Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5424333 | Surface Science | 2010 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The adsorption and thermal chemistry of γ-butyrolactone (GBL) on the (1 1 1) surface of Pd and Pt has been investigated using a combination of high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). HREELS results indicate that GBL adsorbs at 160 K on both surfaces through its oxygenate functionality. On Pd(1 1 1), adsorbed GBL undergoes ring-opening and decarbonylation by 273 K to produce adsorbed CO and surface hydrocarbon species. On Pt(1 1 1), very little dissociation is observed using HREELS, with almost all of the GBL simply desorbing. TPD results are consistent with decarbonylation and subsequent dehydrogenation reactions on Pd(1 1 1), although small amounts of CO2 are also detected. TPD results from Pt(1 1 1) indicate that a small proportion of adsorbed GBL (perhaps on defect sites) does undergo ring-opening to produce CO, CO2, and H2. These results suggest that the primary dissociation pathway for GBL on Pd(1 1 1) is through O-C scission at the carbonyl position. Through comparisons with previously published studies of cyclic oxygenates, these results also demonstrate how ring strain and functionality affect the ring-opening rate and mechanism.
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Authors
Clay M. Horiuchi, J. Will Medlin,