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14 Origin of the High CO Oxidation Activity on CeO2
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Supported Pt Nanoparticles: Weaker Binding of CO or
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19 Yubing Lu, Coogan Thompson, Deepak Kunwar, Abhaya K. Datye, and Ayman M. Karim*This
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 Supplementary Material

Origin of the high CO oxidation activity on CeO2 supported Pt

nanoparticles: weaker binding of CO or facile oxygen
transfer from the support?

Yubing Lu[a], Coogan Thompson[a], Deepak Kunwar[b], Abhaya K. Datye[b], Ayman M. Karim*[a]

[a] Dr. Y. Lu, C. Thompson, Dr. A.M. Karim

Department of Chemical Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24060 (USA)
E-mail: amkarim@vt.edu
[b] D. Kunwar, Dr. A.K. Datye
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Micro-Engineered Materials
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131 (USA)

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Figure S1. Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy over large areas of the as synthesized Pt/CeO2
catalyst showing the Pt loading was ~1wt%.

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Figure S2. Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy over large areas of the Pt/CeO2 catalyst after
reduction in CO at 300 °C showing the Pt loading was ~1wt%.

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Figure S3. Pt L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of 1 wt.% Pt/CeO2 (after reduction in H2 at
275 °C). a. XANES of Pt/CeO2 clusters, Pt foil and PtO2. b. EXAFS magnitude of the Fourier
transformed k2-weighted χ(k) data measured on Pt/CeO2, Pt foil and PtO2. Dk = 2.5-12.5 Å-1. c. k-
space data measured on Pt/CeO2, Pt foil and PtO2.

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Figure S4. Pt L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of 1wt.% Pt/CeO2 after reduction in H2 at
275 °C. EXAFS magnitude (a) and imaginary (b) of the Fourier transformed k2-weighted χ(k)
data (solid red) measured on Pt/CeO2 and the model fit (solid black line). The spectra were
collected in 3.5 kPa H2 (50 sccm, balanced with He) at 30 °C.

Eapp: 68 kJ/mol

Figure S5. Apparent activation energy (Eapp) on the Pt/CeO2 catalyst (after reduction in CO at
300 °C) was measured between 40-52 °C with PCO at 1 kPa and PO2 at 10 kPa.

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150 oC 150 oC

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Figure S6. In-situ DRIFTS spectra of the in the νCO region characterizing the Pt/CeO2 catalyst
(after reduction in 2.5 kPa CO, balance N2, at 300 °C) measured at 150 °C.

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Figure S7. In-situ DRIFTS spectra of the in the νCO region characterizing the Pt/CeO2 catalyst
after reduction in CO at 300 °C. a. The catalyst was cooled down in 2.5 kPa CO to 70 °C then
the gas was switched to N2 then 2kPa O2 (balance N2) at 70 °C. CO2 bands were observed during
O2 flow. b. Flow 3 kPa CO and 2 kPa O2 at 70 °C.

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Figure S8. Microcalorimetry of O2 adsorption on Pt/CeO2 at 30 °C. The catalyst was reduced in
H2 at 275 °C then evacuated at 275 °C for 30 min before cooling down to 30 °C.