Sintering of Pdn/Ptn (n=1, 9, 34) Monometallic Clusters on γ-Al2O3 (100) Surfaces

Fernando, Nalin

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Ballroom C (Galt House Hotel)

Nalin Fernando¹, Tyne Johns², Yue Qi³, Chang H. Kim³, Abhaya K. Datye² and Boris Kiefer¹, (1)New Mexico State University, USA, (2)University of New Mexico, USA, (3)General Motors Research and Development Center, USA.

Gasphase emission energies for PdO are predicted to be ~40% higher than those of PtO₂. Thus, (Pd,Pt) alloy catalysts are expected to significantly stabilize Pt against sintering through the gasphase. Our preliminary results also suggest that alloying with Pd increases the lifetime of the monometallic Pt catalyst.

Extended Abstracts:

NAM abstract_2013_GMapproved.pdf (173.1KB) - Extended Abstract

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