Research report 2004 - Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Spectroscopy on model catalysts under ambient pressure
Authors
Rupprechter, G.; Unterhalt, H.; Borasio, M; Morkel, M.; Freund, H.-J.
Departments
Chemische Physik (Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund)
Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG, Berlin
Summary
The application of in-situ surface vibrational spectroscopy to study catalytic reactions on model catalysts helps to bridge the “pressure gap” between surface studies and heterogeneous catalysis. The discussed examples include CO adsorption and hydrogenation and methanol oxidation on Pd nanoparticles and Pd(111) at atmospheric pressure.