title: Selectivity switching resulting in the formation of benzene by surface carbonates on ceria in catalytic gas-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol.
abstract: The irreversible formation of carbonate deposits on CeO2 leads to complete switching of catalytic selectivity resulting in the formation of benzene in gas-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol. By integrating experimental spectra and theoretical calculations, we expect that such a shift is derived from further decarbonylation of benzaldehyde via easy trapping of CO fragments by surface carbonate species.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China and School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yihu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xin-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xue-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan