Adlineation, Portholes and Spillover

TLDR: In this article, the role of water in the Pt-WO3 system was investigated and it was shown that if the WO3 was mixed with platinum black and also if water was preadsorbed on the mixture prior to admitting hydrogen to the system, the reduction did not take place at all at room temperature.

Abstract: It was found that yellow WOs could be reduced at room temperature by molecular hydrogen to form blue solids, the hydrogen analogs of tungsten bronzes with a molar composition of H0.35WO3. But this was possible only if the WO3 was mixed with platinum black and also if water was preadsorbed on the mixture prior to admitting hydrogen to the system. If either one of these conditions was not satisfied, reduction did not take place at all at room temperature. Additional observations of spillover in this and similar systems are reported in this paper. They throw more light on the role of water in the Pt— WO3 system, show the generality of the phenomenon and stress its importance in adsorption, solid state reactions and surface catalysis.