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Surface Science as a Basis for Understanding Heterogeneous Catalysis

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Elementary Reaction Steps in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 398))

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Surface Science provides new techniques of catalyst characterization on the molecular level and uncovers new phenomena that correlates with catalyst behavior. These include trends of reactivity and bonding across the periodic table; the observation that rough surfaces and defect sites have high reaction rates and more strongly bind the adsorbates; the reaction and chemisorption induced restructuring of metal surfaces; and the presence of a strongly chemisorbed overlayer during catalysis along with co-adsorbates that alter the rates of reactions. There is evidence from surface science studies of the cluster-like bonding of molecular adsorbates of thermal activation and the unique reactivity of oxide-metal interfaces. Correlations of catalytic reaction and surface science studies are providing new concepts and models of heterogeneous catalysis.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    G. A. Somorjai

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  1. Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    R. W. Joyner

  2. Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Eindhoven Technical University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    R. A. van Santen

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Somorjai, G.A. (1993). Surface Science as a Basis for Understanding Heterogeneous Catalysis. In: Joyner, R.W., van Santen, R.A. (eds) Elementary Reaction Steps in Heterogeneous Catalysis. NATO ASI Series, vol 398. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1693-0_2

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