Reprint of: The role of potassium in the catalytic synthesis of ammonia

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Ertl, G. [1 ]
Weiss, M. [1 ]
Lee, S.B. [1 ]
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[1] Institut für Physikalische Chemie der Universität München, Munich W., Germany
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Catalysts - Activation energy - Ammonia - Single crystals;
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10.1016/j.cplett.2013.08.060
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A model study on the promotor action of K in the synthesis of ammonia on iron catalysts was performed by studying the influence of preadsorbed potassium on the rate of dissociative nitrogen chemisorption (which is the rate-limiting step) on a Fe(100) single crystal surface. It was found that a concentration of 1.5 × 1014 K atoms/cm2 increases this rate by a factor of about 300 at 430 K and removes also the activation energy for this process. This effect is attributed to the increased adsorption energy of molecular N2 (11.5 kcal/mole) which is related with the pronounced transfer of electronic charge from K to the Fe surface. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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