Kinetic studies of CO2 dissociation on supported Ni catalysts

In order to investigate the kinetics of CO2 dissociation on supported nickel catalysts, a novel technique, which can give the surface reaction rate constants with no information on the number of active sites, was developed. It was revealed that CO2 dissociation was more enhanced on TiO2 support than on other metal oxide ones. The activity pattern and activation energies were in good agreement with those obtained by a conventional pulse technique using the number of active sites, suggesting the validity of the present technique for investigating the kinetics of the surface reaction.