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The adsorption and decomposition of carbon dioxide on polycrystalline copper

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The interaction of carbon dioxide with polycrystalline copper has been studied by radiolabelling techniques using {14-C} carbon dioxide, and by temperature programmed desorption. It is showninter alia, that: carbon dioxide is weakly adsorbed at the clean surface; that this acts as precursor which, on activation, produces adsorbed carbon monoxide and surface oxygen; and that this oxidised copper surface then adsorbs carbon dioxide more strongly yielding a state which can be hydrogenated first to formate, and thereafter to methanol.

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  1. Chemistry Department, The University, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland

    R. A. Hadden & G. Webb

  2. Catalysis Section, Chemicals and Polymers Group, ICI, WA7 4QE, The Heath, Runcorn, Cheshire, England

    H. D. Vandervell & K. C. Waugh

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Hadden, R.A., Vandervell, H.D., Waugh, K.C. et al. The adsorption and decomposition of carbon dioxide on polycrystalline copper. Catal Lett 1, 27–33 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00765350

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