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Nanofaceted Pd[BOND]O Sites in Pd[BOND]Ce Surface Superstructures: Enhanced Activity in Catalytic Combustion of Methane†

  1. Sara Colussi Dr.1,
  2. Arup Gayen Dr.1,4,
  3. Matteo Farnesi Camellone Dr.2,
  4. Marta Boaro Dr.1,
  5. Jordi Llorca Prof.3,
  6. Stefano Fabris Dr.2,
  7. Alessandro Trovarelli Prof.1

Article first published online: 2 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200903581

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 48, Issue 45, pages 8481–8484, October 26, 2009

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How to Cite

Colussi, S., Gayen, A., Farnesi Camellone, M., Boaro, M., Llorca, J., Fabris, S. and Trovarelli, A. (2009), Nanofaceted Pd[BOND]O Sites in Pd[BOND]Ce Surface Superstructures: Enhanced Activity in Catalytic Combustion of Methane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 8481–8484. doi: 10.1002/anie.200903581

Author Information

  1. 1

    Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Udine, 33100 Udine (Italy), Fax: (+39) 0432-558-803

  2. 2

    INFM-CNR DEMOCRITOS, Theory@Elettra group and Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), I-34012 Trieste (Italy)

  3. 3

    Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)

  4. 4

    Permanent address: Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032 (India)

  1. †

    This work was supported by MIUR under PRIN projects and by Regione FVG. J.L. acknowledges MEC grant ENE2006-06925. S.F. thanks “Iniziativa calcolo per la Fisica della Materia 2008” for computational resources. We thank Treibacher AG (Austria) and Grace Davison (USA) for providing samples of commercial ceria.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 OCT 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 28 AUG 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 JUL 2009

Funded by

  • MIUR
  • MEC. Grant Number: ENE2006-06925

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Keywords:

  • ceria;
  • density functional calculations;
  • heterogeneous catalysis;
  • nanostructures;
  • palladium
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An open superstructure: A Pd/CeO2 catalyst prepared by solution combustion synthesis is three to five times more active for CH4 combustion than the best conventional palladium-based systems. The catalyst contains an ordered, stable Pd-O-Ce surface superstructure (see picture; cyan arrow is a square-planar Pd site, red arrow is an undercoordinated O atom) and is an example of ultra-highly dispersed, stable Pd[BOND]O within an oxide carrier.

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