Unraveling the H₂ Promotional Effect on Palladium-Catalyzed CO Oxidation Using a Combination of Temporally and Spatially Resolved Investigations.

ABSTRACT: The promotional effect of H₂ on the oxidation of CO is of topical interest, and there is debate over whether this promotion is due to either thermal or chemical effects. As yet there is no definitive consensus in the literature. Combining spatially resolved mass spectrometry and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), we observe a specific environment of the active catalyst during CO oxidation, having the same specific local coordination of the Pd in both the absence and presence of H₂. In combination with Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP), performed under isothermal conditions, a mechanistic insight into the promotional effect of H₂ was found, providing clear evidence of nonthermal effects in the hydrogen-promoted oxidation of carbon monoxide. We have ident

SUBMITTER: Stewart C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135604 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature