A statistical model for flash thermal desorption of carbon dioxide from polycrystalline molybdenum

L. D. López-Carreño, A. J. Ramírez-Cuesta, L. Viscido, J. M. Heras

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Abstract

The interaction of CO2 with a polycrystalline molybdenum-foil (Mo-foil) was previously studied at 77K through mass-resolved flash thermal desorption spectroscopy (FTDS). From the results, a statistical model was developed with two kinds of sites (bridge and hollow type), CO2 can adsorb on both but dissociates only on hollow ones. The proposed model reproduces the evolution of desorption peak areas as a function of CO2 exposure without using any fitting parameter. Because of the sample polycrystallinity, all desorption peaks were fitted assuming a Gaussian distribution of desorption energies with a pre-exponential factor of 1013. Values of ∼60.6, ∼126.9 and ∼158.7 kJ/mol were obtained for the desorption energies of CO2 from α1, β1 and γ1 states, respectively, while 73.1 and 110.6 kJ/mol correspond to the CO α2 and β2 desorption peaks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-163
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Volume167
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 2001
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Argentine Research Council (CONICET) as well as the donation of equipment by the A. von Humboldt-, the Volkswagen Werk-Foundations (Germany) and the International Program for Physical Sciences (IPPS, Sweden). L.D. L-C is also grateful to COLCIENCIAS (Colombia) and the International Center for Theoretical Physics (Italy) for financial assistance.

Keywords

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Modeling flash desorption
  • Molybdenum

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