Reaction Modes on a Single Catalytic Particle: Nanoscale Imaging and Micro-Kinetic Modeling

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The kinetic behavior of individual Rh(hkl) nanofacets coupled in a common reaction system was studied using the apex of a curved rhodium microcrystal (radius of 0.65 μm) as a model of a single catalytic particle and field electron microscopy for in situ imaging of catalytic hydrogen oxidation. Depending on the extent of interfacet coupling via hydrogen diffusion, different oscillating reaction modes were observed including highly unusual multifrequential oscillations: differently oriented nanofacets oscillated with differing frequencies despite their immediate neighborhood. The transitions between different modes were induced by variations in the particle temperature, causing local surface reconstructions, which create locally protruding atomic rows. These atomic rows modified the coupling strength between individual nanofacets and caused the transitions between different oscillating modes. Effects such as entrainment, frequency locking, and reconstruction-induced collapse of spatial coupling were observed. To reveal the origin of the different experimentally observed effects, microkinetic simulations were performed for a network of 105 coupled oscillators, modeling the individual nanofacets communicating via hydrogen surface diffusion. The calculated behavior of the oscillators, the local frequencies, and the varying degree of spatial synchronization describe the experimental observations well.

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Zeininger, J., Raab, M., Suchorski, Y., Buhr, S., Stöger-Pollach, M., Bernardi, J., & Rupprechter, G. (2022). Reaction Modes on a Single Catalytic Particle: Nanoscale Imaging and Micro-Kinetic Modeling. ACS Catalysis, 12(20), 12774–12785. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c02901

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