Copper-cerium oxide catalysts for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-containing mixtures: I. Catalytic activity

A series of copper-cerium oxide catalysts were prepared, and their properties toward the reaction of CO oxidation in hydrogen-containing gas mixtures were studied. It was found that the copper-cerium oxide catalysts are stable, active, and selective in this reaction. The conditions under which these catalysts decreased the concentration of CO from 1 to <10^?3 vol % in hydrogen containing water vapor and carbon dioxide were determined.     

Co-Pt bimetallic catalysts for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-containing mixtures

The performance of a Co-Pt powder and of Co-Pt catalysts supported on γ-Al₂O₃ and on the graphite-like carbon material Sibunit in selective CO oxidation in hydrogen-containing mixtures is considered. Fine particles of metal-metal solid solutions and intermetallides were obtained by the decomposition of a Co- and Pt-containing double complex salt in a hydrogen atmosphere at ～400°C. As compared to their Pt and Co monometallic counterparts, the bimetallic catalysts are more active and allow the CO concentration in hydrogen-containing mixtures to be reduced from 1 to 10^?3 vol %. This effect is likely due to the formation of bimetallic particles of a Co-Pt solid solution on the support surface.     

Copper-cerium oxide catalysts prepared by the Pechini method for CO removal from hydrogen-containing mixtures

A series of copper-cerium oxide catalysts was prepared by the Pechini method, and their physicochemical and catalytic properties in CO oxidation in hydrogen-containing gas mixtures were studied. The method chosen for catalyst preparation yields finely dispersed copper and cerium oxides in the catalyst.     

Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of palladium-cerium oxide catalysts for the low-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide

The effect of CeO₂ preparation procedure on the electronic and structural states of the active component of Pd/CeO₂ catalysts and their activity in the low-temperature reaction of CO oxidation was studied. The following two nonequivalent states of palladium were detected in the catalysts having low-temperature activity using XPS and IR spectroscopy: Pd⁰(Pd^δ+) as the constituent of a palladium-reduced interaction phase and Pd²⁺ as the constituent of a palladium-oxidized interaction phase Pd _x CeO_{2 ?δ}. It was found that the procedure used for preparing a CeO₂ support considerably affected the formation of these phases and quantitative ratios between them. It was demonstrated that the palladium-oxidized interaction phase was responsible for low-temperature activity, whereas the palladium-reduced interaction phase was responsible for activity in the region of medium and high temperatures.     

New catalysts for the oxidation of carbon monoxide

Catalytic activity of binary and multicomponent semiconductors of the ZnSe-CdTe system prepared in a form of powders and nanofilms in CO oxidation was studied by pulsed flow and circulation flow methods. The conditions of maximal CO conversion were determined from the results of investigation of individual and joint adsorption of the reactants in a broad temperature range, and the specific activity of the catalysts was determined by the specific reaction rate at the specified temperature and composition of the reaction mixture. A noticeable catalytic transformation of CO on the semiconductors under study (up to 78.5%) was noted as low as room temperature. It was concluded that the oxidation of CO and adsorption of the CO + O₂ mixture proceeds mainly by the collisional mechanism. It was noted that the high activity of studied catalysts already at room temperature (the (ZnSe)_0.05(CdTe)_0.95 solid solution possessed the highest activity) and the absence of high-cost metals in their composition allow us to recommend them as low-temperature, relatively low-cost catalysts for the neutralization of CO (carbon monoxide).     

Cobalt promoted copper manganese oxide catalysts for ambient temperature carbon monoxide oxidation

Low levels of cobalt doping (1 wt%) of copper manganese oxide enhances its activity for carbon monoxide oxidation under ambient conditions and the doped catalyst can display higher activity than current commercial catalysts.     

Effect of nickel oxide additive on properties of catalysts used in the reaction of selective oxidation of carbon monoxide

Effect of nickel oxide additives on the oxidation selectivity of carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen was studied for the widely recognized system constituted by copper and cerium oxides. It was shown that a significant positive effect is observed upon introduction of the nickel-containing additive (??0.3%) due to the electron-donor effect of nickel oxide. It was demonstrated that the catalyst of composition NiO/CuO/CeO₂/Al₂O₃ shows high selectivity in the reaction of CO oxidation.     

Titanium-supported nickel-copper oxide catalysts for oxidation of carbon(II) oxide

Nickel-copper compositions for catalytic oxidation of carbon(II) oxide to carbon(IV) oxide were prepared by impregnation of oxide films on titanium surface, obtained by plasma electrolytic oxidation followed by annealing. Plasma electrolysis oxide coatings with a layer thickness of 5 to 50 μm were generated using different electrolytes. The compositions were studied by X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray spectral analysis, and electron microscopy, and moisture absorption of the initial plasma electrolytic structures was estimated. A linear correlation was found between the overall concentration of nickel and copper (4 to 25 mol %) in the surface layer of ∼2–5-μm compositions and their catalytic activity. The overall concentration of nickel and copper was found to increase in parallel with the moisture absorption of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings. Nickel-copper compositions based on plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings generated in a silicate electrolyte displayed the best catalytic, mechanical, and adhesion properties.     

Effect of the nature of the support for copper-cerium oxide catalysts on selective oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich mixtures

We have studied the catalytic properties of copper-cerium oxide catalysts, supported on zirconium, aluminum, titanium, and manganese oxides, in the reaction of selective oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich mixtures. We have shown that the high activity and selectivity of catalysts supported on zirconium and aluminum oxides is connected with the presence of (in addition to divalent copper) higher amounts of copper in the (+1) oxidation state in the catalysts. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 119–124, March–April, 2006.     

纳米银催化剂上CO氧化反应研究进展

纳米Ag催化剂由于具有独特的物理和化学性质,在很多反应中受到了越来越多的关注,尤其对低温催化一氧化碳氧化反应.近年来,银催化剂表现出较高的催化活性、稳定性以及良好的应用前景,能够在常温下将CO氧化为CO2.本文结合本课题组的研究进展,从制备方法、载体、预处理、第二组分、其它气氛和催化反应机理等方面对Ag基催化剂上CO氧化反应进行了系统的讨论和总结.     

Kinetics of the total oxidation of para-xylene and its mixtures with carbon monoxide over supported copper catalysts

The kinetics of the total oxidation of para-xylene and its mixtures with CO over alumina-supported copper catalysts has been investigated at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range from 200 to 270°C. The reactions over the catalysts 10%CuO/γ-Al₂O₃ and (10%CuO + 20%CeO₂)/γ-Al₂O₃ obey the same kinetic equations in fractional rational form. These equations imply that the reactions occur at medium surface coverages of adsorbed substances and differ only in numerical values of constants. The simultaneous oxidation of para-xylene and CO reveals a complicated mutual influence associated with the formation of new intermediates inducing a change in the kinetics of the process.     

State of the copper ions in the catalysts for oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide

The state of the copper ions in the catalysts for the oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, prepared by dissolving an activated copper-containing aluminum alloy in water followed by calcination (method A) and by impregnation of the support produced by dissolving activated aluminum in water with copper nitrate solution (method B), was investigated by diffuse reflection electronic spectroscopy. It was established that the catalysts contain Cu ²⁺ ions stabilized in fields of octahedral symmetry. The concentration of these ions depends on the method of synthesis of the catalyst, its copper content, and the pretreatment temperature. It is higher in the samples produced by impregnation than in the samples produced by fusion; increase in the amount of copper leads to a decrease while increase in the calcination temperature leads to an increase in the concentration of the above-mentioned ions. Treatment of the oxide systems with the reaction mixture does not affect the state and concentration of Cu ²⁺. The catalytic activity of the samples depends on the method of preparation and increases with decrease in the amount of Cu ²⁺ (O_h) and with increase in the content of the CuO phase in the system.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 786–790, April, 1992.     

Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide on supported gold catalysts

Catalyst precursors containing 1% Au were synthesized by the impregnation of Al₂O₃ and CeO₂-Al₂O₃ supports with an aqueous solution of HAuCl₄ followed by drying, treatment with aqueous ammonia for the removal of chlorine residues, and final drying at 90°C. The oxidation of CO in gas containing ～1 vol % O₂, ～1 vol % CO, 60 vol % H₂, and the balance N₂ on the activated catalysts was studied. In a number of experiments, to 18 vol % water was added to the gas mixture. The activation of precursors by the initial gas was studied. It was found that the prolonged storage of a precursor in air made its activation difficult to perform. The 1%Au/Al₂O₃ catalyst activated by the gas mixture stably operated in the preferential oxidation of CO at room temperature with the occurrence of the reaction in the mode of catalyst surface ignition (a hot spot at the bed inlet) under a change in the feed gas flow rate by a factor of 3. The effect of the presence of additional CO₂ (to 39 vol %) on the oxidation of H₂ was studied: the catalyst activity decreased. Because the reaction of CO₂ reduction to CO did not occur, the effect can be due to the adsorption of CO₂ on gold. The effect of the addition of water vapor to the feed gas was studied with the use of 1%Au/CeO₂-Al₂O₃ as an example. The exo/endo effects related to the adsorption/desorption of water on the catalyst surface were detected upon steam supply and shutoff at a bed temperature of 100–150°C. It was noted that the addition of water vapor to a certain level favorably affected the selectivity (decreased the residual concentration of CO). The boundary water concentration, at which the effect became negative, depended on catalyst bed temperature. The higher was the bed temperature, the greater amount of water could be added until the manifestation of a negative effect.     

The oxidation of carbon monoxide on iron oxide

The oxidation of CO on α-Fe₂O₃ was studied in a flow reactor. The conversion was complete at 650–660 K. The catalytic activity of iron oxide was higher than that of the ferrite-containing xMgOyFe₂O₃ catalyst. The adsorption of CO on iron oxide and the kinetics of interaction of carbon monoxide with oxygen atomically adsorbed on the surface of α-Fe₂O₃ were studied. The kinetic parameters of the oxidation of CO are evidence of the participation of adsorbed oxygen atoms, whose binding energy on the surface of α-Fe₂O₃ is lower than that on the surface of the magnesium ferrite-containing catalyst.     

Mixed metal oxide catalysts for the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone

MgAl and MgMAl oxides(M = Co,Ni and Cu) with a Mg:M:Al molar ratio = 4:1:1 were synthesized from the calcination of their corresponding layered double hydroxide(LDHs) precursors.Their catalytic activities were examined for the oxidation of ethylbenzene using tert-butylhydroperoxide(TBHP) as an oxidant.The oxidized product was mainly acetophenone.The catalytic activities were in the order of MgCuAl>MgNiAl～NiAl～MgCoAl～CoAl>CuAl>MgAl oxides.Reusability studies show that the catalysts are stable under the re...     

Gas chromatographic kinetic study of carbon monoxide oxidation over platinum-rhodium alloy catalysts.

The kinetics for the oxidation of carbon monoxide in the presence of excess oxygen over Pt-Rh alloy catalysts were studied by using the reversed-flow gas chromatography technique. Suitable mathematical analysis equations were derived by means of which the rate constants for the oxidation reaction of carbon monoxide, as well as for the adsorption and desorption of the reactant CO on the catalysts pure Pt, 75 atom% Pt+25 atom% Rh, 50 atom% Pt+50 atom% Rh, 25 atom% Pt+75 atom% Rh and pure Rh supported on SiO2 were determined. All the catalysts show a maximum rate constant for the production of CO2 at a characteristic temperature close to that found in the literature. The rate constants for the adsorption of CO increase generally with increasing temperature, while those for the desorption decrease with increasing temperature. From the variation of the rate constants with temperature activation energies for the oxidation reaction and adsorption of CO were determined, which are sensitive to the composition of the catalytic surface. The appearance of CO2 and carbon, when introducing pure CO into the column with the catalysts, verified a partial dissociative adsorption (e.g., disproportionation) of CO on the catalysts used. The latter indicates a mechanism for the CO oxidation through a partial dissociative adsorption of CO followed by the reaction of adsorbed CO molecules with adsorbed O atoms.     

Platinum and molybdenum oxide deposited carbon electrocatalyst for oxidation of hydrogen containing carbon monoxide

Carbon-supported Pt/MoO_x catalysts for use in PEFC anodes were prepared and their catalytic activity for the oxidation of CO-contaminated H₂ was examined based on the fuel cell performance in PEFC single cell arrangements. Based on the XRD pattern and XPS measurements of the prepared Pt/MoO_x/C catalysts, it was found that the deposited MoO_x exists as an amorphous oxide phase. The MoO_x phase shows a redox peak at around 0.45 V, which was revealed by the cyclic voltammogram of the Pt/MoO_x/C in sulfuric acid solution. The PEFC performance of the cell with Pt/MoO_x/C was improved under 100 ppm CO-contaminated H₂ conditions compared to the Pt/C catalyst, and was almost comparable to the PtRu(1:1)/C catalyst.     

Activity of silver catalysts in the reaction of nitric oxide with carbon monoxide

The specific catalytic activity of supported silver at equivalent amounts of reagents is approximately 10 times lower than that of silver powder. This is due to the influence of the reaction medium on the catalyst: under the reaction conditions, microcrystals of silver are extensively oxidized and lose their activity. In the steady state the reaction proceeds mainly on large silver crystallites, which remain in the metallic state under reaction conditions. At excess carbon monoxide, no significant influence of the metal dispersity on the catalytic activity is observed.

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