Alloys of Ag and small amounts of Pd are promising as bifunctional catalysts, potentially combining the inherent selectivity of the noble Ag with that of the more reactive Pd. Stable PdAg surface alloys are prepared via evaporation of Pd onto Ag(111) at room temperature followed by annealing at 400 K to create a model system. Using this procedure, the most stable form of the surface alloy under vacuum was determined to be a Ag-capped PdAg surface alloy, on the basis of a combination of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and density functional theory (DFT). Extensive roughening of the surface was apparent in STM images, characterized by islands of the Ag/PdAg/Ag(111) alloy of several layers thickness. The roughening is attributed to transport of Ag from the Ag(111) surface into the alloy islands. Within these islands, there is a driving force for Pd to be dispersed, surrounded by Ag, on the basis of DFT modeling. Exposure of these Ag/PdAg/Ag(111) islands to CO (0.5 Torr) at 300 K induces migration of Pd to the surface, driven by the energetic stabilization of the Pd−CO bond based on ambient-pressure XPS. Once the Pd is drawn to the surface by higher pressures of CO at room temperature, it remains stable even under very low CO partial pressures at temperatures of 300 K and below, on the basis of DFT-modeled phase behavior. Exposure to 1 Torr of O 2 at 400 K also causes Pd to resurface, and the resulting structure persists even at low pressures and temperatures below 300 K. These results establish that the state of the PdAg catalyst surface depends strongly on pretreatment and operational conditions. Hence, exposure of an alloy catalyst to CO or O 2 at moderate temperatures and pressures can lead to catalyst activation by bringing Pd to the surface. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that exposure to CO at room temperature, which is often used as a proxy for evaluating the Pd coordination sites available in a catalyst, changes the surface structure. Therefore, the CO vibrational frequencies measured with diffuse-reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) on PdAg catalyst materials do not necessarily provide information about their working state, and fundamental understanding of the CO-PdAg alloy is crucial.

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A new parameter, called the parameter, is proposed as a measure of the extent of C2H4 rehybridization upon adsorption. This parameter takes into account the vibrational coupling between the v(CC) and 5(CH2) modes of C2H4. The parameter ranges from zero for gaseous C2H4, to 0.38 for Zeise's salt, taken as a model for -bonded C2H4, to unity for C2H4Br2, taken as a model for di-5-bonded C2H4. Values of the parameter calculated from the vibrational spectra of C2H4 adsorbed on clean and oxygen covered metal surfaces show good agreement with the -bonded and dis-bonded model compounds. Additionally those metal systems which show high values of dehydrogenate C2H4 whereas those with values less than Zeise's salt bind C2H4 weakly and reversibly.In this Letter, we introduce the parameter and show that Registry No. C2H4, 74-85-1.

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