Promoting mechanism of potassium in preferential CO oxidation on Pt/Al2O3

Electrochemical Preferential Oxidation of CO in Reformate

Effect of Reactor Heat Transfer Limitations on Co Preferential Oxidation

Our recent studies of CO preferential oxidation (PrOx) identified systemic differences between the characteristic curves of CO conversion for a microchannel reactor with thin-film wall catalyst and conventional packed-bed lab reactors (m-PBR’s). Strong evidence has suggested that the reverse water-gas-shift (r-WGS) side reaction activated by temperature gradients in m-PBR’s is the source of the...

Mechanism of CO oxidation on Pt(111) in alkaline media.

Electrochemical techniques, coupled with in situ scanning tunneling microscopy, have been used to examine the mechanism of CO oxidation and the role of surface structure in promoting CO oxidation on well-ordered and disordered Pt(111) in aqueous NaOH solutions. Oxidation of CO occurs in two distinct potential regions: the prepeak (0.25-0.70 V) and the main peak (0.70 V and higher). The mechanis...

Microkinetic analysis of water-promoted CO oxidation, water-gas shift, and preferential oxidation of CO on Pt for hydrogen generation

Hydrogen based proton exchange membranes (PEM) fuel cells show good potential for production of electricity. However, widespread commercialization of PEM fuel cells will depend on cheap and environmentally benign production of hydrogen. Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced from syngas by the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction (CO+H2O↔CO2+H2) followed by preferential oxidation (PROX) of CO. Extens...

Preferential CO oxidation in hydrogen (PROX) on ceria supported catalysts PART II. Oxidation states and surface species on Pd/CeO2 under reac- tion conditions, suggested reaction mechanism

The aim of the PROX reaction is to reduce the CO content of hydrogen feed to proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) by selective oxidation of CO in the presence of excess hydrogen. Both Pt and Pd on ceria are active in CO oxidation (without hydrogen) while Pd is poorly active in the presence of hydrogen. In this paper we aimed at finding the reasons of such behavior, using the same techniq...