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Cooperative desorption of H2O and CO from photo-excited cobalt oxide clusters: The evidence of photo-catalytic coupling

  • Mei Qi Zhang
  • , Shi Ying Lv
  • , Xiao Na Li*
  • , Sheng Gui He
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Peking University

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Abstract

The cooperative desorption of H2O and CO with 100% selectivity from the co-adsorbed cobalt oxide clusters CoxOyH2OCO+ [(x,y) = (3,3), (5,7), (6,9), and (9,12)] upon photo excitation at 355 nm was identified by mass spectrometry. In contrast, the sole desorption of CO dominated the mass spectra of Co3O3H2OCO+ upon collisional excitation by Xe at a wide range of center-of-mass collisional energies. The experiments and further kinetic modeling proposed the photo-catalytic coupling of H2O and CO on the cobalt oxide clusters. Combined with theoretical studies, a mechanism for the photo-catalytic coupling of dissociatively adsorbed H2O and CO is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-77
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume719
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon monoxide
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Photo catalysis
  • Quantum chemistry calculations
  • Water

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