Hreels of methanol oxidation on polycrystalline silver: Spectroscopic evidence for adsorbed intermediates in the conversion of methoxide to formaldehyde and water
(1) Chemistry Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China;(2) Laboratory for Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemistry Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 110, Dalian, P.R. China
Abstract:
The adsorption and the decomposition of methanol on an oxygen precovered polycrystalline silver surface were characterized by high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. A stable methoxy species and subsequently two new intermediates related to the decomposition of methoxy have been isolated and identified by temperature profiled ELS.