Abstract
Abstract Employing molecular beam methods, we have studied the angular distribution of products desorbing from oxide-supported Pd nanoparticles during catalytic oxidation of CO. A large range of particle sizes was covered by combining preparation techniques based on (1) metal evaporation and growth and (2) electron beam lithography. Whereas the CO 2 distribution is symmetric and independent of the reaction conditions on small Pd aggregates, a strong influence of the reactant incidence angles and fluxes was observed for large particles. For the first time, these observations experimentally verify the existence of local reaction rate variations on a catalyst nanoparticle as a consequence of limited adsorbate mobility. Furthermore, the results allow us to extract in situ information about surface diffusion rates.
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