An infrared study of the interactions of CO and CO[sub 2] with Cu/SiO[sub 2]

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of Catalysis; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1006/jcat.1993.1186· OSTI ID:5845959

Clarke, D B; Suzuki, I; Bell, A T ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

The adsorption of CO and CO[sub 2] on Cu/SiO[sub 2] have been investigated by infrared spectroscopy. CO adsorbs on Cu with a heat of adsorption of 8.4 kcal/mol, whereas CO[sub 2] weakly adsorbs on both Cu and SiO[sub 2] with a heat of adsorption of 6.9 kcal/mol. As much as 24% of the adsorbed CO[sub 2] is associated with Cu, and the rest with the silica support. On freshly reduced Cu/SiO[sub 2] adsorbed CO exhibits an infrared band 2103 cm[sup [minus]1], whereas CO[sub 2] exhibits a band at 2340 cm[sup [minus]1] when adsorbed on both SiO[sub 2] and Cu surfaces. A band at 2118 cm[sup [minus]1] is also observed during CO[sub 2] exposure. This feature is attributable CO associated with Cu is measured to be about 20%. During CO[sub 2] into CO[sub s] and O[sub s]. The extent of CO[sub 2] dissociation on Cu is measured to be about 20%. During CO[sub 2] exposure, the coverage of adsorbed CO increase rapidly, goes through a maximum, and then decays. This transient is attributable to the competition of CO and CO[sub 2] for Cu sites. The effects (on the CO[sub 2] dissociation transient) of temperature, pressure, space velocity, catalyst preoxidation, and H[sub 2] addition can be explained with the proposed mechanism. 45 refs., 15 figs.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5845959
• Journal Information: Journal of Catalysis; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Catalysis; (United States) Vol. 142:1; ISSN 0021-9517; ISSN JCTLA5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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