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A vibrational study of the adsorption geometry and decomposition mechanisms of benzene on clean and carbide modified Mo(110) surfaces

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OSTI ID:370201
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  1. Columbia Univ., Columbia, NY (United States)
Recently, it has been shown that carbide-modified early transition metals show platinum group-type chemistry and thus may be used as relatively cheaper substitutes in commercial heterogeneous catalytic reactions. In the present studies, the adsorption of benzene on clean and carbide-modified Mo(110) surfaces has been studied using High-Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (HREELS) and Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD). The HREEL spectra of benzene on the carbide-modified surfaces are qualitatively different from those resulting from benzene adsorption on platinum or nickel at similar temperatures. For both the clean and carbide-modified surfaces, the initial adsorption geometry has been determined, and the thermal decomposition mechanisms of benzene have been studied, with emphasis on identifying the intermediates formed during the decomposition reactions.
OSTI ID:
370201
Report Number(s):
CONF-960376--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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