Alkene and arene combustion on Pd(111)

摘要

Oxidation reactions of ethene, propene, 1-butene, 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and toluene were studied on oxygen-precovered Pd(111) (0.25 ML-1.2 ML) using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS). Combustion is the sole reaction pathway; no partial oxidation products are formed. Comparison of these results with those from Pd(100) demonstrates that the structure of the metal surface does not significantly affect the mechanism of catalytic oxidation of most of the olefins or aromatic hydrocarbons studied, although, in general, combustion occurs at higher temperatures on Pd(111). Only for benzene combustion is there an appreciable structure sensitivity. For all the hydrocarbons studied the CO2 and CO yields are maximized for an oxygen precoverage of 0.34 oxygen atoms per surface palladium atom. Abrupt increases in carbon oxide production at specific oxygen coverages indicate that oxygen-induced surface reconstructions may play a role In the combustion activity. (C) 1998 Academic Press. [References: 30]