Abstract
The adsorption of CO on small Rh particles on oxidized Al(100) was studied using temperature programmed desorption (TPD) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The desorption data for CO were obtained for two Rh Al 2O 3 samples as well as for Rh(111). The supported Rh model catalysts were prepared from thermal decomposition of [Rh(CO 2Cl] 2 on an oxidized Al(100) substrate. By varying the substrate temperature and the amount of deposited Rh, samples were prepared with average Rh particles sizes of 20 and 70 Å. TPD data from the 70 Å Rh particles were similar to that from Rh(111), with a major peak at 500 K and a shoulder at 400 K for a saturation CO exposure. TPD from the small particles was very different from Rh(111) and the larger particles, showing a single broad peak centered at 415 K. The data show a particle size effect for the desorption on CO from supported Rh. Redhead analysis of the data for first-order desorption gave an activation energy of 30 kcal/mol for all of the samples at low CO coverages. A more detailed analysis using peak widths and peak temperatures was also performed. These calculations gave a very low activation energy, 19.8 kcal/mol, and preexponential, 1×10 8 cm 2 s for the small particles. These very low values were interpreted to mean that multiple desorption states, mobile precursors, or coverage dependent activation energies were affecting the data from the small particles. Calculations of first-order desorption rates showed that desorption states different than those on Rh(111) are the dominant species on the small particles at high CO coverages.
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