Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 mixed oxides of different mole ratios ( x =0, 0.1, 0.2～0.9, 1.0) were prepared by co precipitation of TiCl 4 with Ce(NO 3) 3 and then loaded with different amounts of CuO. The effe...Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 mixed oxides of different mole ratios ( x =0, 0.1, 0.2～0.9, 1.0) were prepared by co precipitation of TiCl 4 with Ce(NO 3) 3 and then loaded with different amounts of CuO. The effects of CuO on NO+CO reaction were investigated, and the structure and reductive properties of various CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 were characterized by the methodologies of BET, TPR and XRD. The results show that different Ce/Ti mole ratios and calcination temperatures induce changes of structure and reductive properties of the Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 mixed oxides. When x =0.1～0.5, amorphous CeTi 2O 6 phase mainly forms at 650 ℃ compared to the formation of CeTi 2O 6 which crystallizes at 800 ℃. When x >0.6, some TiO 2 enters the CeO 2 lattice and a CeO 2 TiO 2 solid solution is formed. The activity of 6%CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 calcined at 650 ℃ is largely affected by the x values, which is the highest when x =0.3, 0.4 and 0.9. The NO conversion reaches 70% at a reaction temperature of 150 ℃. By comparison, the x values have little effect on the activity of 6%CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 calcined at 800 ℃ . There are strong interactions between CuO and CeTi 2O 6, i.e., formation of the CeTi 2O 6 phase shifts the CuO reduction peak temperature from 380 to 200 ℃, and CuO, in turn, shifts the CeTi 2O 6 reduction peak temperature from 600 to 300 ℃.展开更多
A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ (x=0, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0) mixed oxide calcined at different temperatures were synthesized by sol-gel method and characterized by Raman, XRD and O2-TPD techniques. When x=0.9, only a cubic phase Ce...A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ (x=0, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0) mixed oxide calcined at different temperatures were synthesized by sol-gel method and characterized by Raman, XRD and O2-TPD techniques. When x=0.9, only a cubic phase CeO2 is observed. When x=0.5, the compound was combined by Pr6O11 and CeO2 mixed oxides. For CexPr1-xO2-δ (x=0.5, 0.9)samples 465 cm-1 Raman peak is attributed to the Raman active F2g mode of CeO2. The broad peak at about 570 cm-1 can be linked to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The crystallite size of the samples increased as increasing the calcined temperature. But the increased value of Ce0.9Pr0.1O2-δ and Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-δ is smaller than single CeO2 and Pr6O11 obviously. It reveals that the insertion of Pr atom into the ceria lattice could enhance the sintering resistance and thermal stability of the mixed oxides. Calcination temperatures had great effect on the peak intensity for CeO2 but less effect on Ce0.8Pr0.2O2-δ in Raman spectra, and it may be caused by the colors transformation of the mixed oxides. The result of O2-TPD experiment indicates that the formation of solid solution has elevation the stabilization and thermal stability of the mixed oxides.展开更多
A series of Ce1-xFexO2 （x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1） complex oxide catalysts were prepared using the coprecipitation method. The catalysts were characterized by means of XRD and H2-TPR. The reactions between methane ...A series of Ce1-xFexO2 （x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1） complex oxide catalysts were prepared using the coprecipitation method. The catalysts were characterized by means of XRD and H2-TPR. The reactions between methane and lattice oxygen from the complex oxides were investigated. The characteristic results revealed that the combination of Ce and Fe oxide in the catalysts could lower the temperature necessary to reduce the cerium oxide. The catalytic activity for selective CH4 oxidation was strongly influenced by dropped Fe species. Adding the appropriate amount of Fe2O3 to CeO2 could promote the action between CH4 and CeO2. Dispersed Fe2O3 first returned to the original state and would then virtually form the Fe species on the catalyst, which could be considered as the active site for selective CH4 oxidation. The appearance of carbon formation was significant and the oxidation of carbon appeared to be the rate-determining step; the amounts of surface reducible oxygen species in CeO2 were also relevant to the activity. Among all the catalysts, Ce0.6Fe0.402 exhibited the best activity, which converted 94.52% of CH4 at 900 ℃.展开更多
Mesoporous Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 mixed oxide with high specific surface area was synthesized under basic condition in the presence of non-ionic surfactant PEG-4000. The effect of synthesis conditions, such as synthesis tempera...Mesoporous Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 mixed oxide with high specific surface area was synthesized under basic condition in the presence of non-ionic surfactant PEG-4000. The effect of synthesis conditions, such as synthesis temperature and the molar ratio of PEG-4000/（[ Ce] ＋ [ Zr] ）, on specific surface area were investigated. The products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements, respectively. The results showed that synthesis temperature and the molar ratio of PEG-4000/（[ Ce] ＋ [ Zr] ） had great influence on specific surface area. Under the optimum synthesis conditions, the prepared Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 mixed oxide presented cubic fluorite-type structure and possessed high surface area of 148.6 m2·g^-1 with wormlike pores.展开更多
A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides were synthesized by sol-gel met hod and characterized by Raman and XRD techniques. When x value was changed from 1.0 to 0.5, only a cubic phase CeO2 was observed. The samples wer...A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides were synthesized by sol-gel met hod and characterized by Raman and XRD techniques. When x value was changed from 1.0 to 0.5, only a cubic phase CeO2 was observed. The samples were very well cr ystallized on decreasing x from 0.50 to 0.99. For CexPr1-xO2-δ samples 465 cm-1 and 1 150 cm-1 Raman peaks are attributed to the Raman active F2g mode of CeO2. The broad peak at about 570 cm-1 in the region of 0.3 ≤ x ≤ 0.99 can be linke d to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The new band at about 195 cm -1 may be attributed to the asymmetric vibration caused by the formation of oxyg en vacancies. Calcination temperatures had great effect on the peak intensity fo r CeO2 but less effect on Ce0.8Pr0.2O2-δ in Raman spectra. It might be due to t he transformation of the colors for the mixed oxides, the insertion of Pr atom i nto the ceria lattice could enhance the sintering resistance and thermal stabili ty of the mixed oxides.展开更多
Using SnxTi1-xO2 as carriers, CuO/Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and CuO/Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 catalysts with different loading amounts of copper oxide （CuO） were prepared by an impregnation method. The catalytic properties of CuO/Sn0.9Ti0.1O...Using SnxTi1-xO2 as carriers, CuO/Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and CuO/Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 catalysts with different loading amounts of copper oxide （CuO） were prepared by an impregnation method. The catalytic properties of CuO/Sn0.9Ti0.1O2 and CuO/Sn0.7Zi0.3O2 were examined using a microreactor-gas chromatography （GC） NO＋CO reaction system and the methods of BET （Brun- auer-Emmett-Teller）, TG-DTA （themogravimetric and differential thermal analysis）, X-ray diffraction （XRD） and H2-temperature programmed reduction （TPR）. The results showed that NO conversions of Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 were 47.2% and 43.6% respectively, which increased to 95.3% and 90.9% at 6 wt% CuO loading. However, further increase in CuO loading caused a decrease in the catalytic activity. The nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm and pore-size distribution curve of Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 represented type IV of the BDDT （Brunauer, Deming, Deming and Teller） system and a typical mesoporous sample. There were two CuO diffraction peaks （2θ 35.5° and 38.7°）, and the diffraction peak areas increased with increasing CuO loading. TPR analysis also detected three peaks （α, β and γ） from the CuO-loaded catalysts, suggesting that the α peak was the reduction of the highly dispersed copper oxide, the β peak was the reduction of the isolated copper oxide, and the y peak was the reduction of crystal phase copper oxide. In addition, a fourth peak （5） of the catalysts meant that the SnxTi1-xO2 mixed oxides could be reductive.展开更多
A series of Ceo.sFeo.30Zr0.20O2 catalysts were prepared by different methods （co-precipitations method, citric acid sol-gel method, impregnation method, physical mixed method, and hydrotherrnal method） and character...A series of Ceo.sFeo.30Zr0.20O2 catalysts were prepared by different methods （co-precipitations method, citric acid sol-gel method, impregnation method, physical mixed method, and hydrotherrnal method） and characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller （BET） and H2-TPR measurements. Potential of the catalysts in the soot oxidation was evaluated in a temperature-programmed oxidation （TPO） apparatus. The results showed that all the Fe3＋ and Zr4＋ were incor- porated into ceria lattice to form a pure Ce-Fe-Zr-O solid solution for the co-precipitation sample, but two kinds of Fe phases ex- isted in the Ce-Fe-Zr-O catalysts prepared by other methods： Fe3＋ incorporated into CeO2 lattice and dispersed Fe2O3 clusters. The free Fe2O3 clusters could improve the activity of catalysts for soot oxidation comparing with the pure Ce-Fe-Zr-O solid solution owing to the synergetic effect between free Fe2O3 and surface oxygen vacancies. In addition, the activity of catalysts strongly relied on the surface reducibility of free Fe2O3 particles. Holding both abundant free Fe2O3 particles and high oxygen vacancy concentration, the hydrothermal Ce0.5Fe0.3Zr0.202 catalyst presented the lowest Ti （251℃, ignition temperature of soot oxidation） and Tm （310 ℃, maximum oxidation rate temperature） for soot combustion （with tight-contact between soot and catalysts） among the five samples. Even after aging at 800 ℃ for 10 h, the Ti and Tm were still relatively low, at 273 and 361 ℃, respectively, indicating high catalytic stability.展开更多
A series of Fe2O3/Al2O3, Fe2O3/CeO2, Ce0.7Zr0.3O2, and Fe2O3/Ce1-xZrxO2（x = 0.1–0.4） oxides was prepared and their physicochemical features were investigated by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, transmission electron micro...A series of Fe2O3/Al2O3, Fe2O3/CeO2, Ce0.7Zr0.3O2, and Fe2O3/Ce1-xZrxO2（x = 0.1–0.4） oxides was prepared and their physicochemical features were investigated by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, transmission electron microscope（TEM）, and H2-temperature-programmed reduction（H2-TPR） techniques. The gas–solid reactions between these oxides and methane for syngas generation as well as the catalytic performance for selective oxidation of carbon deposition in O2-enriched atmosphere were investigated in detail. The results show that the samples with the presence of Fe2O3show much higher activity for methane oxidation compared with the Ce0.7Zr0.3O2solid solution,while the CeO2-contained samples represent higher CO selectively in methane oxidation than the Fe2O3/Al2O3sample. This suggests that the iron species should be the active sites for methane activation, and the cerium oxides provide the oxygen source for the selective oxidation of the activated methane to syngas during the reaction between methane and Fe2O3/Ce0.7Zr0.3O2. For the oxidation process of the carbon deposition, the CeO2-containing samples show much higher CO selectivity than the Fe2O3/Al2O3sample, which indicates that the cerium species should play a very important role in catalyzing the carbon selective oxidation to CO. The presence of the Ce–Zr–O solid solution could induce the growth direction of the carbonfilament, resulting in a loose contact between the carbon filament and the catalyst. This results in abundant exposed active sites for catalyzing carbon oxidation, strongly improving the oxidation rate of the carbon deposition over this sample. In addition, the Fe2O3/Ce0.7Zr0.3O2also represents much higher selectivity（ca. 97 %） for the conversion of carbon to CO than the Fe2O3/CeO2sample, which can be attributed to the higher concentration of reduced cerium sites on this sample. The increase of the Zr content in the Fe2O3/Ce1-xZrxO2samples could improve the reactivity of the materials for methane oxidation, but it also reduces the selectivity for CO formation.展开更多
In this work, the addition of praseodymium（Pr） into ceria as a mixed oxide support in a form of Ce（1-x）PrxO2（x = 0.01,0.025, 0.050, 0.075 and 0.10） was prepared using a co-precipitation method. The structural an...In this work, the addition of praseodymium（Pr） into ceria as a mixed oxide support in a form of Ce（1-x）PrxO2（x = 0.01,0.025, 0.050, 0.075 and 0.10） was prepared using a co-precipitation method. The structural and textural properties of the synthesized supports were characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, N2 adsorption-desorption, Raman spectroscopy, H2-temperature programmed reduction（H2-TPR） and H2-chemisorption. Upon addition of Pr, XRD patterns and Raman spectra indicated an enlargement of ceria unit cell and the characteristics Raman broad peak at 570 cm^（-1） which was attributed to the existence of oxygen vacancies in the ceria lattice. This indicated that some Ce^（4＋） ions in ceria were replaced by larger Pr^（3＋） cations. To evidence the incorporation of Pr^（3＋） cations into ceria lattice,X-ray absorption near edge structure（XANES） was employed. The results showed that the oxidation states of Ce in mixed oxide supports were slightly lower than 4＋ while those of Pr were still the same as a precursor salt. Therefore, the incorporation of Pr^（3＋） into ceria lattice would lead to strain and unbalanced charge and result in oxygen vacancies. The reducibility of Ce（1-x）PrxO2 mixed oxide supports was investigated by H2-TPR and temperature-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiment under reduction conditions. XANES spectra of Ce L3 edges showed a lower surface reduction temperature（Ce^（4＋）to Ce^（3＋）） of Ce（0.925）Pr（0.075）O2 than that of CeO2 which agreed with H2-TPR results. H2-chemisorption indicated that Pr promoted the dispersion of the metal catalyst on the mixed oxide support and increased the adsorption site for CO. For WGS reaction, 1% Pd/mixed oxide support had higher WGS activity than 1%Pd/ceria. The increase of WGS activity was due to the increase of Pd dispersion on the support and the existence of oxygen vacancies produced from incorporation of Pr into the ceria lattice.展开更多
文摘Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 mixed oxides of different mole ratios ( x =0, 0.1, 0.2～0.9, 1.0) were prepared by co precipitation of TiCl 4 with Ce(NO 3) 3 and then loaded with different amounts of CuO. The effects of CuO on NO+CO reaction were investigated, and the structure and reductive properties of various CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 were characterized by the methodologies of BET, TPR and XRD. The results show that different Ce/Ti mole ratios and calcination temperatures induce changes of structure and reductive properties of the Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 mixed oxides. When x =0.1～0.5, amorphous CeTi 2O 6 phase mainly forms at 650 ℃ compared to the formation of CeTi 2O 6 which crystallizes at 800 ℃. When x >0.6, some TiO 2 enters the CeO 2 lattice and a CeO 2 TiO 2 solid solution is formed. The activity of 6%CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 calcined at 650 ℃ is largely affected by the x values, which is the highest when x =0.3, 0.4 and 0.9. The NO conversion reaches 70% at a reaction temperature of 150 ℃. By comparison, the x values have little effect on the activity of 6%CuO/Ce x Ti 1- x O 2 calcined at 800 ℃ . There are strong interactions between CuO and CeTi 2O 6, i.e., formation of the CeTi 2O 6 phase shifts the CuO reduction peak temperature from 380 to 200 ℃, and CuO, in turn, shifts the CeTi 2O 6 reduction peak temperature from 600 to 300 ℃.
文摘A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ (x=0, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0) mixed oxide calcined at different temperatures were synthesized by sol-gel method and characterized by Raman, XRD and O2-TPD techniques. When x=0.9, only a cubic phase CeO2 is observed. When x=0.5, the compound was combined by Pr6O11 and CeO2 mixed oxides. For CexPr1-xO2-δ (x=0.5, 0.9)samples 465 cm-1 Raman peak is attributed to the Raman active F2g mode of CeO2. The broad peak at about 570 cm-1 can be linked to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The crystallite size of the samples increased as increasing the calcined temperature. But the increased value of Ce0.9Pr0.1O2-δ and Ce0.5Pr0.5O2-δ is smaller than single CeO2 and Pr6O11 obviously. It reveals that the insertion of Pr atom into the ceria lattice could enhance the sintering resistance and thermal stability of the mixed oxides. Calcination temperatures had great effect on the peak intensity for CeO2 but less effect on Ce0.8Pr0.2O2-δ in Raman spectra, and it may be caused by the colors transformation of the mixed oxides. The result of O2-TPD experiment indicates that the formation of solid solution has elevation the stabilization and thermal stability of the mixed oxides.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50574046)National Natural Science Foundation of Major Research Projects (90610035)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (2004E0058Q)High School Doctoral Subject Special Science and Re- search Foundation of Ministry of Education (20040674005)
文摘A series of Ce1-xFexO2 （x=0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1） complex oxide catalysts were prepared using the coprecipitation method. The catalysts were characterized by means of XRD and H2-TPR. The reactions between methane and lattice oxygen from the complex oxides were investigated. The characteristic results revealed that the combination of Ce and Fe oxide in the catalysts could lower the temperature necessary to reduce the cerium oxide. The catalytic activity for selective CH4 oxidation was strongly influenced by dropped Fe species. Adding the appropriate amount of Fe2O3 to CeO2 could promote the action between CH4 and CeO2. Dispersed Fe2O3 first returned to the original state and would then virtually form the Fe species on the catalyst, which could be considered as the active site for selective CH4 oxidation. The appearance of carbon formation was significant and the oxidation of carbon appeared to be the rate-determining step; the amounts of surface reducible oxygen species in CeO2 were also relevant to the activity. Among all the catalysts, Ce0.6Fe0.402 exhibited the best activity, which converted 94.52% of CH4 at 900 ℃.
基金Project Supported by Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Catalysis Materials and Science of Hubei Province (CHCL0501)
文摘Mesoporous Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 mixed oxide with high specific surface area was synthesized under basic condition in the presence of non-ionic surfactant PEG-4000. The effect of synthesis conditions, such as synthesis temperature and the molar ratio of PEG-4000/（[ Ce] ＋ [ Zr] ）, on specific surface area were investigated. The products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements, respectively. The results showed that synthesis temperature and the molar ratio of PEG-4000/（[ Ce] ＋ [ Zr] ） had great influence on specific surface area. Under the optimum synthesis conditions, the prepared Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 mixed oxide presented cubic fluorite-type structure and possessed high surface area of 148.6 m2·g^-1 with wormlike pores.
文摘A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides were synthesized by sol-gel met hod and characterized by Raman and XRD techniques. When x value was changed from 1.0 to 0.5, only a cubic phase CeO2 was observed. The samples were very well cr ystallized on decreasing x from 0.50 to 0.99. For CexPr1-xO2-δ samples 465 cm-1 and 1 150 cm-1 Raman peaks are attributed to the Raman active F2g mode of CeO2. The broad peak at about 570 cm-1 in the region of 0.3 ≤ x ≤ 0.99 can be linke d to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The new band at about 195 cm -1 may be attributed to the asymmetric vibration caused by the formation of oxyg en vacancies. Calcination temperatures had great effect on the peak intensity fo r CeO2 but less effect on Ce0.8Pr0.2O2-δ in Raman spectra. It might be due to t he transformation of the colors for the mixed oxides, the insertion of Pr atom i nto the ceria lattice could enhance the sintering resistance and thermal stabili ty of the mixed oxides.
基金Project (No. Y504131) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China
文摘Using SnxTi1-xO2 as carriers, CuO/Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and CuO/Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 catalysts with different loading amounts of copper oxide （CuO） were prepared by an impregnation method. The catalytic properties of CuO/Sn0.9Ti0.1O2 and CuO/Sn0.7Zi0.3O2 were examined using a microreactor-gas chromatography （GC） NO＋CO reaction system and the methods of BET （Brun- auer-Emmett-Teller）, TG-DTA （themogravimetric and differential thermal analysis）, X-ray diffraction （XRD） and H2-temperature programmed reduction （TPR）. The results showed that NO conversions of Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 were 47.2% and 43.6% respectively, which increased to 95.3% and 90.9% at 6 wt% CuO loading. However, further increase in CuO loading caused a decrease in the catalytic activity. The nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm and pore-size distribution curve of Sn0.9Zi0.1O2 and Sn0.7Ti0.3O2 represented type IV of the BDDT （Brunauer, Deming, Deming and Teller） system and a typical mesoporous sample. There were two CuO diffraction peaks （2θ 35.5° and 38.7°）, and the diffraction peak areas increased with increasing CuO loading. TPR analysis also detected three peaks （α, β and γ） from the CuO-loaded catalysts, suggesting that the α peak was the reduction of the highly dispersed copper oxide, the β peak was the reduction of the isolated copper oxide, and the y peak was the reduction of crystal phase copper oxide. In addition, a fourth peak （5） of the catalysts meant that the SnxTi1-xO2 mixed oxides could be reductive.
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51374004,51204083,51174105,51104074)Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(2010ZC018)
文摘A series of Ceo.sFeo.30Zr0.20O2 catalysts were prepared by different methods （co-precipitations method, citric acid sol-gel method, impregnation method, physical mixed method, and hydrotherrnal method） and characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller （BET） and H2-TPR measurements. Potential of the catalysts in the soot oxidation was evaluated in a temperature-programmed oxidation （TPO） apparatus. The results showed that all the Fe3＋ and Zr4＋ were incor- porated into ceria lattice to form a pure Ce-Fe-Zr-O solid solution for the co-precipitation sample, but two kinds of Fe phases ex- isted in the Ce-Fe-Zr-O catalysts prepared by other methods： Fe3＋ incorporated into CeO2 lattice and dispersed Fe2O3 clusters. The free Fe2O3 clusters could improve the activity of catalysts for soot oxidation comparing with the pure Ce-Fe-Zr-O solid solution owing to the synergetic effect between free Fe2O3 and surface oxygen vacancies. In addition, the activity of catalysts strongly relied on the surface reducibility of free Fe2O3 particles. Holding both abundant free Fe2O3 particles and high oxygen vacancy concentration, the hydrothermal Ce0.5Fe0.3Zr0.202 catalyst presented the lowest Ti （251℃, ignition temperature of soot oxidation） and Tm （310 ℃, maximum oxidation rate temperature） for soot combustion （with tight-contact between soot and catalysts） among the five samples. Even after aging at 800 ℃ for 10 h, the Ti and Tm were still relatively low, at 273 and 361 ℃, respectively, indicating high catalytic stability.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51004060, 51104074, and 51174105)the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (No. 2010ZC018)
文摘A series of Fe2O3/Al2O3, Fe2O3/CeO2, Ce0.7Zr0.3O2, and Fe2O3/Ce1-xZrxO2（x = 0.1–0.4） oxides was prepared and their physicochemical features were investigated by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, transmission electron microscope（TEM）, and H2-temperature-programmed reduction（H2-TPR） techniques. The gas–solid reactions between these oxides and methane for syngas generation as well as the catalytic performance for selective oxidation of carbon deposition in O2-enriched atmosphere were investigated in detail. The results show that the samples with the presence of Fe2O3show much higher activity for methane oxidation compared with the Ce0.7Zr0.3O2solid solution,while the CeO2-contained samples represent higher CO selectively in methane oxidation than the Fe2O3/Al2O3sample. This suggests that the iron species should be the active sites for methane activation, and the cerium oxides provide the oxygen source for the selective oxidation of the activated methane to syngas during the reaction between methane and Fe2O3/Ce0.7Zr0.3O2. For the oxidation process of the carbon deposition, the CeO2-containing samples show much higher CO selectivity than the Fe2O3/Al2O3sample, which indicates that the cerium species should play a very important role in catalyzing the carbon selective oxidation to CO. The presence of the Ce–Zr–O solid solution could induce the growth direction of the carbonfilament, resulting in a loose contact between the carbon filament and the catalyst. This results in abundant exposed active sites for catalyzing carbon oxidation, strongly improving the oxidation rate of the carbon deposition over this sample. In addition, the Fe2O3/Ce0.7Zr0.3O2also represents much higher selectivity（ca. 97 %） for the conversion of carbon to CO than the Fe2O3/CeO2sample, which can be attributed to the higher concentration of reduced cerium sites on this sample. The increase of the Zr content in the Fe2O3/Ce1-xZrxO2samples could improve the reactivity of the materials for methane oxidation, but it also reduces the selectivity for CO formation.
基金Project supported by Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry(PERCH-CIC)Commission on Higher Education,Ministry of Education and the Center of Alternative Energy Research and Development,Khon Kaen University
文摘In this work, the addition of praseodymium（Pr） into ceria as a mixed oxide support in a form of Ce（1-x）PrxO2（x = 0.01,0.025, 0.050, 0.075 and 0.10） was prepared using a co-precipitation method. The structural and textural properties of the synthesized supports were characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, N2 adsorption-desorption, Raman spectroscopy, H2-temperature programmed reduction（H2-TPR） and H2-chemisorption. Upon addition of Pr, XRD patterns and Raman spectra indicated an enlargement of ceria unit cell and the characteristics Raman broad peak at 570 cm^（-1） which was attributed to the existence of oxygen vacancies in the ceria lattice. This indicated that some Ce^（4＋） ions in ceria were replaced by larger Pr^（3＋） cations. To evidence the incorporation of Pr^（3＋） cations into ceria lattice,X-ray absorption near edge structure（XANES） was employed. The results showed that the oxidation states of Ce in mixed oxide supports were slightly lower than 4＋ while those of Pr were still the same as a precursor salt. Therefore, the incorporation of Pr^（3＋） into ceria lattice would lead to strain and unbalanced charge and result in oxygen vacancies. The reducibility of Ce（1-x）PrxO2 mixed oxide supports was investigated by H2-TPR and temperature-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiment under reduction conditions. XANES spectra of Ce L3 edges showed a lower surface reduction temperature（Ce^（4＋）to Ce^（3＋）） of Ce（0.925）Pr（0.075）O2 than that of CeO2 which agreed with H2-TPR results. H2-chemisorption indicated that Pr promoted the dispersion of the metal catalyst on the mixed oxide support and increased the adsorption site for CO. For WGS reaction, 1% Pd/mixed oxide support had higher WGS activity than 1%Pd/ceria. The increase of WGS activity was due to the increase of Pd dispersion on the support and the existence of oxygen vacancies produced from incorporation of Pr into the ceria lattice.
