Gas-Phase Neutral Binary Oxide Clusters: Distribution, Structure, and Reactivity toward CO.
Neutral binary (vanadium-cobalt) oxide clusters are generated and detected in the gas phase for the first time. Their reactivities toward carbon monoxide (CO) are studied both experimentally and theoretically. Experimental results suggest that neutral VCoO4 can react with CO to generate VCoO3 and CO2. Density functional theory studies show parallel results as well as provide detailed reaction mechanisms.
Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States.
Zhe-Chen
ZC
Wang
Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States.
Shi
S
Yin
Department of Chemistry, NSF ERC for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States.
Elliot R
ER
Bernstein
CO oxidation; DFT; TOF-MS; gas phase; neutral oxide clusters; single photon ionization