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Evidence for the Active Phase of Heterogeneous Catalysts through In Situ Reaction Product Imaging and Multiscale Modeling

Matera, S. and Blomberg, S. and Hoffmann, M. J. and Zetterberg, J. and Gustafson, J. and Lundgren, E. and Reuter, K. (2015) Evidence for the Active Phase of Heterogeneous Catalysts through In Situ Reaction Product Imaging and Multiscale Modeling. ACS Catalysis, 5 (8). pp. 4514-4518.

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Abstract

We use multiscale modeling to analyze laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements of the CO oxidation reaction over Pd(100) at near-ambient reaction conditions. Integrating density functional theory-based kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of the active catalyst into fluid-dynamical simulations of the mass transport inside the reactor chamber, we calculate the reaction product concentration directly above the catalyst surface. Comparing corresponding data calculated for different surface models against the measured LIF signals, we can discriminate the one that predominantly actuates the experimentally measured catalytic activity. For the probed CO oxidation reaction conditions, the experimental activity is due to pristine Pd(100) possibly coexisting with other (oxidic) domains on the surface.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:catalytic activity; density-functional theory; in-situ spectroscopy; laser-induced fluorescence; multiscale modeling; oxidation reaction over Pd(100)
Subjects:Mathematical and Computer Sciences > Mathematics > Applied Mathematics
Divisions:Department of Mathematics and Computer Science > Institute of Mathematics > Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Group
ID Code:2033
Deposited By: Ulrike Eickers
Deposited On:17 Feb 2017 11:20
Last Modified:03 Mar 2017 14:42

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