Identification of reaction intermediates in the decomposition of formic acid on Pd
Jan Fingerhut, Loïc Lecroart, Michael Schwarzer, Stefan Hörandl, Dmitriy Borodin, Alexander Kandratsenka, Theofanis N. Kitsopoulos, Daniel J. Auerbach, Alec M. Wodtke
Abstract
We report an approach to identify intermediates for the formic acid decomposition reaction on Pd(111) and Pd(332) based on accurate measurements of isotopologue specific thermal reaction rates.
Topics & Concepts
Formic acidDecompositionIdentification (biology)ChemistryPhotochemistryComputational chemistryCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryBiologyBotanyCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions