| AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Fundamental Discoveries in Heterogeneous Catalysis Focus Topic | Thursday Sessions |
| Session HC+SS-ThA |
| Session: | Combined Experimental and Theoretical Explorations of the Dynamics of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions |
| Presenter: | Wei Zhao, University of Washington |
| Authors: | W. Zhao, University of Washington S. Carey, University of Washington Z. Mao, University of Washington S. Morgan, University of Washington C. Campbell, University of Washington |
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Catalysts based on nickel and nickel oxides are of great importance in chemical industry, such as methane steam reforming and biomass conversions. We present here calorimetric measurements of the energies of several catalytically relevant adsorbed intermediates on Ni(111), including methyl, bidentate formate, H2O, benzene and phenol, and also the enthalpies of H2O and HCOOH dissociative adsorption on NiO(111). We will also give an extensive comparison of these energies on Ni(111) to previous calorimetric measurements on Pt(111), providing the insight into the catalytic properties and reaction efficiency for these two metals. Besides the crucial importance of these measured energies for understanding related catalytic relations, they also provide important experimental benchmarks that can be used to improve the accuracy of the related quantum mechanical calculations.