title: From HCOOH to CO at Pd electrodes: a surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy study.
abstract: The decomposition of HCOOH on Pd surfaces over a potential range of practical relevance to hydrogen production and fuel cell anode operation was probed by combining high-sensitivity in situ surface-enhanced IR spectroscopy with attenuated total reflection and thin-layer flow cell configurations. For the first time, concrete spectral evidence of CO(ad) formation has been obtained, and a new main pathway from HCOOH to CO(ad) involving the reduction of the dehydrogenation product of HCOOH (i.e., CO(2)) is proposed.
authors: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials and Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors: Jin-Yi
authors: JY
authors: Wang
authors: Han-Xuan
authors: HX
authors: Zhang
authors: Kun
authors: K
authors: Jiang
authors: Wen-Bin
authors: WB
authors: Cai
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D005561:Formates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; C030544:formic acid; D010165:Palladium; D002248:Carbon Monoxide