TAILORING SURFACE ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES TO PROMOTE CHEMICAL-REACTIVITY

Authors
BERTEL E SANDL P RENDULIC KD BEUTL M
Citation
E. Bertel et al., TAILORING SURFACE ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES TO PROMOTE CHEMICAL-REACTIVITY, Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft fur Physikalische Chemie, 100(2), 1996, pp. 114-118
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft fur Physikalische Chemie
ISSN journal
00059021 → ACNP
Volume
100
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
114 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-9021(1996)100:2<114:TSETPC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
One of the foremost objectives in the search for improved catalysts is the promotion of molecule dissociation, which in many catalytic react ions is the rate limiting step. It is shown that modification of elect ronic surface states by surface dopants allows to control the dissocia tion barrier. The relation of this new type of promotion mechanism to the effect of surfactants in metal epitaxy opens a new perspective in the search for both, promoters and surfactants.