Abstract
The interaction of CO with Pt/3d/Pt(111) subsurface alloys (3d: Ni, Co, Fe) was investigated by combination of vibrational spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption. The binding strength of CO is significantly reduced on Pt/Fe/Pt(111) and Pt/Co/Pt(111) and is sorted in the following order: Pt>Ni>Co≈Fe. Our analysis shows that the 3d admetal is stable in the subsurface region and CO is linearly bonded to the atop sites of the Pt(111) surface. At high CO coverage, compressed structures are obtained. At low CO coverage, the desorption activation energy of CO (∼143 kJ/mol for Pt(111)) drops to 124 kJ/mol for Pt/Ni/Pt(111), and goes further down to 111 and 110 kJ/mol for Pt/Co/Pt(111) and Pt/Fe/Pt(111), respectively. The enhancement in the surface activity is attributed to the modified backdonation to the antibonding states of adsorbed CO due to the downshifted 5d-band center of Pt upon embedding 3d metals in the subsurface region.
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