P-Mo-126 Methane activation on palladium (-oxide)

Monday, June 6, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Anders Hellman Sr.1, Adriana Trinchero1, Henrik Grönbeck2, Johan Gustafson3, Edvin Lundgren3 and Jesper N. Andersen4, (1)Competence Centre for Catalysis and Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, (2)Competence Centre for Catalysis and Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, (3)Synchrotron Radiation Research, Institute of Physics, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden, (4)Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
First-principles calculations are preformed to investigate the activation of methane on various palladium (-oxide) facets. From our results, the high activity of palladium can be explained by the appearances of (i) high surface energy facets of the palladium oxide and/or (ii) reduced palladium oxides.

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