Furan hydrogenation over Pt(111) and Pt(100) single-crystal surfaces and Pt nanoparticles from 1 to 7 nm: a kinetic and sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy study.
Sum frequency generation surface vibrational spectroscopy and kinetic measurements using gas chromatography have been used to systematically study the adsorption and hydrogenation of furan over Pt(111) and Pt(100) single-crystal surfaces and size-controlled 1.0-nm, 3.5-nm and 7.0-nm Pt nanoparticles at Torr pressures (10 Torr of furan, 100 Torr of H(2)) to form dihydrofuran, tetrahydrofuran, and the ring-cracking products butanol and propylene. As determined by SFG, the furan ring lies parallel to all Pt surfaces studied under hydrogenation conditions. Upright THF and the oxametallacycle intermediate are observed over the nanoparticle catalysts under reaction conditions. Butoxy increases in surface concentration over Pt(111) with increasing temperature in agreement with selectivity trends.
Kliewer
Christopher J
CJ
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Aliaga
Cesar
C
Bieri
Marco
M
Huang
Wenyu
W
Tsung
Chia-Kuang
CK
Wood
Jennifer B
JB
Komvopoulos
Kyriakos
K
Somorjai
Gabor A
GA