Abstract
The dissociation and oxidation of carbon monoxide on small rhodium particles prepared by vapour deposition of Rh on either MgO or alumina substrate has been investigated by means of static secondary ion mass spectrometry (SSIMS), and temperature programmed reaction (TPR). The intensity ratios Rh n C+/Rh+ n measured by SSIMS, have been used to monitor the build-up of surface carbon concentration. It was shown that a part of the CO molecularly adsorbed on clean particles undergoes dissociation during heating. The dissociation is more important for smaller particles. This behaviour is explained in terms of increase of CO dissociation probability in the case of CO adsorption near structural irregularities of a surface (edges, corners, steps). During the reaction of CO oxidation the intermediate carbon formation, which is more pronounced for smaller particles, is observed. The temperature dependent carbon concentration exhibits a maximum resulting from a counterbalance between CO dissociation first and carbon reaction with adsorbed oxygen consequently.
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