Book of Abstracts Book of Abstracts - Universität Konstanz
Book of Abstracts Book of Abstracts - Universität Konstanz
Book of Abstracts Book of Abstracts - Universität Konstanz
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Interaction <strong>of</strong> oxygen with mass-selected Ag cluster anions and<br />
nanoparticles<br />
Ignacio Lopez-Salido, Dong Chan Lim, Gerd Ganteför, and Young Dok Kim<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Physics, University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Konstanz</strong>, D-78457 <strong>Konstanz</strong>, Germany<br />
http://www.clusterphysik.uni-konstanz.de/<br />
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Adsorption <strong>of</strong> oxygen on free negatively charged Ag clusters were studied using Time-<strong>of</strong>-<br />
Flight mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy. In contrast to the results <strong>of</strong> Au cluster<br />
anions, which become inert towards oxygen chemisorption for Au n - with n > 20, Ag clusters<br />
consisting <strong>of</strong> more than 30 atoms are still reactive towards O 2 chemisorption. The even-odd<br />
alteration <strong>of</strong> the O 2 chemisorption reactivity was found, which has been also observed for the<br />
Au cluster anions. Photoelectron spectroscopy was used to study the nature <strong>of</strong> oxygen species<br />
on the Ag cluster anions. To shed light on the chemical properties <strong>of</strong> larger Ag nanoparticles,<br />
we deposited Ag on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) surfaces, leading to the<br />
formation <strong>of</strong> Ag nanoparticles with particle diameters up to 10 nm. Scanning Tunneling<br />
Microscopy (STM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) results suggest quite narrow<br />
size distributions <strong>of</strong> Ag islands on HOPG, allowing investigations on size dependent changes <strong>of</strong><br />
electronic and chemical properties <strong>of</strong> Ag nanoparticles. For the Ag nanoparticles smaller than<br />
10 nm, completely different oxidation patterns were observed compared to the Ag bulk crystal.<br />
We found Ag oxide species, which cannot be observed by oxidation <strong>of</strong> Ag bulk crystal.<br />
Implication <strong>of</strong> this result in heterogeneous catalysis is discussed in connection with the size<br />
selectivity in ethylene epoxidation.<br />
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