title: Design of a surface alloy catalyst for steam reforming
abstract: Detailed studies of elementary chemical processes on well-characterized single crystal surfaces have contributed substantially to the understanding of heterogeneous catalysis. Insight into the structure of surface alloys combined with an understanding of the relation between the surface composition and reactivity is shown to lead directly to new ideas for catalyst design. The feasibility of such an approach is illustrated by the synthesis, characterization, and tests of a high-surface area gold-nickel catalyst for steam reforming.
authors.affiliation: F. Besenbacher and I. Stensgaard, Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. I. Chorkendorff and J. K. Norskov, Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics, Department.
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Besenbacher
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chorkendorff
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Clausen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Molenbroek
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Norskov
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stensgaard