Anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering from mesoporous noble metal catalysts

作者：Vogtt Karsten^*; Goerigk Guenter; Ballauff Matthias; Glaeser Roger; Dingenouts Nico

来源：Colloid and Polymer Science, 2013, 291(9): 2163-2171.

DOI：10.1007/s00396-013-2951-8

• Small-angle x-ray scattering
• Catalyst
• Noble metal
• MCM-41

We present the analysis of a catalyst containing platinum nanoparticles supported on mesoporous MCM-41 silica by anomalous small-angle x-ray scattering (ASAXS). The analysis of this composite system by ASAXS is first studied by use of model calculation. Here, it is shown that the full analysis must proceed by decomposing the scattering data measured at different energies of the incident beam into three partial intensities. This evaluation is compared to a simplified method in which scattering curves measured at two different energies are subtracted from each other. The different methods are applied to experimental data obtained from platinum nanoparticles on an MCM-41 support material. The model calculations show that the simplified method leads to large deviations especially at low q in ordered systems. In the semi-ordered material MCM-41, these deviations are less pronounced, and the method of simple subtraction proves to be a good approximation for q values higher than 0.1 nm(-1).

• 出版日期2013-9