Platinum-Like Behavior of Tungsten Carbide in Surface Catalysis

作者：Rachel Levy, M. Boudart · 发表于：Science · 年份：1973 · DOI：10.1126/science.181.4099.547 · 被引用次数：2004 · 研究领域：Catalytic Processes in Materials Science、Semiconductor materials and devices、Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Tungsten carbide catalyzes the formation of water from hydrogen and oxygen at room temperature, the reduction of tungsten trioxide by hydrogen in the presence of water, and the isomerization of 2,2-dimethylpropane to 2-methylbutane. This catalytic behavior, which is typical of platinum, is not exhibited at all by tungsten. The surface electronic properties of the latter are therefore modified by carbon in such a way that they resemble those of platinum.