Hydrogen Oxidation-Driven Hot Electron Flow Detected by Catalytic Nanodiodes

被引:90
作者
Hervier, Antoine [2 ]
Renzas, J. Russell [2 ]
Park, Jeong Y. [1 ,3 ]
Somorjai, Gabor A. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Chem Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Mat Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
OXYGEN REACTION; WATER FORMATION; PLATINUM; SURFACE; PT(111); MECHANISM; DEUTERIUM; KINETICS;
D O I
10.1021/nl9023275
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Hydrogen oxidation on platinum is shown to be a surface catalytic chemical reaction that generates a steady state flux of hot (>1 eV) conduction electrons. These hot electrons are detected as a steady-state chemicurrent across Pt/TiO2 Schottky diodes whose Pt surface is exposed to hydrogen and oxygen. Kinetic studies establish that the chemicurrent is proportional to turnover frequency for temperatures ranging from 298 to 373 K for P-H2 between 1 and 8 Torr and P-O2 at 760 Torr. Both chemicurrent and turnover frequency exhibit a first order dependence on P-H2.
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