Abstract
The adsorption of CO at high pressures (up to 120 Torr) on a hydrocarbon‐precovered Mo(100) surface is studied by reflection–absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS). It is shown that CO adsorbs reversibly on the Mo(100) surface even in the presence of a thick (~C8) carbonaceous layer and forms a saturation coverage of about 20% of that on clean Mo(100). Although CO is used as a probe molecule, this result confirms that, under high pressure, the reactants still can adsorb on the catalyst in spite of the presence of a thick carbonaceous layer formed under the reaction conditions.
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Kaltchev, M., Tysoe, W. Infrared spectroscopy of CO adsorbed on hydrocarbon‐covered Mo(100). Catalysis Letters 53, 145–147 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019026426999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019026426999