Chemical Activity of Thin Oxide Layers: Strong Interactions with the Support Yield a New Thin-Film Phase of ZnO

  • chair:

    Schott, V. / Oberhofer, H. / Birkner, A. / Xu, M . / Wang, Y / Muhler, M. / Reuter, K. / Wöll, C. (2013)
  • place:

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52 (2013), 45, 11925-11929
  • Date: 2013

  • Schott, V. / Oberhofer, H. / Birkner, A. / Xu, M . / Wang, Y / Muhler, M. / Reuter, K. / Wöll, C. (2013): „Chemical Activity of Thin Oxide Layers: Strong Interactions with the Support Yield a New Thin-Film Phase of ZnO“. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52 (2013), 45, 11925-11929

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Influential support: Metal substrates affect the chemical properties of ZnO layers, which are important catalyst materials for the industrial production of methanol through the oxidation of CO. Interactions with the substrate lead to the formation of a new, planar ZnO thin-film phase, in which less highly oxidized Zn atoms bind CO more strongly than the Zn atoms in the normal wurtzite modification.