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The dehydrogenation and decomposition of cyclohexene on the Pt-modified C/W(111) surfaces have been studied by temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS). The objective of the current study is to investigate how the surface reactivity of tungsten carbide is modified by the presence of submonolayer Pt. Similar to that observed on Pt(111), Pt(100) and C/W(111) surfaces, the characteristic reaction pathway on Pt/C/W(111) is the selective dehydrogenation of cyclohexene to benzene. At a Pt coverage of 0.52 monolayer, the selectivity to the gas-phase benzene product is 86±7%, which is slightly higher than that on Pt(111) (75%) and on C/W(111) (67±7%). More importantly, the desorption of benzene on Pt/C/W(111) is a reaction-limited process that occurs at 290 K, which is much lower than the benzene desorption temperature of ∼400 K from Pt(111).
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Liu, N., Chen, J.G. Synergistic Effect in the Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexene on C/W(111) Surfaces Modified by Submonolayer Coverage Pt. Catalysis Letters 77, 35–40 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012750020182
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