Formation and morphology of hydrocarbon clusters on Pt(111) produced by the thermal decomposition (coking) of propylene under high pressures of H{sub 2} and CO observed in situ by scanning tunneling microscopy
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
A scanning tunneling microscope that operates inside an atmospheric pressure chemical reactor cell has been used to study the structure of a Pt(111) model catalyst surface during the thermal decomposition of propylene (coking). Carbonaceous clusters were produced by partial dehydrogenation and polymerization of the hydrocarbon. Flat (1 and 2 {Angstrom} high) clusters formed with lateral dimensions of several tens of angstroms. The clusters were found to be mobile when the degree of dehydrogenation was low but became immobile with more extensive dehydrogenation. The amount of dehydrogenation and the structure of the hydrocarbon cluster depended upon annealing temperature (in the range from 300 to 800 K) and gas environment (vacuum, CO, H{sub 2}/propylene). 29 refs., 10 figs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 486387
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Catalysis, Journal Name: Journal of Catalysis Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 164; ISSN 0021-9517; ISSN JCTLA5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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