The silver-oxygen interaction in relation to oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol

Lefferts, L. and Ommen van, J.G. and Ross, J.R.H. (1987) The silver-oxygen interaction in relation to oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol. Applied Catalysis, 31 (2). pp. 291-308. ISSN 0166-9834

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Abstract:	The interaction of unsupported silver with oxygen at atmospheric pressure and at temperatures between 100 and 600°C has been studied using temperature programmed reduction and desorption experiments with temperatures ranging up to 900°C. In addition, the interaction of an oxygen-loaded silver surface with methanol has been studied using both these techniques and temperature programmed reaction. It appears that the silver-oxygen chemistry is influenced strongly by hydrogen dissolved in the silver during the pretreatment of the catalyst, the hydrogen giving rise to a new type of sub-surface species, possibly sub-surface OH groups, and also to an increase of the amount of sub-surface oxygen formed. Sub-surface oxygen can be converted into a strongly bound species that is not present to a measurable extent after normal oxidation. Defects, partly generated as a consequence of the interaction between oxygen and hydrogen in the sub-surface region of the silver, probably generate this strongly bound oxygen species. The presence of the sub-surface oxygen species appears to activate the silver for methanol dehydrogenation.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 1987 Elsevier Science
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Catalytic Processes and Materials (CPM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/57095
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-9834(00)80698-3
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