FT-IR spectroscopy is employed to investigate the methane dissociation and methane partial oxidation over the Rh/SiO2 catalyst. When CH4 is adsorbed onto the catalyst surface, it dissociates into adsorbed CHx (x = 1similar to3) and atomic hydrogen on Rh surface. Atomic hydrogen can diffuse from Rh surface to SiO2 surface where a proton exchange reaction of H with the surface Si-OH occurs, or it reacts with the lattice oxygen of SiO2 to form new Si-OH.
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