Temperature-programmed desoprtion of H2 from the surfaces of pd/support and Pd-Ag/support catalysts (support = Al2O3, SiO2)

Thermal desorption of H₂ from the surface of Pd/support and Pd-Ag/support (support = Al₂O₃, SiO₂) catalysts has been investigated. Two wide desorption peaks can be observed for the 5% Pd/support catalyst. The presence of these peaks in the thermogram indicates that several adsorption states exist, which is the result of occurrance of different adsorption centers of specific bond strengths for hydrogen. The addition of silver to the palladium catalysts causes a considerable decrease in the size of the high temperature desorption peak. It is also worth noting that the temperature of the maximum of the desorption rate remains practically constant for all bimetallic catalysts studied. This means that the activation energy of the hydrogen desorption process does not change after the introduction of silver to the palladium catalyst.