Insights Into Silica Bilayer Hydroxylation And Dissolution

Keywords

Dissolution; Hydrolysis; Hydroxylation; Silica; Thin film

Abstract

Hydroxylation and dissolution of well-structured silica bilayer films grown on a ruthenium single-crystal support (SiO2/Ru(0001)) was studied by temperature programmed desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Water desorption signals from SiO2/Ru(0001) hydroxylated by electron-bombardment of adsorbed ice at 100 K were found to be comparable to those of hydroxylated bulk silica samples and attributed to adsorbed molecular water and silanol groups (vicinal and terminal). Isotopic exchange between 18O-labeled SiO2 and 16O-labeled water suggests the occurrence of dynamic siloxane bond cleavage and re-formation during electron bombardment. Together with the observed strong dependence of hydroxylation activity on ice coverage, which is found to increase with increasing thickness of the ice layer, a hydroxylation mechanism based on the activation of siloxane bonds by water radiolysis products (e.g. hydroxyls) and subsequent water dissociation is proposed. Dissolution rates obtained from the attenuation of Si 2p and O 1s XPS signal intensities upon exposure of bilayer SiO2/Ru(0001) to alkaline conditions at various temperatures are in agreement with the proposed rate model for bulk silica dissolution by OH− attack and provide further corroboration of the proposed hydroxylation mechanism.

Publication Date

5-1-2017

Publication Title

Topics in Catalysis

Volume

60

Issue

6-7

Number of Pages

471-480

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-016-0715-7

Socpus ID

85020463063 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85020463063

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