Abstract
The oxidation of CO on Single Pd atoms anchored to MgO(100) surface
oxygen vacancies is studied with: temperature-programmed-reaction
mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy. In one-heating-cycle
experiments, CO2, formed from O-2 and CO preadsorbed at 90 K,
is detected at 260 and 500 K. Ab-initio simulations suggest two reaction
routes, with Pd(CO)(2)O-2 and PdCO3CO found as precursors for
the low and high temperature channels, respectively. Both reactions
result in annealing of the vacancy and induce migration and coalescence
of the remaining Pd-CO to form larger clusters.
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