Reactive removal of surface oxygen by H2, CO and CO/H2 on a Au/CeO2 catalyst and its relevance to the preferential CO oxidation (PROX) and reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction

Abstract

CO and H2 compete for the same active surface (lattice) oxygen species, but with a much lower reduction efficiency of H2 compared to CO and CO–H2 mixtures, during removal of active oxygen from a Au/CeO2 catalyst by H2, CO or CO/H2 at temperatures between 30 and 300 °C.