Issue 2, 1999

Adsorption and dehydrogenation of ethane on a silica-supported platinum catalyst monitored in the temperature range 90–294 K by FTIR spectroscopy

Abstract

FTIR spectroscopy has been applied to study the adsorption and dehydrogenation of ethane on a silica-supported platinum (Pt/SiO2) catalyst with metal particles diameters mostly in the range 5–15 nm and with predominantly [111] micro-facets. At ca. 90 K, there is clear spectroscopic evidence for the formation of a first monolayer of di-σ C2H4 species on the platinum particles, overlaid with a multilayer of ethane. On warming towards room temperature the multilayer gradually evaporates into the gas phase, and from ca. 130 K the di-σ C2H4 species transforms to ethylidyne, reaching saturation by 294 K. As the di-σ C2H4 to ethylidyne transformation is well known to occur on [111] surfaces, and as dissociation of ethane is not observed to occur on a single crystal Pt[111] surface at low temperature, it seems that the initial dissociation on the finely divided Pt/SiO2 catalyst occurs on non-[111] sites, followed by migration to the [111] facets.

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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 1999,1, 329-332

Adsorption and dehydrogenation of ethane on a silica-supported platinum catalyst monitored in the temperature range 90–294 K by FTIR spectroscopy

C. De La Cruz and N. Sheppard, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 1999, 1, 329 DOI: 10.1039/A806401F

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