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. 2020 Feb 28;11:1118. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14982-x

Table 2.

Best-fit EXAFS parameters for Pd1Cu5-Y.

Scattering pair Na R(Å)b σ22)c E(eV)d R-factore
Cu K-edge
As-prepared Cu-O 4.5 (0.2) 1.94 (0.004) 0.006 (0.001) 1.0 (0.6) 0.002
Pre-treated (378 K, O2) Cu-O 4.4 (0.2) 1.94 (0.004) 0.006 (0.001) 3.1 (0.9) 0.004
Wacker-equilibrated (4 hr) Cu-O 4.2 (0.2) 1.95 (0.004) 0.006 (0.001) 1.3 (0.5) 0.001
Low pO2, 60 min Cu-O 3.8 (0.1) 1.94 (0.004) 0.007 (0.001) 0.8 (0.6) 0.002
High pO2, 60 min Cu-O 4.2 (0.1) 1.94 (0.004) 0.007 (0.001) 0.8 (0.5) 0.001
Pd K-edge
As-prepared Pd-O/N 3.6 (0.2) 2.01 (0.01) 0.003 (0.001) 3.1 (1.0) 0.009
Pre-treated (378 K, O2) Pd-O/N 3.5 (0.2) 2.01 (0.01) 0.004 (0.001) 8.5 (1.3) 0.010
Wacker-equilibrated (4 hr) Pd-O/N 3.1 (0.3) 2.01 (0.01) 0.004 (0.001) 2.5 (1.5) 0.009
Pd-Pd 1.5 (0.9) 2.76 (0.05) 0.018 (0.003) 7.9 (2.5)
Low pO2, 60 min Pd-O/N 2.6 (0.4) 2.01 (0.01) 0.005 (0.003) 2.9 (1.9) 0.014
Pd-Pd 1.5 (1.0) 2.78 (0.07) 0.015 (0.009) 2.8 (2.0)
High pO2, 60 min Pd-O/N 2.9 (0.3) 2.01 (0.01) 0.006 (0.003) 3.0 (2.0) 0.047
Pd-Pd 1.4 (1.0) 2.78 (0.07) 0.014 (0.010) 3.9 (2.2)

EXAFS extended X-ray absorption fine structure, standard errors in brackets.

aNumber of nearest neighbors determined by fixing the amplitude reduction factor (S02) values obtained from the fits to Cu (S02 = 0.82) and Pd (S02 = 0.86) foil reference spectra.

bInteratomic distance.

cPseudo Debye-Waller factor.

dShift of the energy threshold.

eR-factor: goodness of fit between experimental and theoretical data.