
%0 Journal Article
%A Li, GX 
%A Ridd, MJ 
%A Larkins, FP 
%T An Infrared Study of Formic Acid Adsorption on Co/SiO<sub>2</sub> and SiO<sub>2</sub> Surfaces
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1991/04/01
%V 44
%N 4
%P 623-626
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9910623
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9910623 
%X It is demonstrated from an i.r. study of the adsorption of formic acid on a Co/SiO2 catalyst that the adsorbates on the SiO2 surface and on the cobalt metal clusters are respectively a physically bonded HCOOH molecule and a formate species. The former species is easily desorbed but the latter remains stable at least up to 523 K. The ratio of formate species to physically bonded HCOOH is approximately 2:1 for a catalyst with a cobalt loading of 5 wt %. 
