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Activity of iron pyrite towards low-temperature ammonia production
Authors
SJ Jenkins
T Liu
I Temprano
Publication date
1 January 2017
Publisher
Catalysis Today
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© 2016 In this work we report the characteristics of iron pyrite toward the production of ammonia at low temperatures under ultra-high vacuum conditions. We review (with additional unpublished details) our previous systematic study of nitrogen and hydrogen adsorption on single-crystal iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) and summarise our earlier findings regarding the possibility of ammonia synthesis on this material. We also present new results concerning the adsorption of nitrogen and hydrogen on two related materials, namely molybdenum-treated iron pyrite surfaces and iron pyrite nanostructures deposited on a gold single-crystal. On the bare iron pyrite samples, ammonia is produced upon hydrogenation of preadsorbed N species at 230 K, demonstrating that all hydrogenation steps are possible at low pressures and temperatures. Nitrogen adsorbs molecularly on FeS 2 {100} at low temperatures, desorbing at 130 K, but does not adsorb dissociatively even at pressures up to 1 bar. Adsorbed nitrogen species can, however, be obtained through exposure to excited nitrogen species. Hydrogen adsorbs on FeS 2 {100}, but only in the presence of an incandescent Ta filament. Recombinative desorption of H 2 occurs at 225 K and is accompanied by desorption of H 2 S at 260 K. On the molybdenum-treated iron-pyrite, no appreciable N ads species were detected under the experimental conditions studied, and the same is true for iron pyrite nanostructures on Au{111}. We also provide further details of our efficient and reproducible method for preparing well-ordered stoichiometrically pure FeS 2 {100} suitable for surface science studies
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