Ozone adsorption on CaO pretreated at different temperatures was
studied by FTIR spectroscopy at 77−300
K. Besides physisorption effects, a weak complex was observed
formed by ozone molecules with the OH
surface groups, which have pronounced basic properties, as shown by a
downward shift of the νOH band by
about 21 cm-1 and by slight changes in ozone
vibrational frequencies. Chemisorption of O3 occurred
on
CaO activated at 973 K as evidenced by the appearance of a band at 812
cm-1 accompanied by two weaker
peaks at 1859 and 625 cm-1 attributed to the
ν3, ν1 + ν3, and
ν2 vibrational modes, respectively, of the
surface ozonide O3
- ions. Experiments
with 18O substitution supported this assignment.
Effect of CO
preadsorption showed ozone chemisorption to occur on the same
coordinate-unsaturated O2- surface
sites
that accounted for the formation of the “carbonite”
CO2
2- ion from CO adsorbed on
highly activated CaO.