Wg. Xie et al., STUDIES OF ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ON THE S URFACE OF RARE-EARTH-OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF METHANE, Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao, 18(8), 1997, pp. 1372-1374
The active oxygen species on the surface of additive/rare earth oxides
(RE2O3) catalysts have been investigated by means of XPS, O-2-TPD and
XRD, The results indicate that there exist O-2(-) and O2- species on
the surface of the catalysts at low temperature, The performance of th
e catalyst is dependent on the concentration of O-2(-) species on the
catalyst surface. It is suggested that the O- species formed from O-2(
-) species at high temperature is active oxygen species for OCM reacti
on.