Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
The rate law for CO oxidation over Pd-substituted BaCeO3 was studied. Under CO-rich conditions over a range of pressures and temperatures, changing reaction orders for both CO and O2 suggest the coexistence of both Langmuir-Hinshelwood and BaCeO3-mediated mechanisms. The latter dominates at high P(CO)/P(O2), while both mechanisms contribute significantly at low P(CO)/P(O2). Under CO-lean conditions, the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism dominates the kinetics. The importance of the BaCeO3-mediated mechanism increases with temperature. Steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis (SSITKA) using 18O2 confirmed the participation of labile lattice oxygen, thus BaCeO3 behaves as a BaO-stabilized form of CeO2.