A Molecular orbital investigation of the mechanism of the NO-NH3 reaction on vanadium oxide catalyst

Akira Miyamoto, Makoto Inomata, Atsushi Hattori, Toshiaki Ui, Yuichi Murakami

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The electronic nature of the catalysis in the NO-NH3 reaction on vanadium oxide catalyst has been investigated using the CNDO/2 method. The calculations have shown that NH3 is stably chemisorbed on the Brönsted acid site on the catalyst, whereas NO is hardly chemisorbed, which is in accordance with experiment. The charge distributions and bond energies of the system composed of NO and NH3 absorbed on the catalyst have been calculated for various states on the reaction coordinate. The calculated results have indicated that electrons on the adsorbed NH3 transfer to the antibonding orbitals of NO at the transition state to dissociate the NO bond. This dissociation has been shown to lead to the formation of N2, H2O, and V-OH species. Furthermore, the calculations have supported the validity of the Eley-Rideal mechanism experimentally proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)315-333
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Molecular Catalysis
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1982 Sept

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A Molecular orbital investigation of the mechanism of the NO-NH3 reaction on vanadium oxide catalyst'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this