Mean-field study of the synergic effect of the CO–NO reaction on a heterogeneous substrate of interconnected sectors

Abstract

A mean-field theory study is made of the behaviour of a kinetic model of the reduction reaction of NO by CO catalyzed by a surface with simple heterogeneity consisting of two interconnected sectors that differ in their NO dissociation activation energy. A synergistic effect is manifested in the activity, apparent activation energy, and reaction order of the system. This situation, analogous to that observed in the literature in the case of a heterogeneous catalytic particle, is used in the paper to analyze a real case of a bimetallic catalyst.