Published October 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Electrochemical synthesis of Mo2C catalytical coatings for the water-gas shift reaction

  • 1. Inst. of Chemistry, Kola Science Centre RAS, Apatity, Murmansk Region (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Lab. of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Eindhoven Univ. of Tech., Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Description

The electroreduction of CO32- ions on a molybdenum cathode in a NaCl-KCl-Li2CO3 melt was studied by cyclic voltammetry. The electrochemical synthesis of Mo2C on molybdenum substrates has been performed at 1123 K for 7 h with a cathodic current density of 5 mA cm-2. If molybdenum carbide is present as a thin (ca. 500 nm) film on a molybdenum substrate (Mo2C/Mo), its catalytic activity in the water gas-shift reaction is enhanced by at least an order of magnitude compared to that of the bulk Mo2C phase. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. A: Physical Sciences
Journal Volume
62
Journal Issue
10-11
Journal Page Range
p. 647-654
ISSN
0932-0784
CODEN
ZNASEI