NO reduction by CO on the Pt(100) surface: A density functional theory study

Andreas Eichler, Juergen Hafner

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    Abstract

    NO reduction belongs to the most important reactions in environmental and industrial catalysis. In this study the NO reduction accompanied by the simultaneous oxidation of CO over a platinum catalyst is investigated on the basis of ab-initio calculations. The whole reaction cycle is broken up into several reaction steps (CO and NO adsorption, NO dissociation, N2 desorption, CO oxidation, CO2 desorption). Each of these subprocesses is characterized by calculating transition state, adsorption/activation energy, pre-factor, and rate constant, so that finally a consistent picture of the overall reaction on an atomistic scale is obtained. NO dissociation is found to be rate limiting with an activation barrier of Eact0 = 1.21 eV and a prefactor of v = 2.1ž1012 MLžs-1; N2 desorption is an essentially barrierless process, while the CO oxidation step itself can be described by an activation energy of Eact0 = 0.83 eV and a prefactor of v = 2.0ž1012 MLžs-1. Œ 2001 Academic Press.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)118-128
    Number of pages11
    JournalJournal of Catalysis
    Volume204
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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