OE66 Investigation of Benzene Formation from Acetylene on Pt-Sn Alloys with HREELS, TPD and DFT Calculations

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 4:20 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Jie Gao1, Haibo Zhao2, Xiaofang Yang3, Simon G. Podkolzin1 and Bruce E. Koel4, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, (2)Huntsman Advanced Technology Center, The Woodlands, TX, (3)Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, (4)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Acetylene adsorption modes on pure Pt and Pt-Sn surface alloys have been identified. The presence of Sn changes preferential hydrocarbon adsorption sites, decreases stability of adsorbed species and favors associative reactions, thus, enabling benzene production. A molecular reaction mechanism for benzene formation from acetylene has been developed.

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