Cyclohexanol dehydrogenation over Cu/SiO2 and CuO/SiO2: A comparison

Various CuO/SiO₂ catalysts were prepared and characterized by XRD, surface area and metal area measurements. While dehydrogenation activity for cyclohexanol was observed at 473–573 K on reduced catalysts, it was observed only at 573 K on the unreduced catalyst.IICT Communication No: 3261     

Catalytic activity of ion implanted single crystal supports: A new tool in catalysis studies

The catalytic activity of platinum implanted into monocrystalline supports of α-Al₂O₃ and MgO has been studied using the toluene hydrogenation reaction. The activity was found to depend both on the nature of the pretreating gas and also the temperature, X-ray diffraction analysis on α-Al₂O₃ catalyst showed that after argon pretreatment and subsequent catalytic reaction at 573 K the platinum was partly on the support surface and poorly crystallised, whereas after treatment at 1273 K all the platinum had migrated to the surface as crystallites of 140 A diameter with the (111) face preferentially oriented to the surface.     

Exceptional susceptibility of ceria-supported rhodium catalyst to inhibitory SMSI effects including acetone hydrogenation

Complementary lines of evidence, as follows, are presented to show that hydrogen pretreatments of a ceria-supported rhodium catalyst (Rh-CeO₂) at rather moderate temperatures (653–573 K) cause this system to progress deeply into a strongly inhibitory SMSI state: (i) by comparative measurements, with a continuous-flow microcatalytic reactor system at a fixed reaction temperature of only 343 K, of the activities of samples of the Rh–CeO₂ material for hydrogenation of acetone vapour to isopropanol, after prereduction at temperatures in the range 413 - 653 K. Complete loss of hydrogenation activity is thus demonstrated after reduction at 653 K, but full restoration of activity is shown to be achieved upon reoxidation in O₂ at 673 K followed by re-reduction at 413 K; (ii) by selective identifications, using proton NMR, of hydrogen chemisorbed on the rhodium of Rh-CeO₂ and its differentiation from hydrogen absorbed by, or adsorbed onto, the ceria support.These results of selective characterizations of H-Rh upon Rh-CeO₂ samples prereduced in H₂ at temperatures in the range 473–573 K confirm a severe inhibition of the ability to produce H-Rh species after prereduction at 573 K, and thus provide complementary evidence for creation of an SMSI-state in Rh/CeO₂ after prereduction at this relatively low temperature. Additional information on rhodium-induced modifications of surface and bulk properties of Rh/CeO₂ samples exposed to vacuum, H₂ or O₂ at various temperatures emerges from comparative measurements of Rh/CeO₂ and CeO₂ using the techniques of electron spin resonance, volumetric evaluation of carbon monoxide chemisorption, and gravimetric monitoring of hydrogen absorption/adsorption.     

Selective oxidation of crotyl alcohol and crotonaldehyde on V2O5/MgO: In situ FTIR study

The adsorption of crotyl alcohol, crotonaldehyde and crotonic acid on MgO, V₂O₅ and V₂O₅/MgO mixed oxide was studied under oxidizing conditions by in situ FTIR spectroscopy. The results were further analyzed in order to investigate the surface intermediates of crotonaldehyde oxidative dehydrogenation to maleic anhydride. A stable surface compound, alkoxide, was found during the crotyl alcohol adsorption for all oxides at room temperature (RT). The reaction between the adsorbed crotonaldehyde and the oxygen atom of the catalyst resulted in the formation of carboxylate at higher temperatures (T>373 K). The formation of two different reaction products (furane and maleic anhydride) was detected from IR spectra following the crotonaldehyde adsorption at various oxygen pressures. It can be deduced that crotonic acid easily dissociates to form the surface carboxylate-crotonate, which is further oxidized to maleate and consequently to maleic anhydride at 573 K.     

Ni-Fe催化剂乙醇部分氧化制氢的研究

研究了Ni Fe催化剂对乙醇部分氧化制氢反应,系统地考察了不同O2/C2H5OH摩尔比及反应温度下催化剂的性能.发现Ni Fe催化剂对乙醇部分氧化制氢具有较好的催化活性,其中组成为Ni50Fe50催化剂最好,最佳的反应条件是O2/C2H5OH=1.0,T=573 K.XRD谱图表明催化剂主要由尖晶石结构的铁酸盐和FeNi3合金相组成. XPS结果说明,催化剂体相以还原态FeNi3合金相为主,表面以氧化态的铁酸盐为主.稳定性考察的结果表明,催化剂经40 h反应后,对氢的选择性明显下降,此时对应的FeNi3物相衍射峰强度也明显降低,表明催化剂对H2选择性的下降与FeNi3物相的转变有关.     

Conversion of 2-propanol over chromium orthophosphates

The conversion (dehydration/dehydrogenation) of 2-propanol on a series of CrPO₄ (Cr/P=1) catalysts, differently prepared and thermally treated at 773–1073 K, has been studied by microcatalytic pulse reactor technique at different temperatures (473–573 K). Catalytic performance is strongly affected by the precipitation agent. Catalysts obtained in propylene oxide-aqueous ammonia showed the highest activity towards propene compared to other catalysts. Calcination at increasing temperatures caused a decrease in activity due to the decrease in surface acid character. Dehydrogenation to 2-propanone occurs to a small extent at all reaction temperatures. Propene selectivity strongly increases with increasing reaction temperature.     

Characterization of La-promoted Ni/Al2O3 catalysts for hydrogen production from glycerol dry reforming

In the current paper, dry (CO₂)-reforming of glycerol, a new reforming route, was carried out over alumina (Al₂O₃)-supported, non-promoted and lanthanum-promoted nickel (Ni) catalysts. Both sets of catalysts were synthesized via a wet co-impregnation procedure. Physicochemical characterization of the catalysts showed that the promoted catalyst possessed smaller metal crystallite size, hence higher metal dispersion compared to the virgin Ni/Al₂O₃ catalyst. This was also corroborated by the surface images captured by the FESEM analysis. From temperature-programmed calcination analysis, the derivative weight profiles revealed two peaks, which represent a water elimination peak at a temperature range of 373 to 473 K followed by nickel nitrate decomposition from 473 to 573 K. In addition, BET surface area measurements gave 85.0 m²·g⁻¹ for the non-promoted Ni catalyst, whilst the promoted catalysts showed an average of 1% to 6% improvement depending on the La loadings. Significantly, reaction studies at 873 K showed that glycerol dry reforming successfully produced H₂. The 2%La-Ni/Al₂O₃ catalyst, which possessed the largest BET surface area, gave an optimum H₂ generation (9.70%) at a glycerol conversion of 24.5%.     

Variations of structure and active species in mesoporous Cr-MSU-x catalyst during the dehydrogenation of ethane with CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene under CO₂ over mesoporous Cr-MSU catalyst was investigated with respect to the time on-stream behavior. When ethane was allowed to react for about 240 min, the meso-structure of catalyst remained nearly unchanged in spite of some decrease of surface area. The Cr(VI) species in tetrahedral coordination in fresh Cr-MSU were reduced to Cr(III) species in octahedral coordination, that was expected to cause the activity decrease of catalyst, together with the structure change. Cr(VI) is more active than Cr(III) for ethane dehydrogenation with CO₂, but Cr(III) represent fairly stable active centers for the reaction. The article is published in the original.     

Oxygen‐Assisted Hydroxymatairesinol Dehydrogenation: A Selective Secondary‐Alcohol Oxidation over a Gold Catalyst

Selective dehydrogenation of the biomass‐derived lignan hydroxymatairesinol (HMR) to oxomatairesinol (oxoMAT) was studied over an Au/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The reaction was carried out in a semi‐batch glass reactor at 343 K under two different gas atmospheres, namely produced through synthetic air or nitrogen. The studied reaction is, in fact, an example of secondary‐alcohol oxidation over an Au catalyst. Thus, the investigated reaction mechanism of HMR oxidative dehydrogenation is useful for the fundamental understanding of other secondary‐alcohol dehydrogenation over Au surfaces. To investigate the elementary catalytic steps ruling both oxygen‐free‐ and oxygen‐assisted dehydrogenation of HMR to oxoMAT, the reactions were mimicked in a vacuum over an Au₂₈ cluster. Adsorption of the involved molecular species—O₂, three different HMR diastereomers (namely, one SRR and two RRR forms), and the oxoMAT derivative—were also studied at the DFT level. In particular, the energetic and structural differences between SRR‐HMR and RRR‐HMR diastereomers on the Au₂₈ cluster were analyzed, following different reaction pathways for the HMR dehydrogenation that occur in presence or absence of oxygen. The corresponding mechanisms explain the higher rates of the experimentally observed oxygen‐assisted reaction, mostly depending on the involved HMR diastereomer surface conformations. The role of the support was also elucidated, considering a very simple Au₂₈ charged model that explains the experimentally observed high reactivity of the Au/Al₂O₃ catalyst.     

Transformation of a Pt/TiO2 catalyst from non-SMSI to SMSI studied by repeated H2-O2 titration

Transformations of Pt/TiO₂ catalyst between non-SMSI and SMSI states have been investigated by repeatedH₂–O₂ titration. The decline of capacity of H₂ and O₂ chemisorption and their reaction on Pt particles is accountable by reduction of superficial labile oxygen species in the temperature range of 298–573 K and an increase of surface oxygen vacancies on TiO₂ above 573 K, respectively.     

Effect of foreign ion additives on ceria surface reactivity towards isopropanol adsorption and decomposition: An infrared investigation

Infrared spectroscopy was employed to investigate reactions of isopropanol vapour on pure and doped ceria catalysts. The results obtained reveal that isopropanol is irreversibly adsorbed (at 298 K) on strongly dehydroxylated pure ceria surfaces in the form of coordinated molecules and, probably, two different types of isopropoxide ions (terminal and bridge-bonded). The coordinated molecules are suggested to be of importance in the alcohol dehydration (at > / 573 K) to give propene, whereas the bridging isopropoxides to be the surface intermediate of the dehydrogenation (at > /423 K) to give acetone. At > 573 K, the acetone takes part in a surface-mediated bimolecular reaction to produce isobutene and methane, and acetate surface species. The dehydration and dehydrogenation activities of ceria are seen to reside at eus Ce⁴⁺-²⁻ pair sites. The secondary reaction of acetone, however, is suggested to occur on Ce⁴⁺-OH⁻ surface sites. Doping of ceria with Na⁺ ions suppresses alcohol dehydration as well as further reactions of acetone. Cr³⁺- and Al³⁺-doping improve the surface selectivity towards dehydrogenation and dehydration reactions respectively.     

燃料电池铂钴锰合金催化剂的制备及性能

为提高PtCo/C合金催化剂的电化学性能,采用微波法合成铂钴锰催化剂前驱体,经高温热处理形成合金,最后通过酸处理得到铂钴锰合金催化剂(PtCoMn/C)。电化学测试结果表明:适量锰的添加可提升PtCo/C催化剂的活性和耐久性。PtCo Mn/C催化剂在0.9 V(vs RHE)电压下的质量比活性(MA)达到0.666 A·mg_Pt^-1,是传统Pt/C的2.66倍,是PtCo/C催化剂的1.30倍。在30 000圈催化剂加速耐久性测试中,PtCoMn/C合金催化剂的电化学活性面积(ECSA)和质量比活性(MA)仅下降6.9%和27.1%,均远低于Pt/C催化剂。     

燃料电池铂钴锰合金催化剂的制备及性能

为提高PtCo/C合金催化剂的电化学性能,采用微波法合成铂钴锰催化剂前驱体,经高温热处理形成合金,最后通过酸处理得到铂钴锰合金催化剂(PtCoMn/C)。电化学测试结果表明:适量锰的添加可提升PtCo/C催化剂的活性和耐久性。PtCoMn/C催化剂在 0.9 V(vs RHE)电压下的质量比活性(MA)达到 0.666 A·mg_Pt^-1,是传统 Pt/C 的 2.66 倍,是 PtCo/C 催化剂的 1.30 倍。在30 000圈催化剂加速耐久性测试中,PtCoMn/C合金催化剂的电化学活性面积(ECSA)和质量比活性(MA)仅下降6.9%和27.1%,均远低于Pt/C催化剂。     

负载PtSn金属助剂的镁铝水滑石上的丙烷脱氢反应研究

我们研究了以镁铝水滑石作为载体,利用水滑石层间阴离子的可交换性,负载活性金属铂和锡的丙烷脱氢反应.在镁铝水滑石载体中加入Ga能够影响丙烷脱氢活性,当镓的含量为1%时催化剂丙烷脱氢反应活性最高,反应初始时,丙烷转化率为46.5%,反应2 h后,丙烷转化率仍有37.5%.当以Mg(Ga)(Al)O-1%为载体时,考察了不同H_2/C_3H_8摩尔比对丙烷脱氢活性的影响,结果表明当H_2/C_3H_8摩尔比为0.5∶1时,丙烷脱氢反应具有最佳的反应活性,即当在原料气中加入H_2时,能够使得丙烷脱氢的转化率大幅度提升,且选择性也有所提升.烷烃脱氢是一个吸热反应,同时考察了温度对烷烃脱氢反应性能影响,结果表明温度越高,丙烷脱氢反应具有更高的转化率.对催化剂进行长时间寿命实验考察,发现当反应经过40 h后,丙烷的转化率仍有23.5%,说明Pt Sn-Mg(Ga)(Al)O-1%催化剂具有较好的稳定性.     

Selective Hydrogen Oxidation in the Presence of C3 Hydrocarbons Using Perovskite Oxygen Reservoirs

Perovskite‐type oxides, ABO₃, can be successfully applied as solid “oxygen reservoirs” in redox reactions such as selective hydrogen combustion. This reaction is part of a novel process for propane oxidative dehydrogenation, wherein the lattice oxygen of the perovskite is used to combust hydrogen selectively from the dehydrogenation mixture at 550 °C. This gives three key advantages: it shifts the dehydrogenation equilibrium to the side of the desired products, heat is generated, thus aiding the endothermic dehydrogenation, and it simplifies product separation (H₂O vs H₂). Furthermore, the process is safer since it uses the catalysts’ lattice oxygen instead of gaseous O₂. We screened fourteen perovskites for activity, selectivity and stability in selective hydrogen combustion. The catalytic properties depend strongly on the composition. Changing the B atom in a series of LaBO₃ perovskites shows that Mn and Co give a higher selectivity than Fe and Cr. Replacing some of the La atoms with Sr or Ca also affects the catalytic properties. Doping with Sr increases the selectivity of the LaFeO₃ perovskite, but yields a catalyst with low selectivity in the case of LaCrO₃. Conversely, doping LaCrO₃ with Ca increases the selectivity. The best results are achieved with Sr‐doped LaMnO₃, with selectivities of up to 93 % and activities of around 150 μmol O m^?2. This catalyst, La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃, shows excellent stability, even after 125 redox cycles at 550 °C (70 h on stream). Notably, the activity per unit surface area of the perovskite catalysts is higher than that of doped cerias, the current benchmark of solid oxygen reservoirs.     

The influence of plasma chemical treatment of nickel and nickel-rhenium catalysts deposited on sibunite on their activity in dehydrogenation

The dehydrogenation of isopropanol was studied at 440–680 K to find that the activity of the Ni(1 wt %)/sibunite catalyst decreased after annealings and quenchings and was stabilized after subsequent treatment with an (I) O₂ glow-discharge or (II) H₂ high-frequency plasma. Treatments of both kinds decreased the activity of the catalyst below the Curie point (633 K) and increased it over the paramagnetic temperature range (635–680 K). The treatment of the (1 wt % Ni–1 wt %Re)/sibunite and (2 wt % Ni–2 wt % Re)/sibunite catalysts with plasma II weakly influenced their activity, whereas treatment with plasma I substantially increased it. The kinetic reaction parameters on the (2 wt % Ni–2 wt % Re)/sibunite catalyst were found to depend on the duration of treatment with plasma II. Treatment with plasma I much more effectively changed the state of the surface of all the catalysts studied than treatment with plasma II.     

Surface enrichment of Ir on the IrRu alloy for efficient and stable water oxidation catalysis in acid

Inducing the surface enrichment of active noble metal can not only help to stabilize the catalyst but also modify the catalytic performance of the catalyst through electronic and geometric effects. Herein, we report the in situ surface enrichment of Ir on IrRu alloy during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The surface enrichment of Ir was probed by ex situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and electrochemical Cu stripping, leading to complementary characterizations of the dynamic reconstruction of the IrRu alloy during OER. Guided by the density functional theory (DFT), an IrRu alloy with low Ir content (20 wt%) was constructed, which displayed a low overpotential of only 230 mV to deliver an OER current density of 10 mA cm⁻² in 0.1 M HClO₄ solution and maintained stable performance for over 20 h. To investigate the practical application potential, a proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer using the IrRu alloy as the anode catalyst was assembled, which required a low cell voltage of only 1.48 V to generate a current density of 1 A cm⁻².

Inducing the surface enrichment of active noble metal can not only help to stabilize the catalyst but also modify the catalytic performance of the catalyst through electronic and geometric effects.     

预处理条件对Au/ZnO催化剂CO氧化性能的影响

采用沉积沉淀法制备了用于CO氧化的Au/ZnO催化剂, 并用程序升温还原(TPR), X射线衍射(XRD)和透射电镜(TEM)技术对催化剂进行了表征. 结果表明: 采用沉积沉淀法可制备出高度分散的Au/ZnO催化剂; 提高焙烧温度导致金颗粒聚集长大, 样品经533, 673, 773 K焙烧后金物种的颗粒尺寸分别为2.7, 3.5, 3.7 nm. 催化剂的TPR表征结果中发现部分还原态的金物种在室温就可被氧化, 催化剂预先用流动空气处理可提高其氧化还原性, 样品经多次氧化还原循环后, 其氧化循环性能没有明显下降. CO的氧化反应结果表明, 焙烧温度强烈影响催化剂对CO的氧化活性, 533 K焙烧后的催化剂活性最高. 即使在反应气中含水3.1%(体积比)的湿气条件下, 反应300 h后, CO的转化率仍然保持在95%.     

Oxygen electroreduction at catalysts PtM (M = Co,Ni, or Cr)

Bimetallic catalysts PtM (M = Co, Ni, or Cr) are synthesized. They exceed purely platinum commercial catalyst E-TEK (20 wt % Pt) in its mass activity (mA/mg_Pt) and specific activity (mA/c_Pt²) in the oxygen reduction reaction. According to XRD data, the high-temperature synthesis involving metal N₄-complexes, chloroplatinic acid, and XC72 carbon black as precursors, yields alloys (or solid solutions) of the metals. The higher activity of the bimetallic catalyst PtCo/C is likely to be caused by the practically entire formation of solid solutions (Pt₃Co and PtCo), unlike PtNi and PtCr where nickel and chromium exist also as oxides that decorate the electrode surface and partly block active centers. It is shown that the mechanism of the oxygen reduction reaction at the synthesized catalysts is similar to that of oxygen reduction at the purely platinum catalyst. The slow stage in the process is transfer of the 1st electron; at potentials more positive than 0.6 V the reaction mainly yields water. The higher electrocatalytic activity of the bimetallic systems is caused by the alloy formation, which leads to changes in the bond length between platinum atoms. The achieving of the optimal bond length, as a result of the alloy formation, provides appropriate conditions for dissociative adsorption of oxygen molecules; the surface coverage with oxygen-containing particles adsorbed from water (which block active centers for O₂ adsorption) decreased. The increase in the activity may also be caused by the formation of the “core-shell” structures whose surface is enriched with platinum whose surface properties are changed under the ligand action of the core formed by the metal alloy