Kinetics of the activated dissociative adsorption of methane on the low index planes of nickel single crystal surfaces

We have measured the kinetics of the methane decomposition reaction on Ni(111), Ni(100), and Ni(110) single crystal surfaces under the high incident flux conditions of 1 Torr methane. We find for these processes apparent activation energies of 12.6, 6.4, and 13.3 kcal mol−1, respectively. Initial methane sticking coefficients at 500 K vary with the Ni surface, but are all ∼10−8 to 10−7. The Ni(110) surface is the most active, followed by Ni(100) and Ni(111). A large (∼ factor of 20) kinetic isotope effect is seen for CH4 vs CD4 on the Ni(100) surface, whereas none is seen on the Ni(110) surface. A comparison is made between measured thermal sticking coefficients and those calculated from the results of recent molecular beam experiments of CH4 on Ni(111) and Ni(100) surfaces. Agreement of our results with the Ni(100) beam results is poor, whereas agreement with the Ni(111) beam results is very good. A comparison is also made between our results and rates of the catalytic steam reforming reaction of methane.

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