Dissociative Chemisorption of Carbon Dioxide on Solid Catalysts

Abstract

THE chemisorbed state or the degree of dissociation of a polyatomic molecule on the surface of a solid catalyst may be important for understanding the catalysed reaction. We know little, however, for example, of the state of carbon dioxide, ethylene and other molecules, or even of such a simple diatomic molecule as carbon monoxide; in the latter case, contradictory views as to whether its chemisorbed state on a metallic surface is molecular or atomic have been put forward.