Studying Competing Reaction Pathways in Methanol Decomposition on Platinum Catalysts Under Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Conditions Using TPD and SFG Spectroscopy

Authors

Quy Loi, Chapman UniversityFollow
Kevin Alvorado Jimenez
Sarah Lelea
Lauren Villegas
Jerry LaRue, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 5-3-2023

Faculty Advisor(s)

Dr. Jerry LaRue

Abstract

Catalysts are important in manufacturing processes, as they make them more efficient and useful. To develop better catalysts, we need to know how they work by studying how methanol breaks down on platinum. TPD and TD-SFG spectroscopy are used to study by providing the vibrational spectra of methanol on the platinum surface as temperature changes.

Comments

Presented at the Spring 2023 Student Scholar Symposium at Chapman University.

Recommended Citation

Loi, Quy; Jimenez, Kevin Alvorado; Lelea, Sarah; Villegas, Lauren; and LaRue, Jerry, "Studying Competing Reaction Pathways in Methanol Decomposition on Platinum Catalysts Under Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Conditions Using TPD and SFG Spectroscopy" (2023). Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters. 579.
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cusrd_abstracts/579