Figure 1
Illustration of the generation of the d-PDF. A PDF is acquired from the supported sample as well as from the clean support, and the d-PDF is obtained by subtraction of the former from the latter. This results in a PDF expressing the structure of the supported material only. This is illustrated here for molybdenum oxide supported on alumina nanoparticles. The most significant peaks of the d-PDF can be assigned, namely the Mo–O peak (1.8–2.5 Å), the edge-sharing Mo–Mo peak (3.3 Å) and the corner-sharing Mo–Mo peak (3.8 Å). |