Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

How Rh surface breaks CO2 molecules under ambient pressure

  • Jeongjin Kim,
  • Hyunwoo Ha,
  • Won Hui Doh,
  • Kohei Ueda,
  • Kazuhiko Mase,
  • Hiroshi Kondoh,
  • Bongjin Simon Mun,
  • Hyun You Kim,
  • Jeong Young Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19398-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Direct observation of carbon dioxide dissociation provides an origin of catalytic conversion for industrial chemical reactions. Here, the authors reveal their molecular interactions on the rhodium catalyst at near-ambient pressure by interface science techniques and computational calculations.