O-Tu-301-4 Importance of Metal-Oxide and Metal-Carbide Interfaces in the Activation of CO2: Novel Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 10:40 AM
301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Jose A. Rodriguez1, Dario Stacchiola1, Sanjaya D. Senanayake1, Ping Liu1, Jaime Evans2, Jesus Graciani3, Javier F. Sanz3, Francesc Vines4 and Francesc Illas4, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, (2)Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, (3)Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, (4)Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
The deposition of Cu on TiC(001) and CeOx/TiO2(110) surfaces generates catalysts for the CO2 → CH3OH conversion which are highly active and much more efficient than model Cu/ZnO(000ī) catalysts. This is a consequence of the formation of Cu-carbide and Cu-oxide interfaces which bind well the CO2molecule.

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