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Title: Influence of surface defects and local structure on oxygenate reaction pathways over metal oxide surfaces

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5405135

Work during the first budget period has thus far concentrated on the surface chemistry of the CC{sub 1} oxygenates (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid), and its dependence on surface defects and tin cation coordination numbers on the SnO{sub 2}(110) surface. During the remaining six months of the first budget period, these initial C{sub 1} studies will be completed and work will be initiated on understanding the scrambling of lattice oxygen into the oxidation products from the C{sub 1} molecules. This upcoming work will utilize the preferential labeling of bridging lattice oxygen positions on the SnO{sub 2}(110) surface with {sup 18}O (1) so that the specific crystallographic origin of the oxidizing atoms can be determined. 6 refs.

Research Organization:
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-90ER14129
OSTI ID:
5405135
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/14129-1; ON: DE91016600
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English