TY - JOUR A1 - von Boehn, B. A1 - Scholtz, Lena A1 - Imbihl, R. T1 - Reactivity and Stability of Ultrathin VOx Films on Pt(111) in Catalytic Methanol Oxidation JF - Topics in Catalysis N2 - The growth of ultrathin layers of VOx (<12 monolayers) on Pt(111) and the activity of these layers in catalytic methanol oxidation at 10−4 mbar have been studied with low-energy electron difraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, rate measurements, and with photoemission electron microscopy. Reactive deposition of V in O2 at 670 K obeys a Stranski–Krastanov growth mode with a (√3 × √3)R30° structure representing the limiting case for epitaxial growth of 3D-VOx. The activity of VOx/Pt(111) in catalytic methanol oxidation is very low and no redistribution dynamics is observed lifting the initial spatial homogeneity of the VOx layer. Under reaction conditions, part of the surface vanadium difuses into the Pt subsurface region. Exposure to O2 causes part of the V to difuse back to the surface, but only up to one monolayer of VOx can be stabilized in this way at 10−4 mbar. KW - Vanadium oxide catalysts KW - Pt(111) KW - Supported catalyst KW - Methanol oxidation KW - Stranski–Krastanow growth PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-517376 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01321-z SN - 1022-5528 VL - 63 IS - 15-18 SP - 1545 EP - 1556 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-51737 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -