Solid state, surface and catalytic properties of oxides. Progress report, February 1984-July 1986
Transition metal oxides catalysts, although generally less active than transition metals in reactions such as hydrogenolysis, hydrogenation, and combustion, have the properties of being very selective in a number of reactions. Since high selectivity is often desirable, it is important to understand its origin. More broadly, it is important to obtain fundamental understanding of the relationship among bulk properties, surface chemistry, and catalytic properties of metal oxides. Our effort has been along this direction. In the past three years, our effort was to: (1) elucidate the relationship between the surface structure and the surface chemistry of ZnO; (2) understand the relationship between the bulk structure and the selectivity in the oxidative dehydrogenation of butenes on iron oxide; (3) review literature results to identify the important chemical interaction in each step of the reaction sequence in selective oxidation that is critical in determining selectivity. The progress in each of these three areas is described in this report. 5 figs., 3 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-78ER04987
- OSTI ID:
- 5459800
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/04987-7; ON: DE86014212
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEHYDROGENATION
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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