Abstract

Thin films, 0.5- and 1.0-nm thick, of CuMn2O4 were synthesized on γ-Al2O3 using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD); and their catalytic activities for CO oxidation were measured and compared to that of bulk CuMn2O4. For bulk CuMn2O4, the surface area decreased dramatically when the sample was calcined at 1073 K; but the area-specific rates for CO oxidation were the same for bulk samples calcined at 473 K and 1073 K. For thin films of CuMn2O4 on γ-Al2O3, both the surface area and spinel structure were maintained following oxidation at 1073 K or reduction at 973 K. Area-specific, CO-oxidation rates on the ALD-prepared catalysts were somewhat lower than those found on bulk CuMn2O4; however, adding an additional ALD cycle of Cu on the CuMn2O4/γ-Al2O3 increased the rates to the same level as that of the bulk CuMn2O4.

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