ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Quantum chemical calculations using the density functional theory were performed to model the mechanism of selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 on a supported vanadium oxide monolayer. In the first step, the adsorption of NH3 on a bimetallic cluster representative of vanadium oxide, containing a terminal V—O adjacent to a V—OH group, was investigated. The calculations indicate that NH3 may be strongly adsorbed on V=OH (Brönsted acid site) as NH+4(ads); subsequently, NO reacts with this activated NH3 to yield the reaction products N2 and H2O. The present results give support to a dual-site Eley-Rideal-type mechanism involving a Brönsted site. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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