• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Active sites and mechanisms for H₂O₂ decomposition over Pd catalysts
  • Beteiligte: Plauck, Anthony; Stangland, Eric E.; Dumesic, James A.; Mavrikakis, Manos
  • Erschienen: National Academy of Sciences, 2016
  • Erschienen in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (2016) 14, Seite E1973-E1982
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0027-8424; 1091-6490
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  • Beschreibung: A combination of periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT-GGA-PW91) calculations, reaction kinetics experiments on a SiO₂-supported Pd catalyst, and mean-field microkinetic modeling are used to probe key aspects of H₂O₂ decomposition on Pd in the absence of cofeeding H₂. We conclude that both Pd(111) and OH-partially covered Pd(100) surfaces represent the nature of the active site for H₂O₂ decomposition on the supported Pd catalyst reasonably well. Furthermore, all reaction flux in the closed catalytic cycle is predicted to flow through an O–O bond scission step in either H₂O₂ or OOH, followed by rapid H-transfer steps to produce the H₂O and O₂ products. The barrier for O–O bond scission is sensitive to Pd surface structure and is concluded to be the central parameter governing H₂O₂ decomposition activity.
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