Abstract
The dissociation and partial oxidation of $CH_3OH$ on polycrystalline $MoO_3$ powder catalyst were studied using thermal desorption spectrometry(TDS) under high vacuum condition. $CH_3OH$ was dissociatively adsorbed on $MoO_3$ in the forms of surface methoxy($-OCH_3$) and atomic hydrogen(-H). $CH_3OH$ desorbed at 425 K via the re-association of methoxy and adsorbed hydrogen atom, and HCHO desorbed at 545 K through the bond breakage of C-H in methoxy. Water TDS spectra showed two desorption peaks, that is, ${\alpha}$-peak at 428 K and ${\beta}$-peak at 586 K. It was suggested that ${\alpha}$-peak was due to the hydroxyl formed on $MoO_3$ surface during the dissociation of $CH_3OH$, and that ${\beta}$-peak was from the association of lattice oxygen and surface hydrogen atom formed by the bond breakage of C-H in methoxy. Pre-adsorbed oxygen on the surface of $MoO_3$ catalyst increased the amount of adsorption of $CH_3OH$ by promoting the dissociation of $CH_3OH$ on the surface, whereas pre-adsorbed water decreased the amount of adsorption of $CH_3OH$ by blocking of adsorption sites for $CH_3OH$.
고진공계에서의 열탈착실험을 통하여 $MoO_3$ 촉매상에서의 $CH_3OH$ 분해 및 부분산화반응에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. $CH_3OH$는 촉매표면에 methoxy($-OCH_3$)와 수소원자(-H)의 형태로 흡착되어 있다가 흡착수소원자가 methoxy 와 재결합하면서 425 K에서 $CH_3OH$로 탈착하였으며, methoxy로부터 수소원자가 떨어져 나가면서 545 K에서 HCHO가 탈착되었다. 이때 반응에 의해서 생성된 물은 428 K에서 탈착하는 ${\alpha}$-피크와 586 K에서 탈착하는 ${\beta}$-피크를 보였으며, ${\alpha}$-피크는 표면에 형성된 hydroxyl 에 기인하는 탈착피크, ${\beta}$-피크는 methoxy가 수소를 잃으면서 HCHO의 형태로 촉매표면에서 탈착하면서 남긴 표면수소원자와 격자산소가 반응하여 생성된 물에 각각 기인하는 것으로 보였다. 선흡착된 산소원자는 $CH_3OH$의 분해흡착을 촉진시킴으로써 $CH_3OH$의 흡착량을 증가시킨 반면, 선흡착된 물은 분해흡착하여 $CH_3OH$의 흡착점을 점유함으로써 $CH_3OH$의 흡착량을 감소시켰다.