Realization approach of Pd-only three-way catalysts with high catalytic performance and thermal stability

Pd-only three-way catalyst(TWC),Pd supported on washcoating(the mixture of alumina and Ce-Zr solid solution)/cordierite,was prepared and its catalytic performance and the operation window(λ-value)at 450°C were evaluated with the simulated automotive exhaust feed gas.Surfactants such as Tween-80 and Span-20 were added in the process of preparing the catalyst in order to improve the thermal stability and catalytic performance of Pd-only TWC.The fresh and aged catalysts at 1000°C for4 h were characterized by low-temperature N2 adsorption,XRD,XPS,and H2-TPR techniques.The results show that the presence of surfactants in the synthesis slurry could influence the physicochemical properties of the final Pd-only TWC.The FTS catalyst prepared with the mixed surfactant of Tween-80 and Span-20 exhibited excellent three-way catalytic performance.After being aged at 1000°C for 4 h,the catalytic performances of Pd-only TWCs slightly decreased,but the FTS catalyst still demonstrated higher catalytic performance and better thermal stability compared with the Pd-only catalysts prepared with single surfactant or without any surfactant.And the FTS catalyst has a widerλvalue(operation window)than other catalysts,even after being aged at 1000°C.     

Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over Ni-Mo-Mg-O catalysts

In this work, a series of Ni-Mo-Mg-O catalysts with mesoporous structure prepared by sol-gel method were investigated for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP). The techniques of temperature-programmed reduction with H2 (H2-TPR), N2 adsorption-desorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) were employed for catalyst characterization. It is found that the activity of the catalysts for ODHP increases first and then decreases with the increase of Mo content. The catalyst with a Mo/Ni atomic ratio of 1/1 exhibits the best catalytic activity, which gives the propene selectivity of 81.4% at a propane conversion of 11.3% under 600°C and maintains the good catalytic performance for 22 h on stream. This is related not only to its high reducibility and dispersion as revealed by TPR and XRD, but also to the formation of more selective oxygen species on the MoOx-NiO interface as identified by XPS.     

Synergistic Effects of the ZnCl2-SiCl4 Modified TiCl4 /MgCl2 /THF Catalytic System on Ethylene/1-Hexene and Ethylene/1-Octene Copolymerizations简

The copolymerizations of ethylene with 1-hexene or 1-octene by using TiCl4 /MgCl2 /THF catalysts modified with different metal halide additives(ZnCl2, SiCl4, and the combined ZnCl2-SiCl4) were investigated based on catalytic activity and copolymer properties. It was found that the catalyst modified with mixed ZnCl2-SiCl4 revealed the highest activities for both ethylene/1-hexene and ethylene/1-octene copolymerization. The increase in activities was due to the formation of acidic sites by modifying the catalysts with Lewis acids. Based on the FTIR measurements, the characteristic C―O―C peaks of the catalysts modified with metal halide additives were slightly shifted to lower wavenumber when compared to the unmodified catalyst. This showed that the modified catalysts could generate more acid sites in the TiCl4 /MgCl2 /THF catalytic system leading to an increase in activities as well as comonomer insertion(as proven by13C-NMR). However, Lewis acidmodifications did not affect the microstructure of the copolymers obtained. By comparison on the properties of copolymers prepared with the unmodified catalyst, it was found that polymers with ZnCl2 and/or SiCl4 modification exhibited a slight decrease in melting temperature, crystallinity and density. It is suggested that these results were obtained based on the different amount of α-olefins insertion, regardless of the types of Lewis acids and comonomer.     

NiO-CaO materials as promising catalysts for hydrogen production through carbon dioxide capture and subsequent dry methane reforming

In this work, CaO-NiO mixed oxide powders were evaluated as consecutive CO_2 chemisorbents and catalytic materials for hydrogen production thought the CH_4 reforming process. Between the NiO impregnated CaO and CaO-NiO mechanical composite, the first one presented better chemical behaviors during the CO_2 capture and CH_4 reforming processes, obtaining syngas(H_2+ CO) as final product. Results showed that syngas was produced at two different temperature ranges, between 400 and 600 °C and at T 800 °C, where the first temperature range corresponds to the CH_4 reforming process but the second temperature range was attributed to a different catalytic reaction process: CH_4 partial oxidation. These results were confirmed through different isothermal and cyclic experiments as well as by XRD analysis of the final catalytic products, where the nickel reduction was evidenced. Moreover, when a CO-O_2 flow was used during the carbonation process a triple process was achieved:(i) CO oxidation,(ii) CO_2 chemisorption and(iii) CH_4 reforming. Using this gas flow the hydrogen production was always higher than that obtained with CO_2.     

Performance and Kinetics Studies on Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH3 over MnOx-WO3/TiO2 Catalyst

The catalytic activities of MnOx-WO3/TiO2 for selective catalytic reduction(SCR) of NO with NH3 were investigated in a wide range of temperature and reaction condition.It yielded a NOx conversion of 80.3%-99.6% and a N2 product selectivity of 100%-98.7% during 100 °C to 350 °C at gas hourly space velocity(GHSV)=18900 h-1.In the presence of 0.01% SO2 and 6% H2O at 120 °C,the NOx conversion can maintain 98.5%.At 300 °C and with 0.07% SO2 in reactant stream,the NOx conversion stabilized at 99% as high as the commercial V-W/TiO2 catalyst's level.The steady-state kinetics study shows that O2 played a promoting role.In the presence of less than 1.5% O2,NOx conversion can increase sharply with the increase of O2 concentration.The reaction order was zero with respect to NH3 and first with respect to NO with excess O2 and H2O.The kinetics active energy(Ea) of Mn-W/TiO2 was calculated to be 6.24 kJ/mol according to the kinetic experiment at various temperatures,much lower than those of other catalysts reported in the literature.Mn-W/TiO2 is an excellent catalyst for SCR of NO with NH3 by now.     

In situ catalytic conversion of biomass fast pyrolysis vapors on HZSM–5

In situ catalytic conversion of biomass fast pyrolysis vapors was carried out on HZSM-5 with varying Si/Al ratios(ranging from 20 to 300) at 450 °C. The effects of Si/Al ratios of HZSM-5 zeolites on the distribution of biomass fast pyrolysis products and carbon deposits on catalysts were investigated. It was quite remarkable that after in situ catalytic conversion the amount of light phenols and hydrocarbons increased significantly while that of heavy phenols decreased a lot. Besides, the yield of cyclopentenones with relatively low oxygen content generally increased. It also indicated that as the Si/Al ratios of HZSM-5 increased, the amount of hydrocarbons and light phenols was found to drop greatly. The amount of carbon deposits was found to be around 8.5% with the exception of HZSM-5 with the Si/Al ratio of 300,which is much lower. Moreover, the carbon deposits yield dropped gradually with increasing Si/Al ratios of HZSM-5.Calcination of spent catalysts at 600 °C helped to restore the catalytic activity to a large extent despite a relatively lower efficiency of deoxygenation. Results indicated that HZSM-5 with relatively high acidity displayed great catalytic performance.     

纳米Co3O4的制备、 表征及CO低温催化氧化

Various nanometer Co₃O₄ samples were prepared and the catalytic performance of CO oxidation were examined. It was found that the activities of the catalysts were greatly changed with variation of the preparation methods and pretreatment conditions. Among the samples tested, Co₃O₄ prepared by using dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid sodium salt(DBS) as the surfactant, calcined at 300 ℃ showed the highest activity and it was able to oxidize completely CO even at -78 ℃. Characterization of these samples by XRD and BET means showed that the catalytic acitivity increased with the decrease of the average particle size, suggests that the average particle size of nanometer Co₃O₄ samples is the main controlling factor of the catalytic activity.     

Melting and Annealing Peak Temperatures of Poly(butylene succinate) on the Same Hoffman-Weeks Plot Parallel to Tm=Tc Line

The crystallization and melting behavior of polymers is of theoretical importance. In this work, poly(butylene succinate)(PBS) was selected as an example to study such behavior at low supercooling via introduction of the extended-chain crystal(ECC) of the same polymer as nucleating agent. The crystallization of PBS with its ECC as nucleating agent in a wide temperature range(90–127 °C) and the following melting behavior were studied. It is revealed that the melting point(T_m, for T_c≥113 °C) and the annealing peak temperature(T_a, for T_c=90–100 °C) show similar asymptotic behavior. Both T_m and T_a approach to a value of ca. 3.3 °C higher than the corresponding T_c when the crystallization time tc approaches the starting point. That is to say, the Hoffman-Weeks plot is parallel to T_m=T_c line. The crystallization line became parallel to the melting line when PBS was crystallized at T_c higher than 102 °C. Based on these results, we propose that the parallel relationship and the intrinsic similarity between the T_a and the T_m observed at the two ends of the T_c range could be attributed to the metastable crystals formed at the beginning of crystallization.     

用于NO和C_(10)H_(22)氧化及C_(10)H_(22)选择性还原NO的(La_(0.8)A_(0.2))MnO_3(A=Sr,K)钙钛矿催化剂(英文)

In this work, we studied the catalytic activity of LaMnO3 and(La0.8A0.2)MnO3(A = Sr, K) perovskite catalysts for oxidation of NO and C10H22 and selective reduction of NO by C10H22. The catalytic per‐formances of these perovskites were compared with that of a 2 wt% Pt/SiO2 catalyst. The La site substitution increased the catalytic properties for NO or C10H22 oxidation compared with the non‐substituted LaMnO3 sample. For the most efficient perovskite catalyst,(La0.8Sr0.2)MnO3, the results showed the presence of two temperature domains for NO adsorption:(1) a domain corre‐sponding to weakly adsorbed NO, desorbing at temperatures lower than 270 °C and(2) a second domain corresponding to NO adsorbed on the surface as nitrate species, desorbing at temperatures higher than 330 °C. For the Sr‐substituted perovskite, the maximum NO2 yield of 80% was observed in the intermediate temperature domain (around 285 °C). In the reactant mixture of NO/C10H22/O2/H2O/He,(La0.8Sr0.2)MnO3 perovskite showed better performance than the 2 wt% Pt/SiO2 catalyst: NO2 yields reaching 50% and 36% at 290 and 370 °C, respectively. This activity improvement was found to be because of atomic scale interactions between the A and B active sites, Sr2+ cation and Mn4+/Mn3+ redox couple. Thus,(La0.8Sr0.2)MnO3 perovskite could be an alternative free noble metal catalyst for exhaust gas after treatment.     

Melamine modified carbon felts anode with enhanced electrogenesis capacity toward microbial fuel cells

Surface electropositivity and low internal resistance are important factors to improve the anode performance in microbial fuel cells(MFCs). Nitrogen doping is an effective way for the modification of traditional carbon materials. In this work, heat treatment and melamine were used to modify carbon felts to enhance electrogenesis capacity of MFCs. The modified carbon felts were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), scanning electron microscope(SEM), atomic force microscopy(AFM)and malvern zeta potentiometer. Results show that the maximum power densities under heat treatment increase from 276.1 to 423.4 m W/m~2(700 °C) and 461.5 m W/m~2(1200 °C) and further increase to472.5 m W/m~2(700 °C) and 515.4 m W/m~2(1200 °C) with the co-carbonization modification of melamine.The heat treatment reduces the material resistivity, improves the zeta potential which is beneficial to microbial adsorption and electron transfer. The addition of melamine leads to the higher content of surface pyridinic and quaternary nitrogen and higher zeta potential. It is related to higher MFCs performance. Generally, the melamine modification at high temperature increases the feasibility of carbon felt as MFCs' s anode materials.     

Preparation, Characterization and Application of ZnAlLa-Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds

The preparation of ZnAlLa-hydrotalcite-like compounds [ZnAlLa-HTLcs] was studied.ZnAlLa-HTLcs were synthesized by a method of variable pH with the raw materials of Zn(NO3)2.Al(NO3)3, La(NO3)3, and NaOH. The effects of some factors (i.e. pH values, the mole ratio of Al^3- to La^3-.temperature and the period of hydrothermal treatment) on the preparation of HTLcs were discussed systematically. XRD. TG-DTA. FT-IR spectroscopy, and ICP were performed to characterize ZnAlLa-HTLcs samples, and the thermal stability of HTLcs was also discussed. It was shown that unique ZnAlLa-HTLcs with high crystallinity can be prepared, under the conditions of pH=5.5-6.5. n(Zn^2 )/n(Al^3 La^3 )=2 and the atomic ratio of La^3 to Al^3 ranging from 0.07 to 2. hydrothermal treatment at 120℃ for 5 h. When the calcination of the HTLcs is performed at temperatures above 200℃. ZnO phase is detected with Al2O3 and La2O3 spreading on its top. The complex metal oxides derived from ZnAlLa-HTLcs at 500℃ have higher catalytic activity and selectivity than those from ZnAl-HTLcs for the esterification of acetic acid with n-butanol under the same reaction conditions.     

Synthesis of high density and low freezing point jet fuels range cycloalkanes with cyclopentanone and lignin-derived vanillins

In this work, a “cyclopentanone-vanillin” strategy was proposed for the preparation of jet fuel range cycloalkanes from lignocellulose-derived ketones and lignin-derived aldehydes via aldol condensation and hydrodeoxygenation(HDO). Ethanolamine lactate ionic liquid(LAIL) exhibited excellent catalytic activity in the aldol condensation of cyclopentanone and vanillin. Desired mono-condensation and bicondensation products were obtained with yield of 95.2% at 100 °C. It is found that the synergy eff...     

CuCl/沸石双功能羰基化催化剂催化合成叔碳酸

Bifunctional carbonylation catalysts were prepared by introducing both of acidic and metallic sites into zeolites, such as β, M and Y, by which tertiary butyl acid was synthesized under mild reaction conditions. The effects of reaction temperature and the copper amount as well as the acid strength on the catalytic activity were investigated. The results show that when the content of cuprous for β, M and Y are 2 35%, 2 48% and 7 13% respectively, the carbonylation activity of the related sample is the greatest. In the reaction temperature range, lower temperature is favorable for yielding acid and higher temperature is favorable for yielding ester. The catalytic activity increases with the increase of the acid strength. The in situ FT IR study shows that Cu(Ⅰ) is the metallic active site.     

Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Na-W-Mn/Si0_2 Catalysts at Elevated Pressures

Na-Mn-W/SiO2 catalysts were studied for the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) in a micro fixed bed reactor made of stainless steel reactor at elevated pressures. The effect of operating conditions, such as GHSV, pressure, temperature and CH4/O2 ratio on the catalytic performance of OCM was investigated. The C2+ selectivity of 80.3% was obtained at a CH4 conversion of 16.1% at 750℃, 1.5×105h-1 GHSV, and 0.6 MPa. Also, there is a small output of C3 and C4 hydrocarbons in the tail gas. The results show that unfavorable effects due to elevated pressure can be overcome by increasing GHSV, and the OCM reaction is strongly dependent on the operating conditions at elevated pressures, particularly GHSV and the CH4/O2 ratio.     

Dehydrogenation characteristics of LiAlH_4 improved by in-situ formed catalysts

The hydrogen storage properties and catalytic mechanism of FeCl_2-doped LiAlH_4 were investigated in minute details. LiAlH_4-2 mol% FeCl_2 samples start to release hydrogen at 76 °C, which is 64 °C lower than that of as-received LiAlH_4. Isothermal desorption measurements show that the 2 mol% FeCl_2-doped sample releases 7.0 wt% of hydrogen within 17 min at 250 °C. At lower temperatures of 110 °C and 80 °C, the sample can release 4.4 wt% and 3 wt% of hydrogen, respectively. The apparent activation energy of LiAlH_4-2 mol% FeCl_2 samples for R2 is 105.02 k J/mol, which is 67 k J/mol lower than that of pure LiAlH_4. The reaction between LiAlH_4 and FeCl_2 during ball milling was found by analyzing the X-ray diffraction results,and Fe-Al particles formed in-situ from the reaction act as the real catalyst for the dehydrogenation of LiAlH_4.     

Characterization and catalytic behavior of La_(2-x)(Sr,Th)_xCuO_(4±λ) in reaction NO+CO

Two mixed oxide systems La2-xSrxCuO4±λ(0 0≤x≤1.0) and La2-xTh,CuO4 (0 0≤10.4) with K2NiF4 structure were prepared by varying x values Their crystal structures were studied by means of XRD and IR spectra.The average valence of Cu ion at B site,nonstoichiometric oxygen (λ) and the chemical compo-sition in the bulk and on the surface of the catalysts were measured by means of chemical analysis and XPS The catalytic behavior in reaction CO+NO was investigated under the regular change of average valence of Cu ion at B site and nonstoichiometric oxygen (λ).Meanwhile,the adsorption and activation of the small molecules NO and the mixture of NO+CO over the mixed oxide catalysts were studied by means of MS-TPD The catalytic mechanism of reaction NO+CO over these oxide catalysts were proposed; and it has been found that,at lower temperatures the activation of NO is the rate determining step and the catalytic activity is related to the lower valent metallic ion and its concentration,while at higher temperat     

Polarographic catalytic wave of hydrogen——Parallel catalytic hydrogen wave of bovine serum albumin in the presence of oxidants

A polarographic catalytic hydrogen wave of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at about -1.80 V (vs. SCE) in NH4CI-NH3 · H2O buffer is further catalyzed by such oxidants as iodate, per-sulfate and hydrogen peroxide, producing a kinetic wave. Studies show that the kinetic wave is a parallel catalytic wave of hydrogen, which resulted from that hydrogen ion is electrochemically reduced and chemically regenerated through oxidation of its reduction product, atomic hydrogen, by oxidants mentioned above. It is a new type of poralographic catalytic wave of protein, which is suggested to be named as a parallel catalytic hydrogen wave.     

Synthesis of Mesoporous Cu-Mn-Al_2O_3 Materials and Their Applications to Preferential Catalytic Oxidation of CO in a Hydrogen-rich Stream

A series of mesoporous Cu-Mn-Al2O3(CMA) materials was synthesized at moderate temperature and their structures were characterized by XRD, N2 physical adsorption and TPR techniques. It was found that using metal complex ion[Cu(NH3) 42+-Mn(NH3)62+] as raw materials is easier to form good-structure mesoporous Cu-Mn-Al2O3 materials than using its nitrate salt [Cu(NO3)2-Mn(NO3)2]. The TPR tests results indicate that CuO and MnOx were homogeneously dispersed in the mesoporous materials. Their catalytic application to preferential catalytic oxidation of CO in a hydrogen-rich stream was studied. The activity varies in the order of CMA(1:1, molar ratio) CMA(1:2)CMA(2:1)CMA(CP)CMA(1:0)≈CMA(0:1). The CMA(1:0) and CMA(0:1) have lower activity compared to other samples, implying that there existed coordination effect between Cu-Mn in the samples. The selectivity varied in the order of CMA(0:1)≥CMA(1:2)CMA(1:1)CMA(2:1)CMA(1:0) at higher temperature (≥120 °C), indicating that increasing the Cu content enhanced the conversion of H2. The sample CMA(CP) made by coprecipitation method has a lower CO oxidation activity and selectivity than its counter-parts of mesoporous Cu-Mn-Al2O3 materials[CMA(1:2)], this attributed to the lower surface area of the former and poor interaction of CuO with MnOx.     

Unraveling and optimizing the metal-metal oxide synergistic effect in a highly active Cox(CoO)1–x catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

The relation between catalytic reactivities and metal/metal oxide ratios, as well as the functions of the metal and the metal oxides were investigated in the CO_2 hydrogenation reaction over highly active Co_x(CoO)_1–xcatalysts in operando. The catalytic reactivity of the samples in the CO_2 methanation improves with the increased Co O concentration. Strikingly, the sample with the highest concentration of CoO, i.e., Co_0.2(CoO)_0.8, shows activity at temperatures lower than 200 °C where the other samples with less CoO are inactive. The origins of this improvement are the increased amount and moderate binding of adsorbed CO_2 on CoO sites. The derivative adsorption species are found to be intermediates of the CH4 formation. The metallic Co functions as the electronically catalytic site which provides electrons for the hydrogenation steps. As a result, an abundant amount of CoO combined with Co is the optimal composition of the catalyst for achieving the highest reactivity for CO_2 hydrogenation.     

Deciphering the high-carbonization-temperature triggered enzymatic activity of wool-derived N,S-co-doped carbon nanosheets

It is well-established that high carbonization temperature will trigger the enzyme-like activity of carbon-based materials. However, the catalytic mechanism is still ambiguous, which hinders the further rational design of nanomaterials as enzyme mimics. Hereby, N, S-rich carbonized wool nanosheets(CWs) were synthesized at different pyrolysis temperatures. As expected, only CWs treated with high-temperature possess intrinsic oxidase-and peroxidase-like activities. Meanwhile, density functional th...