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Diffuse reflectance FT-IR studies of the adsorption of CO on Rh/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ catalysts

Journal Article · · Appl. Spectrosc.; (United States)

The diffuse reflectance/FT-IR spectrum of CO/Rh/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ system has been investigated in terms of pretreatment of the catalyst, Rh loading, CO pressure (coverage), and coadsorptionof CO with oxygen. The widths of all bands were narrowed by Fourier self-deconvolution (FSD), and six types of CO/Rh adsorbed species, including two which have not been assigned previously, have been identified by their C-O stretching frequencies. Species I, assigned to Rh(I)(CO)/sub 2/, is formed with isolated RH atoms and/or edge Rh atoms of atomic ''rafts'' and/or atomic crystallites. Species II is assigned to Rh(O)-CO. Species III' is assigned to (Rh(O))/sub 2/CO. Species VI is assigned to (Rh(I))/sub 2/CO. Two new species-IIIa, assigned to (Rh(O))/sub 3/CO, with underlying Rh atom, and Vi', assigned to (Rh(I))/sub 2/ (CO)/sub 3/-are postulated.

Research Organization:
Department of Chemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701 (I.M.H.); and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (P.R.G.)
OSTI ID:
6510591
Journal Information:
Appl. Spectrosc.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Spectrosc.; (United States) Vol. 41:4; ISSN APSPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English