u t l e n s e s . The i n c i d e n t H e i o n beam c u r r e n t was 5 χ 1 0 " amps at 500 e V . T h i s beam energy and i o n c u r r e n t caused no change i n s u r f a c e c o m p o s i t i o n d u r i n g the ISS measurements. TPD experiments were c a r r i e d out on a l i q u i d n i t r o g e n c o o l e d sample m a n i p u l a t o r whose temperature c o u l d be l i n e a r l y ramped at 10 K s " over the range 100 Κ t o 1200 K . The desorbed molecules were mass a n a l y z e d by a m u l t i p l e x e d quadrupole mass s p e c t r o m e t e r . Three types of samples were used i n the s t u d y : Pt p a r t i c l e s supported on T i 0 t h i n f i l m s , TiOo c r y s t a l l i t e s on Pt s u b s t r a t e s and 0.8 wt % T i 0 on Pt b l a c k . The r i 0 t h i n f i l m s (200 nm f i l m t h i c k n e s s ) were prepared on a metal s u b s t r a t e heater assembly by chemical vapor d e p o s i t i o n (CVD). The f i l m s were c h a r a c t e r i z e d by x - r a y d i f f r a c t i o n and o p t i c a l t e c h n i q u e s . Pt was d e p o s i t e d on these t h i n f i l m s i n UHV v i a e v a p o r a t i o n from a r e s i s t i v e l y heated Pt w i r e . The TiOo o v e r l a y e r s on Pt s u b s t r a t e s were prepared i n the UHV system; the d e t a i l s of t h i s p r e p a r a t i o n are r e p o r t e d e l s e w h e r e . ( 1 2 ) The T i 0 m o d i f i e d Pt b l a c k was prepared by suspending two grams o f Pt powder (Johnson-Matthey P u r a t r o n i c : 2 ppm S i , 1 ppm Fe) i n a solution of T i ( 0 - C g H ) (0.106g) i n s p e c t r o g r a d e heptane (4.0 ml). The heptane was evaporated i n a n i t r o g e n s t r e a m , the dry s o l i d heated i n f l o w i n g a i r at 675 Κ f o r 2.5 hr and then i n f l o w i n g 10% H , 90% He at 450 Κ f o r 4 h r . The sample was p a s s i v a t e d i n a i r at 300 Κ and i t s s u r f a c e area measured by Kr BET. X-ray d i f f r a c t i o n measurements showed no evidence f o r c r y s t a l l i n e TiOo domains g r e a t e r than 50 A. 4

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The TiOo t h i n f i l m s were f i r s t c l e a n e d i n UHV by A r i o n s p u t t e r i n g f o l l o w e d by oxygen a n n e a l i n g (1100 Κ, 1 0 " mbar Oo) t o r e s t o r e s u r face stoichiometry. A Pt f i l m o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y u) A (based on the a t t e n u a t i o n of the Ti XPS s i g n a l s ) was vapor d e p o s i t e d on t h i s d e fect free T i 0 surface. The Pt f i l m was then s i n t e r e d by h e a t i n g t o 875 Κ (2 h r . , 1 0 " mbar Oo). The s i z e of the Pt p a r t i c l e s formed i n t h i s manner are e s t i m a t e d t o be 2 t o 5 nm i n diameter based on com p a r i s o n w i t h microscopy s t u d i e s i n the literature.(18) CO TPD r e s u l t s from the p r e s i n t e r e d Pt/TiÛ2 samples before and a f t e r high temperature r e d u c t i o n are shown i n the l e f t hand panel o f F i g . 3. D e s o r p t i o n from the f r e s h l y d e p o s i t e d Pt p a r t i c l e s ( F i g . 3a) e x h i b i t s the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c two peak spectrum o f p o l y c r y s t a l l i n e Pt.(12) The lower temperature peak around 400 Κ i s due t o d e s o r p t i o n r r o m Pt (111) s u r f a c e s ; the high temperature peak i s due t o Heating t h i s s u r f a c e i n H (10"" mbar, 825 K) had a s u b s t a n t i a T i m p a c t on the CO TPD ( F i g . 3b + 3c). There i s a decrease i n the t o t a l amount of CO c h e m i s o r p t i o n on the Pt p a r t i c l e s and a change i n t h e l i n e s h a p e of the d e s o r p t i o n spectrum. The decrease i n c h e m i s o r p t i o n c a p a c i t y i s a d i r e c t m a n i f e s t a t i o n of the SMSI e f f e c t . The changes i n l i n e s h a p e and peak maxima are p r o b a b l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a change i n p a r t i c l e morphology as suggested by White and c o w o r k e r s ( l l ) and observed by Baker et al.(24,25) The o r i g i n of c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n i n t h i s model system can be d i r e c t l y a s c e r t a i n e d by the h i g h l y s u r f a c e s p e c i f i c t e c h n i q u e of ISS. The ISS s p e c t r a a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e s e TPD s p e c t r a are d i s p l a y e d i n the r i g h t hand panel o f F i g . 3 . The spectrum l a b e l e d 3a i s t h a t o b t a i n e d from the p r e s i n t e r e d Pt p a r t i c l e s which e x h i b i t normal c h e m i s o r p t i o n . A s t r o n g s i g n a l at a r e c o i l energy o f 0.88 i s r e a d i l y a s s i g n e d by the b i n a r y c o l l i s i o n model(26) t o s c a t t e r i n g from Pt s u r f a c e atoms. The a n t i c i p a t e d s i g n a l s from Ti and 0 s u r f a c e atoms are a l s o c l e a r l y present i n the spectrum. Upon ex posure t o high temperature hydrogen ( F i g . 3b, 3c) t h e r e i s a c l e a r decrease i n the Pt s c a t t e r i n g s i g n a l concomitant w i t h the decrease i n CO c h e m i s o r p t i o n . The decrease i n the ISS s i g n a l i n t e n s i t y i n d i c a t e s a l o s s of Pt s c a t t e r i n g c e n t e r s i n the outermost atomic l a y e r of the sample. I t should be noted t h a t the i n t e n s i t y of the XPS s p e c t r a ( T i , 0 , P t ) from the sample remained v i r t u a l l y constant d u r i n g t h i s sequence. The o n l y p o s s i b l e e x p l a n a t i o n f o r these r e s u l t s i s the c r e e p i n g of t i t a n i u m o x i d e onto the Pt s u r f a c e d u r i n g high temperature r e d u c t i o n . The SMSI induced c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n c o u l d be reversed i n t h e s e t h i n f i l m samples by h e a t i n g i n o x y g e n . T h i s f a c t i s demon s t r a t e d i n F i g . 4 where the l e f t hand panel c o n t a i n s CO TPD r e s u l t s from the p r e v i o u s l y e n c a p s u l a t e d samples a f t e r o x i d a t i o n (875 K, PQ = 10" mbar). I t i s c l e a r l y e v i d e n t from the TPD r e s u l t s t h a t the c h e m i s o r p t i o n c a p a c i t y o f the Pt p a r t i c l e s c o u l d be r e s t o r e d by oxidation. In a d d i t i o n , the ISS r e s u l t s ( r i g h t hand panel of F i g . 4) show the reemergence of Pt i n the outermost atomic l a y e r of t h e sample. In t h i s manner i t was p o s s i b l e t o r e p e a t e d l y c y c l e the sample i n t o and out o f the SMSI s t a t e . During the f i r s t r e d u c t i o n o x i d a t i o n c y c l e a permanent l o s s of some of the ISS and TPD s i g n a l s occured. However, i n a l l subsequent c y c l e s both the ISS and TPD s i g n a l i n t e n s i t y c o u l d be f u l l y r e c o v e r e d by o x i d a t i o n . The i n i t i a l permanent l o s s of some 10 - 15% of the c h e m i s o r p t i o n c a p a c i t y i s +

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The Nature of C h e m i s o r p t i o n Suppression The m i g r a t i o n of t i t a n i a onto the metal s u r f a c e d u r i n g high tempera t u r e r e d u c t i o n does not r u l e out chemical m o d i f i c a t i o n of the metal as a f a c t o r i n SMSI b e h a v i o r . A second type of sample was s t u d i e d t o probe the d e t a i l s o f c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n and t o t e s t whether TiOg induces long range e l e c t r o n i c e f f e c t s on P t . This sample c o n s i s t e d of an u l t r a h i g h p u r i t y Pt f o i l decorated w i t h a T i 0 overlayer. The r e s u l t s of t h i s study have been p u b l i s h e d i n d e t a i l e1sewhere(12) but are i n c l u d e d here f o r the sake of c o m p l e t e ness. T h i s e a r l i e r study found t h a t T i 0 c r y s t a l l i t e s i n c o n t a c t w i t h Pt are r e a d i l y reduced t o a s u b s t o i c h i o m e t r i c form by hydrogen or carbon monoxide treatment i n the vacuum chamber. The r e d u c t i o n process r e s u l t s i n a s u b s t a n t i a l rearrangement of the electronic s t r u c t u r e at the P t / T i 0 i n t e r f a c e . These changes can be seen i n XPS s p e c t r a from t h e s e s u r f a c e s as shown i n F i g . 5 . The s p e c t r a l a b e l e d 5a are those o b t a i n e d from a f r e s h l y o x i d i z e d TiOo o v e r l a y e r on the Pt f o i l . The c e n t e r panel c o n t a i n s the 2 P ' , Z p ' ' s p i n o r b i t d o u b l e t from t i t a n i u m i n the +4 o x i d a t i o n s t a t e . Upon r e d u c t i o n w i t h H or CO a set of s h o u l d e r s due t o T i appear i n t h i s spectral region ( F i g . 5b). In a d d i t i o n t o t h i s t r u e chemical s h i f t , t h e r e i s a r i g i d s h i f t [ £ = 0.7 ± 1 eV) i n the e n t i r e T i 0 band s t r u c t u r e r e l a t i v e t o the Pt fermi l e v e l . This r i g i d s h i f t i s caused by a change i n the fermi l e v e l p o s i t i o n i n the s e m i c o n d u c t i n g o x i d e and the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of an ohmic c o n t a c t at the metal s e m i conductor j u n c t i o n . ( 1 2 ) Since the T i c e n t e r s produced d u r i n g the r e d u c t i o n are donor s t a t e s ( 2 7 ) , t h i s r e o r g a n i z a t i o n undoubtedly i n v o l v e s charge t r a n s f e r f r o m t h e semiconductor t o the m e t a l . How e v e r , the charge t r a n s f e r does not p e r t u r b the c h e m i s o r p t i v e p r o p e r t i e s of the metal as was suggested i n e a r l i e r s t u d i e s . ( 1 3 , 1 4 ) This f a c t can be seen i n CO TPD r e s u l t s from t h e s e samples as a f u n c t i o n of T i 0 coverage. The l e f t hand panel o f F i g . 6 c o n t a i n s CO TPD s p e c t r a at t h r e e coverages of Τ ι 0 . The presence of TiOo on the s u r f a c e o n l y suppresses the t o t a l amount of chemisorbed CO. No new c h e m i s o r p t i o n s t a t e s are produced when T i 0 _ i s added t o the s u r face. The r i g h t hand panel of F i g . 6 demonstrates the l i n e a r r e l a t i o n s h i p between the amount of c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n and the number o f b l o c k e d s u r f a c e s i t e s as measured by ISS. It i s c l e a r from these data t h a t the presence of t i t a n i u m oxide on Pt suppresses c h e m i s o r p t i o n v i a a s i m p l e s i t e b l o c k i n g mechanism. 2

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enhanced methanation r a t e s over P t / T i 0 are not d i r e c t l y l i n k e d t o the SMSI e f f e c t as d e f i n e d by c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n . To study the e f f e c t s of T i 0 o v e r l a y e r s on the c a t a l y t i c response of Pt s u r f a c e s , Pt black samples w i t h and w i t h o u t 0.8 w t . % TiOo were i n v e s tigated. The 0.8 w t . % l o a d i n g o f T i 0 was e q u i v a l e n t t o 10 mono l a y e r s o f T i 0 i f t o t a l l y d i s p e r s e d on the Pt b l a c k s u r f a c e . The methanation a c t i v i t i e s of these samples as a f u n c t i o n of temperature are shown i n an A r r h e n i u s format i n F i g . 7. The r e a c t i o n c o n d i t i o n s were 3:1 H : C 0 , latm and a maximum c o n v e r s i o n of 3%. In agreement w i t h e a r l i e r s t u d i e s , ( 8 , 1 0 ) c l e a n Pt b l a c k was an extremely poor methanation c a t a l y s t . The t u r n o v e r frequency of our m a t e r i a l at 548 Κ was a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 " molecules s i t e " S" (assuming 8 χ 1 0 site cm' ). T h i s v a l u e i s somewhat lower than e a r l i e r s t u d i e s ( 8 , 1 0 ) but was not due t o s u r f a c e i m p u r i t i e s as v e r i f i e d by XPS and ISS s t u d i e s of the m a t e r i a l . The a d d i t i o n of TiOo t o the Pt b l a c k causes a dramatic i n c r e a s e i n the methanation a c t i v i t y (> 2 o r d e r s of magnitude). I t i s important t o note t h a t the r a t e s r e p o r t e d i n F i g . 7 are s c a l e d by the p h y s i c a l s u r f a c e area of the c a t a l y s t and not by the Pt s u r f a c e s i t e d e n s i t y . T h e r e f o r e , the r a t e i n c r e a s e r e p r e s e n t s a t r u e i n c r e a s e i n the c a t a l y t i c y i e l d of the m a t e r i a l . T h i s r e s u l t i s remarkable i n l i g h t of the massive l o a d i n g of s u r f a c e TiOo but i s i n e x c e l l e n t agreement w i t h e a r l i e r s t u d i e s of t h i s type.(10,28) S u r f a c e a n a l y s i s of the T i 0 promoted Pt b l a c k r e v e a l e d i m p o r t a n t i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g the nature of the c a t a l y t i c surface. F i g . 8 c o n t a i n s the Ti 2p r e g i o n of the XPS spectrum of the T i 0 promoter a f t e r H r e d u c t i o n (450 K, l a t m H ) . Two o x i d a t i o n s t a t e s o f t i t a n i u m (+3 and +4) are r e a d i l y v i s i b l e i n the spectrum. The a b s o l u t e b i n d i n g e n e r g i e s are h i g h e r than those i n F i g . 5 due t o d i f f e r e n c e s i n the l o c a t i o n o f the fermi l e v e l of the o x i d e . ( 1 2 ) The presence of s u b s t a n t i a l T i c h a r a c t e r i n the XPS spectrum iriôTcates that T i 0 i n c o n t a c t w i t h Pt i s r e a d i l y reduced t o a subs t o i c h i o m e t r i c form even under m i l d r e d u c i n g c o n d i t i o n s (450 K ) . These c o n d i t i o n s are w e l l below those r e q u i r e d t o induce t i t a n i a m i g r a t i o n and c h e m i s o r p t i o n s u p p r e s s i o n i n t h i n f i l m s . Another i m p o r t a n t o b s e r v a t i o n was o b t a i n e d from ISS (see t a b l e i n s e r t i n F i g . 5 ) , which shows t h a t o n l y 5% of the outermost atomic l a y e r s o f the sample i s P t . In s p i t e of the e x t e n s i v e T i 0 _ ^ o v e r l a y e r which b l o c k s 95% of the Pt a d s o r p t i o n s i t e s , the methanation r e a c t i o n r a t e i n c r e a s e d by over two o r d e r s of magnitude. The o r i g i n of t h i s e n hancement i s not immediately e v i d e n t from these measurements but t h e r e i s i n d i r e c t evidence t h a t T i c e n t e r s l o c a t e d at the p e r i phery of the t i t a n i a - P t i n t e r f a c e may be i m p o r t a n t . T h i s evidence was o b t a i n e d when the c a t a l y t i c response of the T i 0 _ promoted sample was i n v e s t i g a t e d at a h i g h e r temperature/higher c o n v e r s i o n (~ 5%) c o n d i t i o n s . Prolonged (16 h r ) o p e r a t i o n of the T i 0 / P t at 625 Κ r e s u l t e d i n a 50% l o s s of c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y . The d e a c t i v a t e d ma t e r i a l s t i l l e x h i b i t e d l i n e a r arrhenius behavior with a slope i n d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e from t h a t of the f r e s h l y charged c a t a l y s t (Fig. 9). S u r f a c e a n a l y s i s showed the a c t i v i t y l o s s was not due t o carbon d e p o s i t i o n or the a d s o r p t i o n of any o t h e r i m p u r i t y . In f a c t , ISS and XPS r e v e a l e d the d e a c t i v a t e d c a t a l y s t c o n t a i n e d l e s s a d v e n t i t i o u s s u r f a c e carbon than the f r e s h one. Significantly, catalyst d e a c t i v a t i o n accompanied both a 30% d e c l i n e i n the Ti" "' s i g n a l and a 2

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d o u b l i n g of the Pt ISS i n t e n s i t y ( F i g . 1 0 ) . These data c l e a r l y show t h a t methanation a c t i v i t y of the T i 0 / P t does not c o r r e l a t e w i t h Pt metal s u r f a c e a r e a . A p p a r e n t l y , water produced under high c o n v e r s i o n c o n d i t i o n s i s o x i d i z i n g the t i t a n i a o v e r l a y e r c a u s i n g i t t o s p a l l up on the s u r f a c e . The concomitant l o s s i n c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y w i t h i n c r e a s i n g Pt s i t e d e n s i t y suggests t h a t the key c h e m i s t r y i s o c c u r r i n g at s i t e s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the T i c e n t e r s and not on the average Pt s i t e . These s i t e s presumably e x i s t at the p e r i p h e r y o f t h e Pt t i t a n i a i n t e r f a c e and decrease i n c o n c e n t r a t i o n as the oxide o v e r l a y e r c o n t r a c t s back i n t o t h r e e d i m e n s i o n a l c r y s t a l l i t e s . It i s i m p o r t a n t t o note t h a t even a f t e r 16 h r . under C0/H at 5% c o n v e r sion, T i i s c l e a r l y e v i d e n t by XPS. These r e s u l t s show t h a t T i c e n t e r s and SMSI e f f e c t s are q u i t e d u r a b l e under hydrocarbon s y n t h e sis conditions. 2

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