Gaseous Vanadium, Vanadium-Oxide and -Hydroxide Clusters: From Clusters to Model Catalysts

Sandra Feyel

ISBN 978-3-8325-2051-9
212 Seiten, Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Preis: 37.00 €
Gaseous Vanadium, Vanadium-Oxide and -Hydroxide Clusters: From Clusters to Model Catalysts

The present work explores the reactivities of gaseous vanadium, vanadium-oxide, and oxovanadium-hydroxide clusters toward methanol and small hydrocarbons. Various means of mass-spectrometric techniques, isotopic labeling studies, infrared photodissociation spectroscopy, and complementary DFT-calculations are employed for this purpose. Additionally, the hydrogen-atom abstraction process from methane by polynuclear metal oxides is discussed.

This work contributes to a better understanding of the metal-oxide cluster's catalytic activity on a molecular scale.