Pd-Cu-Cl_x/Al_2O_3催化剂对CO氧化的稳定性（英文）

CO催化氧化广泛应用于空气净化、机动车尾气治理和CO气体传感器中.在CO氧化催化剂设计与制备过程中,催化剂与使用环境密切相关.例如工业和机动车尾气净化需要在高温(200–600°C)下进行,而对于半密闭空间(隧道或者地下停车场)空气净化需要在室温和高相对湿度下进行.频繁冷启动导致半密闭空间CO浓度累积而超过排放控制标准,因此制备室温、高相对湿度下CO氧化催化剂是面临的重要问题之一.负载型Wacker催化剂对于CO低温催化氧化的研究一直受到广泛关注.环境中少量水的存在会促进负载型Wacker催化剂对CO的低温氧化性能,但随着水沉积量的增加,活性位点将被覆盖,并且Pd和Cu活性组分之间的紧密结构被破坏,从而导致催化剂的失活,即催化剂的稳定性变差.因此,为了提高催化剂在高相对湿度下的稳定性,利用二乙氧基二甲基硅烷对Al_2O_3载体进行硅烷化处理,以增加载体的疏水性,考察载体疏水改性对CO低温氧化过程中催化剂稳定性的影响.催化剂的稳定性测试结果表明,在0°C,100%相对湿度条件下,未改性催化剂在约20 h内CO转化率由81%下降到50%;载体硅烷化后制备的催化剂在反应进行150 h后,CO转化率仍保持在78%,即反应活性未见降低.由此表明催化剂载体经有机硅烷改性后,可显著增强催化剂在低温、高相对湿度下的稳定性.N_2吸附/脱附和水吸附实验结果表明,载体硅烷化改性并未对催化剂的比表面积产生影响,但显著降低了催化剂上水沉积速度和沉积量,未改性催化剂的初始吸水速度是改性后催化剂的4倍,但改性后催化剂的饱和吸水率仅占未改性催化剂的1/3.X射线衍射结果表明,载体预处理后活性物种Cu2(OH)3Cl晶粒尺寸有所增加.氢气程序升温还原、X射线光电子能谱结果表明,载体硅烷化预处理改善了催化剂中Cu和Pd物种的化学分布及接触状态,增加了与Pd物种紧密接触的Cu物种的量,从而促进了Cu物种的还原.与此同时,载体硅烷化显著降低了催化剂表面Cl离子的浓度,从而影响到对CO吸附.为了进一步研究水与催化剂稳定性之间的关系,采用原位红外漫反射(In situ DRIFT)对催化剂进行表征.负载型Wacker催化剂对CO氧化反应机理为:Pd是CO氧化反应的活性中心,通过Pd和Cu物种之间的氧化还原循环来实现CO氧化,且Pd+比Pd~(2+)具有更高的CO氧化性能.反应气氛中水的存在,有利于CO在Pd~+上氧化、以及金属态Pd被Cu~(2+)物种再氧化的过程,同时水也显著促进了催化剂表面碳酸盐的生成以及抑制了活性物种Pd~+生成.与表面碳酸盐累积相比,水对于活性物种Pd~+生成的抑制作用是导致催化剂活性降低的主要原因.     

PdCl2-CuCl2/Al2O3催化剂低温催化CO氧化的失活机理

采用X射线衍射、N₂吸-脱附、X射线光电子能谱分析、氢气-程序升温还原和原位红外漫反射等方法对新鲜和失活的PdCl₂-CuCl₂/Al₂O₃低温催化CO氧化催化剂进行表征,研究了高相对湿度(100%)下催化剂的失活机理.结果表明,催化剂表面沉积的水使得活性铜物种容易从催化剂表面向载体孔道内部迁移,由于Pd、Cu相互作用弱化从而减弱了Pd与Cu物种间的相互作用,使得催化剂的氧化还原性能受到影响,抑制了Pd⁰再氧化为Pd²⁺的过程,从而因CO氧化反应中催化剂氧化还原循环受阻而导致失活.     

改性介孔Al_2O_3负载的高分散铜基催化剂的结构与催化性能

采用浸渍法制备了LaCeZr或YCeZr改性的γ-Al2O3负载的系列Cu基催化剂,运用XRD、BET、EXAFS、XPS和H2-TPR等技术对催化剂的结构进行了详细表征,探讨了催化剂中Cu物种的存在形式及其还原性能,并与CO的氧化性能相关联。氮气吸附-脱附测试结果表明,催化剂具有很高的比表面积以及较均一的介孔结构。XRD结果表明,未改性的γ-Al2O3负载的Cu基催化剂经800℃高温焙烧后,Cu物种与载体作用强烈,形成了CuAl2O4尖晶石相,而EXAFS结果显示,助剂改性后的γ-Al2O3负载的Cu基催化剂上Cu物种主要以高分散的CuO形式存在,促进了催化剂对CO的低温氧化性能。H2-TPR结果表明,同一系列样品随焙烧温度提高,CuO的还原温度升高,晶格氧的活动度降低,导致活性的下降。LaCeZr改性的γ-Al2O3负载的铜基催化剂于650℃焙烧后显示出了较强的抗硫和抗水性能。     

氧化还原预处理对一氧化碳低温氧化Pd/CeO2-TiO2催化剂性能的影响

研究了氧化还原预处理对溶胶-凝胶法制备的CeO2-TiO2复合氧化物负载Pd催化剂上CO低温氧化性能的影响，并对催化剂的稳定性进行了考察。H2-TPR结果表明，83 ℃的耗氢峰是PdO和载体中CeO2共同还原的结果，高温还原后Pd与载体之间相互作用加强。经高温氧化(500 ℃)低温还原(150 ℃)预处理的催化剂CO低温氧化活性最好，在反应气组成为0.5% CO＋1.6% O2＋6.0%N2＋Ar，空速为30 000 mL·g－1·h－1，程序升温反应显示CO完全转化温度为48 ℃，这种预处理方式能够形成适宜的载体与金属间相互作用。稳定性实验在室温下进行，反应气组成为0.6% CO＋14.7% O2+55.3％N2＋Ar，Pd/CeO2-TiO2催化剂具有较好的低温反应稳定性，100%CO转化率可持续12 h。     

助剂对合成碳酸二甲酯用活性炭负载Wacker催化剂结构和性能的影响

 以碱金属或碱土金属的盐或氢氧化物为助剂修饰活性炭(AC)负载的Wacker催化剂PdCl2-CuCl2. 甲醇气相氧化羰基化合成碳酸二甲酯(DMC)的反应活性评价结果表明,以乙酸钾(KOAc)为助剂的效果最好. 在KOAc/CuCl2摩尔比为1.0的条件下制备的催化剂用于该合成反应时,DMC的时空产率提高了5倍. XRD,SEM及EPR表征结果显示,在催化剂中加入适量的KOAc,有利于Cu2Cl(OH)3物相在载体表面的形成和分散,从而加快了催化剂活性物种Cu和Pd的氧化还原循环速度.     

Pd/SAPO-34催化剂上CO低温氧化反应

 采用水热法合成了小晶粒的 SAPO-34, MnSAPO-34 和 CuSAPO-34 分子筛, 并以它们为载体采用浸渍法制备了一系列不同 Pd 含量的催化剂用于催化 CO 氧化反应. 结果表明: 分子筛载体、催化剂制备条件、反应条件、Pd 含量及预还原等对催化剂的活性影响较大. 催化剂活性随焙烧温度的增加而降低, 而随着反应温度的升高而提高, 担载在 SAPO-34 上 Pd 含量为 1.35% 时性能最佳. X射线衍射和透射电镜结果表明 Pd 物种高度分散于催化剂上, 粒子粒径在 2~8 nm; X射线光电子能谱及氢气程序升温还原结果表明, 高度分散的 Pd2+ 物种是 CO 氧化反应活性位. 随着反应进行被还原为 Pd0 物种, 因而导致催化剂活性下降. H2 预还原处理催化剂致使活性下降的实验结果也支持了这一结论.     

贫燃/富燃循环气氛下原位活化Pd负载钙钛矿催化剂促进NOx还原消除

稀燃发动机通过提高空燃比来改善燃油经济性,减少CO2排放.但由于空燃比较高,稀燃发动机尾气中的NO_x无法通过传统的三效催化技术有效消除.为了解决这一问题,适用于稀燃条件的NO_x储存还原(NSR)技术得到了开发和应用.传统的NSR催化剂以贵金属Pt作为其氧化还原活性中心.Pt基催化剂具有较高的NO_x消除活性,然而热稳定性差,高温下易团聚失活.据报道,Pd具有比Pt更好的热稳定性和抗硫性,且能够在更低的温度下活化还原剂,促进NO_x还原.但De-NO_x反应中的活性Pd物种至今仍无定论,这对设计高效的Pd基NSR催化剂提出了挑战.本文设计制备了具有高活性的Pd负载型钙钛矿催化剂(Pd-La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃).其中钙钛矿组分的加入提高了Pd基催化剂的NO氧化能力和热稳定性,并提供了可用于NO_x储存的碱性位点.通过调节金属-载体相互作用,使Pd催化剂在NSR反应气氛下发生了自活化现象,活化后催化剂的NO_x消除活性由56.1%提高到90.1%,同时副产物N2O的选择性降低.XRD、XAFS和XPS等表征结果显示,在反应气氛下催化剂中的Pd²⁺被部分还原为高活性的Pd0物种.相较于Pd²⁺,Pd0表现出更强的活化C3H6的性能,从而提高了催化剂在富燃阶段的NO_x还原效率.结合XPS、CO化学吸附和动力学的实验结果,计算得出Pd0位点的NO_x还原速率是Pd²⁺位点的8倍,从实验现象和动力学计算两个角度分别证明Pd0物种具有更优异的NO_x还原活性.然而,Pd0物种的生成需要适当强度的金属-载体相互作用.通过与传统的Pd/BaO/Al₂O₃催化剂进行对比研究,发现金属-载体相互作用过强时,在富燃阶段Pd2+物种难以被还原,且还原得到的Pd0物种并不稳定,会在随后的贫燃阶段被快速重新氧化为Pd²⁺.强相互作用虽然可以降低Pd物种粒径,提高Pd的分散度,但由于无法产生高活性的Pd0物种,催化剂的NO_x消除性能显著降低.此外,相较于传统的Pd/BaO/Al₂O₃和Pt/BaO/Al₂O₃催化剂,Pd负载型钙钛矿催化剂具有更为优异的NO氧化能力,且储存位碱性适中,因而表现出更强的抗H₂O、CO₂和SO₂的性能,具有良好的应用前景.本文的结果说明了金属-载体相互作用对催化剂活性的显著影响,同时也为理解和设计应用于动态氧化/还原气氛的金属催化剂提供了新的思路.     

从头开始理解形貌依赖的CuOx-CeO_2相互作用（英文）

CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂在CO氧化反应中表现出高催化活性和显著结构敏感性.文献报道中CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂体系的合成条件差异较大,从而导致观察到的CuO_x-CeO_2相互作用存在较大争议.因此,系统研究并阐明CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂中CuO_x-CeO_2相互作用对于理解复杂的CuO_x-CeO_2界面催化作用具有重要的研究意义.近期发现,氧化物纳米晶的形貌可作为一种新的结构参数,在不改变氧化物催化剂组成的条件下实现其结构和性能的调控.本文以不同形貌CeO_2纳米晶为载体,包括优先暴露{110}+{100}晶面的CeO_2纳米棒、优先暴露{100}晶面的CeO_2纳米立方体和优先暴露{111}晶面的CeO_2纳米多面体,采用等体积浸渍方法合成了Cu担载量为0.025%～5%的CuO_x/CeO_2纳米晶催化剂,结合谱学和电镜表征方法,以及CO吸附原位红外光谱,系统研究了CuO_x物种在不同形貌CeO_2纳米晶上的结构演化及其催化CO氧化的构-效关系.结构表征结果表明, CuO_x物种结构不仅依赖于Cu的担载量,也依赖于载体CeO_2的形貌.随着Cu担载量的增加, CuO_x物种优先沉积在CeO_2的表面缺陷位,然后聚集和长大;同时伴随着CuO_x物种从孤立Cu离子到与载体强/弱相互作用的CuO_x团簇,高分散Cu O颗粒和大尺寸Cu O颗粒.孤立Cu+离子和与载体弱相互作用CuO_x团簇主要形成于CeO_2纳米立方体的表面,这可能与CeO_2纳米立方体暴露的氧终止CeO_2{100}晶面相关.CO吸附原位红外结果表明, CuO_x团簇与不同CeO_2表面相互作用的强度顺序为:CeO_2纳米棒暴露的{110}面CeO_2纳米多面体暴露的{111}面CeO_2纳米立方体暴露的{100}面.CeO_2纳米立方体与Cu2+离子间相互作用弱于与Cu+之间的,因此CeO_2纳米立方体负载的CuO_x物种在CO还原过程中容易停留在稳定的Cu+中间物种;而CeO_2纳米棒与Cu2+离子之间的相互作用强于与Cu+之间的相互作用,因此CeO_2纳米棒负载的CuO_x物种在CO还原过程中容易形成金属铜.因此CO吸附原位红外光谱观察到CeO_2纳米立方体负载CuO_x催化剂中吸附在Cu+的CO物种远远多于CeO_2纳米棒负载CuO_x催化剂.CO氧化反应结果表明, CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂表现出同时依赖于CuO_x物种结构和CeO_2形貌的结构敏感性.CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂活性表现出与CuO_x/CeO_2催化剂的CO还原性能的正相关性,说明中CuO_x/CeO_2催化CO氧化反应遵循Mv K反应机理.这些结果系统地关联了CeO_2形貌, CuO_x-CeO_2相互作用, CuO_x物种结构和CeO_2还原性能, CuO_x/CeO_2催化CO氧化反应活性.     

MFI分子筛限域空间内Pd催化剂上甲烷燃烧

甲烷是一种重要的温室气体,其开发利用过程中不完全燃烧所残留的气体排放到大气中会造成严重的环境问题,因此提高甲烷燃烧效率显得尤为重要.与传统燃烧方式相比,催化燃烧在低温区表现出高的燃烧效率,成为甲烷燃烧理想的选择.在实际应用时,甲烷燃烧催化剂应在低温区具备高的催化活性,同时在过量水蒸气存在下具备好的稳定性.负载型Pd基催化剂是当前研究最多的甲烷燃烧催化剂,Pd粒子尺寸、载体类型、酸性位点以及金属与载体的相互作用是影响甲烷燃烧活性与稳定性的关键因素.本文设计了原位水热合成路线将孤立的Pd离子稳定封装于MFI分子筛孔道内(Pd@MFI),以期获得高活性、高稳定性的甲烷燃烧催化剂,并揭示其反应机理与构效关系.通过X射线粉末衍射、高分辨透射电子显微镜以及球差校正扫描透射电子显微镜分析了Pd@MFI催化剂的基本结构,并直接观测了Pd物种在分子筛晶体中的分布;进而利用氨气程序升温脱附、固体核磁共振、氢气程序升温还原、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和CO吸附红外光谱等表征技术研究了催化剂的酸性以及Pd在分子筛中的存在状态.表征结果证实,通过原位水热合成方法可将Pd物种以pd2+和Pd(OH)+的形式封装在MFI分子筛孔道内,孤立的Pd离子与分子筛骨架之间存在着强相互作用,有效稳定Pd离子并实现贵金属Pd的最大化利用.在甲烷燃烧反应中,Pd@H-ZSM-5在高空速下表现出较好的催化活性与较低的表观活化能(70.7 kJ/mol).热稳定性及耐水性测试结果表明,Pd@H-ZSM-5在400℃下连续反应100 h后甲烷燃烧活性无明显下降,且反应后Pd物种在分子筛孔道内仍保持高度分散,说明该催化剂在甲烷燃烧过程中具备优异的稳定性和抗烧结性能.通过反应动力学、程序升温脱附以及原位红外光谱等技术手段研究了甲烷催化氧化机理,结果表明,Brφnsted酸性位点的存在有利于甲烷吸附并促进其在相邻Pd位点上活化,在MFI分子筛限域空间内形成Pd位点和Brφnsted酸性位点的有效协同.原位近常压XPS分析结果表明,Pd@H-ZSM-5催化的甲烷燃烧过程中存在着pd2+-pdn+-pd2+的可逆氧化还原循环.综合分析上述结果,最终可阐明Pd@H-ZSM-5模型催化剂上甲烷燃烧的反应机理.     

固载化催化剂在烯烃氧化合成醛酮中的应用

总结了固载化催化剂在烯烃氧化合成醛酮中的应用。着重介绍了钯配合物固载在无机载本上,钯盐和杂多化合物固载在无机载体上,钯盐固载在化催化剂在烯烃氧化合成醛酮中的应用。对负载型液相催化剂,负载型水相催化剂,负载型熔融盐Wacker催化剂,活性C固载的Pd膜及Pt膜催化剂催化烯烃氧化合成醛酮也作了简单介绍。     

Controlling carbon monoxide emissions from automobile vehicle exhaust using copper oxide catalysts in a catalytic converter

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a very poisonous gas present in the atmosphere. It has significant effects on human beings, animals, plants and the climate. Automobile vehicle exhaust contributes 64% of the CO pollution in urban areas. To control this exhaust pollution, various types of catalysts in catalytic converters have been investigated. Increasing costs of noble metals as a catalyst in automobile vehicles motivates the investigation of material that can be substituted for noble metals. Among the non-noble metals, copper (Cu) is found to be the most capable and highly active catalyst for CO oxidation, compared to precious metal catalysts. Lower cost, easy availability and advance preparation conditions with stabilizers, promoters and so on, make Cu a good choice as an auto exhaust purification catalyst. The oxidation of CO proceeds very quickly over Cu°, followed by Cu⁺ and Cu²⁺. The Cu₂O catalyst is more active in an O₂-rich atmosphere than in O₂-lean conditions. The reduced species of copper (Cu⁰, Cu⁺) are essential for better CO oxidation but smaller Cu particles could be less active than the higher ones. There is a great deal of research available on the Cu catalyst for CO oxidation, but there is a gap in the literature for a review article individually applied to the Cu catalyst for CO oxidation. To fill this gap, the present review updates information on Cu catalysts in the purification of exhaust gases.     

Infrared spectroscopy study of adsorption and coadsorption of carbon monoxide and hydrogen on Ru/Al203

IR spectroscopy was used to study CO adsorption and coadsorption with H₂ on 5% Ru/Al₂O₃. By variation of sample pretreatment, CO pressures, contact time and temperature several surface species were identified: mono– and multicarbonyl species formed with ruthenium in different oxidation state and on various sites of the catalyst surface. During CO and H₂ coadsorption and interaction, a new band at 2030 cm^–1 was registered. It was assigned to a 'hydrocarbonyl' species on the metal particles. Thermal stability of some CO species was studied. Most stable and least reactive species was found to be a multicarbonyl giving rise to bands at 1980 and 2060 cm^–1.     

Adsorption-Induced Segregation as a Method for the Target-Oriented Modification of the Surface of a Bimetallic Pd–Ag Catalyst

The effect of palladium segregation was studied which resulted from the effect of CO and O₂ on the surface structure and catalytic characteristics of the Pd–Ag₂/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The IR-spectroscopic study of adsorbed CO showed that Pd₁ centers isolated from each other by silver atoms predominated on the surface of reduced Pd–Ag₂/Al₂O₃, as evidenced by the almost complete absence of absorption bands typical for the multicentred CO adsorption. In the course of catalyst treatment with CO and O₂, the intensity of absorption bands characteristic of the multicenter CO adsorption considerably increased due to the transformation of a portion of monatomic Pd₁ centers into multiatomic Pd_n ones as a result of the surface segregation of Pd. In this case, a substantial increase in the catalyst activity in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of diphenylacetylene was observed. It was established that, after treatment with CO, the catalyst selectivity for the formation of a target olefin (stilbene) remained almost constant, whereas the treatment with O₂ led to a decrease in the selectivity because of more considerable surface modification.     

Au/α-Fe2O3 催化剂存贮失活环境因素及机理分析

 采用沉积沉淀法制备了 CO 低温氧化催化剂 Au/α-Fe₂O₃, 通过 X 射线衍射、X 射线光电子能谱、N₂ 吸附-脱附、傅里叶变换红外光谱、H₂ 程序升温还原和 CO₂ 程序升温脱附等手段对催化剂进行了表征, 探讨了在室温大气气氛下光线照射以及表面吸附等环境因素所导致的催化剂存贮失活及其作用机理. 结果表明, 经 110 ^oC 干燥的 Au/α-Fe₂O₃催化剂表面同时存在 Au³⁺和 Au^δ+ (0 ≤ δ ≤ 1) 物种, 且前者催化 CO 氧化的活性更高; 在室温大气气氛下, 紫外线照射会引起 Au³⁺的还原和 Au 颗粒的生长, 导致催化剂的不可逆失活. 此外, 空气中的 H₂O 和 CO₂ 可同时吸附在 α-Fe₂O₃的表面, 形成表面碳酸盐物种, 会引起催化剂的可逆失活.     

In situ FT-IR and TPD-MS study of carbon monoxide oxidation over a CeO2/Co3O4 catalyst

The forming of surface species during the adsorption of carbon monoxide (CO) and CO/O₂ on a CeO₂/Co₃O₄ catalyst was investigated by in situ Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption-mass spectroscopy (TPD-MS). When CO was adsorbed on the CeO₂/Co₃O₄ catalyst, two types of surface species were distinguishable at room temperature: carbonate and bicarbonate. Surface carbonate was adsorbed on the cerium and cobalt, while the surface bicarbonate absorbed on the CeO₂/Co₃O₄ catalyst at 1611, 1391, 1216 and 830 cm⁻¹. Furthermore, the TPD-MS profiles revealed that the CeO₂/Co₃O₄ catalyst showed a greater amount of CO₂ than CO at 373 K. The CO desorption from the CeO₂/Co₃O₄ catalyst with increasing temperature showed that the order of thermal stability was surface bicarbonate < surface carbonate < interface carbonate species. Interestingly, the residual carbonate species could remain on the interface up to 473 K. The results revealed that surface bicarbonate could promote the conversion of CO into CO₂ for CO oxidation below 50 K.     

Gold catalysts supported on ZnO/Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> for low-temperature CO oxidation

Gold catalysts with loadings ranging from 0.5 to 7.0 wt% on a ZnO/Al₂O₃ support were prepared by the deposition–precipitation method (Au/ZnO/Al₂O₃) with ammonium bicarbonate as the precipitation agent and were evaluated for performance in CO oxidation. These catalysts were characterized by inductively coupled plasma-atom emission spectrometry, temperature programmed reduction, and scanning transmission electron microscopy. The catalytic activity for CO oxidation was measured using a flow reactor under atmospheric pressure. Catalytic activity was found to be strongly dependent on the reduction property of oxygen adsorbed on the gold surface, which related to gold particle size. Higher catalytic activity was found when the gold particles had an average diameter of 3–5 nm; in this range, gold catalysts were more active than the Pt/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst in CO oxidation. Au/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst with small amount of ZnO is more active than Au/Al₂O₃ catalyst due to higher dispersion of gold particles.     

超声改性的CuO/Al2O3-MgO催化剂结构 及其超低浓度甲烷催化燃烧性能

采用普通浸渍和超声改性的方法分别制备了CuO/Al₂O₃-MgO催化剂,用于超低浓度甲烷的催化燃烧,并利用SEM、XRD、XPS、H₂-TPR等技术对催化剂进行表征,研究了超声改性作用对催化剂的结构和性能的影响.结果表明,与普通浸渍法制备的催化剂相比,在超声改性的CuO/Al₂O₃-MgO催化剂上,甲烷的转化率得到提高,燃烧特征温度降低.随着超声时间的延长和超声功率的增加,催化剂的催化活性均呈现先增大后减小的趋势;催化剂制备的最佳超声工况为功率150 W、时间20 min.超声改性可使催化剂的比表面积和孔容积增大,表面催化活性较高的Cu⁺浓度增加,活性组分CuO由晶相向非晶相转变、分散度增大,晶粒粒径变小、分布更均匀;这使得甲烷催化燃烧的表观活化能下降、催化剂活性得到增强.     

CO oxidation with oxygen of the catalyst and gas-phase oxygen over (0.5−15)%СоО/СеО<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The CO adsorption species on Co₃O₄ and (0.5-15%)CoO/CeO₂ catalysts have been investigated by temperature-programmed desorption and IR spectroscopy. At 20°C, the largest amount of CO is adsorbed on the 5%CoO/CeO₂ sample to form, on Co_m²⁺O_n²⁺ clusters, hydrogen-containing, bidentate, and monodentate carbonate complexes, whose decomposition is accompanied by CO₂ desorption at 300 and 450°C (1.1 × 10²⁰ g^–1). The formation of the carbonates is accompanied by the formation of Co⁺ cations and Co⁰, on which carbonyls form. The latter decompose at 20, 90, and 170°C to release CO (2.7 × 10¹⁹ g^–1). Part of the carbonyls oxidizes to CO₂ upon oxygen adsorption, and the CO₂ undergoes desorption at 20°C. Adsorbed oxygen decreases the decomposition temperature of the H-containing and bidentate carbonates from 300 to 100-170°C and maintains the sample in the oxidized state, which is active in subsequent CO adsorption and oxidation. CO oxidation by oxygen of the catalyst diminishes the activity of the sample in these processes and increases the decomposition temperature of the carbonate complexes. Taking into account the properties of the adsorption complexes, we concluded that the H-containing and bidentate carbonates are involved in CO oxidation by oxygen of the catalyst at ~170°C under isothermal conditions. The rate limiting step is the decomposition of the carbonates, a process whose activation energy is 65-74 kJ/mol.     

Size effects in the CO-oxidation over supported Pd particles

Low pressure CO oxidation was studied over small supported Pd particles by means of static secondary ion mass spectrometry (SSIMS). The SSIMS spectra of adsorbed layers on Pd particles with diameters below ～7nm contained, besides other species, Pd _n X⁺ ions (X=C, O, CO;n=1–3). In experiments with Pd films, Pd _n C⁺ species were much less abundant or even absent from the mass spectra. We conclude that CO decomposed in appreciable amounts only on Pd particles. No significant influence of the support material (mica, MgO,α-Al₂O₃) was seen and posthumous TEM analysis revealed well defined particle morphologies with largely (111) and (100) facets. At total pressures below 10^?4 Pa, the relative carbidic intensities Pd _n C⁺/Pd _n ⁺ , which were taken as proportional to the carbon surface concentrations, first increased with increasing temperatures and then decreased after they passed a maximum at T=400–440 K. The smaller the particle size, the more intense were the maxima. For T ?440 K, carbon was removed from the surface via reaction with oxygen. Strong hysteresis effects in the C_ad and CO_ad concentrations occurred during temperature variation measurements. The Pd _n C⁺/Pd _n ⁺ ratios displayed maxima during heating but not during cooling. While the Pd _n CO⁺/Pd _n ⁺ ratios were always high at 300 K and always low at T>550 K, they were more intense in the medium temperature range when subjecting the samples to heating. These hysteresis effects are discussed in terms of asymmetric adsorption and reaction behaviour of CO/O₂ mixtures, involving inhibition of CO₂ formation by adsorbed carbon and carbon monoxide.