Chemisorption suppression electronic effects

Mineral grinding leads to distorsion of chemical and ionic bonds between atoms and ions. In the fracture areas binding and coordination states get asymmetric, and new electron and electric valences occur. Spontaneous reactions in the crystalline structure and with contact phases are the consequence of the distorsion. Surface distorsion of the crystalline structure may be diminished or completely abolished. At the same time, the free surface energy decreases due to polarization of surface ions. These ions are redistributed in the inner or outer layer of the crystalline surface and/or due to chemisorption of molecules and ions1. All these changes occur side by side, but one of them can suppress the effect of the others in a decisive manner. 

All of these results are consistent with the notion that surface migration of titanium oxide species Is an Important factor that contributes to the suppression of carbon monoxide chemisorption. The H2 chemisorption experiments on 1-2 ML of Ft, where no migration Is observed, strongly Indicate that electronic (bonding) Interactions are also occurring. Thus, for the tltanla system, both electronic Interactions and surface site blocking due to titanium oxide species must be considered In Interpreting SMSI effects. 

Interactions at room temperature When CO is first introduced (Fig.l), a increases irtfantaneously and then remains independent of P 0. The fact that a does not decrease means that CO does not dissociate on titania nor at the interface, otherwise the filling of anionic vacancies by atomic oxygen (Eq,-6) would have decreased substantially a by consuming free electrons. The sharp initial increase, on the contrary, shows that CO chemisorb on Pt with a donor effect probably due to the creation of dipoles as proposed for H. chemisorption which renders ohmic the electrical contact between the metal and its semiconductor support (26, 17, 28)Accordlng to these authors, the creation of a dipole layer decreases the work function of the metal which approaches the electron affinity of the semiconductor, thus suppressing the Schottky barrier. Presently CO adsorbs as a donor molecule on Pt decreasing 0, which allows elec-... 

From the partial reaction orders in the CjH -Oj reaction system and characterization by XPS and TPR on the catalysts, it was concluded that the alkaline addition to the Pd three-way catalyst weakened the adsorption strength of hydrocarbons on Pd. The addition of alkaline earth metal suppressed the hydrocarbon chemisorption on the Pd catalyst and therefore allowed the catalytic reaction to proceed smoothly. On the other hand, the addition of alkali metals, in particular K or Cs, caused such a strong oxygen adsorption on Pd that rejected the hydrocarbon adsorption and therefore suppressed the reaction. It was considered that the effect of the alkaline addition to the strength of adsorbed hydrocarbons on Pd was caused by the increase of electron density of Pd. 

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