(1) Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract:
An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of Mo/Al2O3 catalysts prepared via MoV2O4(C2O4)2(H2O)2]2- complexes showed that after heating the catalysts with hydrogen in the spectrometer chamber, the position of the Mo3d line
shifted to higher values of binding energy. This shift is interpreted as oxidative addition of hydrogen to the surface Mo
species. A similar phenomenon was observed for a CO treated catalyst. A temperature-programmed desorption study has shown
that hydrogen is strongly bounded to Mo and can only be removed from the catalysts at temperatures as high as 500°C.
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