Segregation of Fischer-Tropsch reactants on cobalt nanoparticle surfaces.
Using scanning tunnelling microscopy, we have visualized the segregation of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, the two reactants in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, on cobalt nanoparticles at catalytically relevant coverages. Density functional theory was used to interrogate the relevant energetics.
Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA 02155, USA. charles.sykes@tufts.edu.
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