Mechanisms proposed for the gold-catalysed Water-Gas Shift (WGS) are critically reviewed, and a complete reaction set and cycle involving activation of water on reduced support sites is considered; however, a modified route to CO2 formation by thermal decomposition of a carboxyl species results in a simpler and therefore more probable mechanism.
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