Preparation of alumina-supported intermetallic compounds
Preparation of alumina-supported intermetallic compounds
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DOI:
10.1039/c3ra43163k
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Komatsu, Takayuki
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作者:
Furukawa, Shinya;Ozawa, Kenichi;Komatsu, Takayuki
A series of alumina-supported intermetallic compounds, Pt3Co/Al2O3, PtCu/Al2O3, Pt3Sn/Al2O3 and Pd3Pb/Al2O3, being promising materials as catalysts, were prepared by reduction of two metal precursors co-impregnated on gamma-Al2O3. As a Pt precursor, [Pt(NH3)(4)](2+) or PtCl62- was used coupled with the second metal precursors. Two different reduction procedures, gaseous H-2 and LiBH4 in liquid phase, were also employed and compared. Using PtCl62- which possesses a more negative reduction potential than [Pt(NH3)(4)](2+) strongly enhanced formation of the desired Pt-based intermetallic nanoparticles regardless of the reduction procedure. A similar trend was observed in preparation of Pd3Pb/Al2O3 with PdCl42- compared to Pd2+. A strong reduction agent LiBH4 gave higher contents of the corresponding intermetallic phases than H-2 in all cases. Single-phase intermetallic compounds supported on alumina were synthesized by employing the chloro-complexes and LiBH4 reduction. A systematic investigation indicates that the degree of intermetallic formation intrinsically depends on the difference in reduction potentials (Delta E) of the two metal precursors. Bimetallic combinations with small Delta E such as PdCl42-/Bi3+, Co2+/SnCl62- and Ni2+/SnCl62- also allow syntheses of PdBi/Al2O3, Co3Sn2/Al2O3, Ni3Sn/Al2O3 and Ni3Sn2/Al2O3 by H-2 reduction, respectively. An appropriate choice of the metal precursor to reduce DE is an effective strategy to synthesize an alumina-supported intermetallic compound.