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

S.A. Kuznetsov, A. Dubrovskiy, E.V. Rebrov, J.C. Schouten

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Abstract

The electroreduction of CO3 2- 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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)647-654
JournalZeitschrift für Naturforschung A
Volume62a
Issue number10/11
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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