Dark- and Photoreactions of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde over TiO2/Carbon Molecular Sieve Fibers
Dark- and Photoreactions of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde over TiO2/Carbon Molecular Sieve Fibers
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TiO2/碳分子筛纤维上乙醇和乙醛的暗反应和光反应
DOI：
10.1006/jcat.1999.2520
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
7.3
通讯作者：
H. Idriss
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作者：
T. Reztsova;C. Chang;J. Koresh;H. Idriss
TiO{sub 2} has been synthesized within the pores of carbon molecular sieve fibers (CMSF) in order to grow particles of quantum size. TiO{sub 2}/CMSF characteristics were followed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance. XPS showed that all Ti cations are in a +4 oxidation state. The reduction profile of Ti cations (made by preferential O anion removal due to Ar{sup +} sputtering), as evidenced by Ti{sup +x}/Ti{sup +4} cations, is very similar to that already observed for well-defined TiO{sub 2} surfaces. The absence of XRD pattern indicated that TiO{sub 2} particles are in an amorphous form. UV-vis diffuse reflectance showed a considerably blue shift ({Delta}E = 0.6--0.7 eV) of the band gap of TiO{sub 2}/CMSF when compared to TiO{sub 2} (anatase). This shift translates an average particle radius of 15 {+-} 2 {angstrom}. Larger TiO{sub 2} particles, outside the CMSF nanopores, are, however, observed by TEM. Dark- and photoreactions of ethanol and acetaldehyde have been investigated over TiO{sub 2}/CMSF by steady state kinetics and temperature programmed desorption in UHV conditions, as well as in batch conditions at atmospheric pressure. UHV-steady state ethanol reactions have shown eightfold increase in the reaction rate at 573 Kmore » in the presence of UV when compared to dark reactions at the same temperatures. The rate constants ratio k{sub 2}K{sub 2}/k{sub 1}K{sub 1}, for the photoreactions of ethanol, is ca. 40 times higher for TiO{sub 2}/CMSF than for TiO{sub 2} (powder) indicating the high selectivity of the former toward total conversion of ethanol to CO{sub 2} with minor accumulation of acetaldehyde (k{sub 1}K{sub 1} and k{sub 2}K{sub 2} are the rate constants for ethanol to acetaldehyde and acetaldehyde to CO{sub 2}, respectively). Evidence of C-C bond dissociation is given by formaldehyde desorption during UV-acetaldehyde-TPD over TiO{sub 2}/CMSF under UHV conditions. Moreover, UV-acetaldehyde-TPD indicated a twofold increase of the reductive coupling product (butadiene). The latter requiring Ti{sup +x} (x < 4) to be formed translates an increase of Ti{sup +x} populations under UV illumination.« less
TiO{sub 2} has been synthesized within the pores of carbon molecular sieve fibers (CMSF) in order to grow particles of quantum size. TiO{sub 2}/CMSF characteristics were followed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance. XPS showed that all Ti cations are in a +4 oxidation state. The reduction profile of Ti cations (made by preferential O anion removal due to Ar{sup +} sputtering), as evidenced by Ti{sup +x}/Ti{sup +4} cations, is very similar to that already observed for well-defined TiO{sub 2} surfaces. The absence of XRD pattern indicated that TiO{sub 2} particles are in an amorphous form. UV-vis diffuse reflectance showed a considerably blue shift ({Delta}E = 0.6--0.7 eV) of the band gap of TiO{sub 2}/CMSF when compared to TiO{sub 2} (anatase). This shift translates an average particle radius of 15 {+-} 2 {angstrom}. Larger TiO{sub 2} particles, outside the CMSF nanopores, are, however, observed by TEM. Dark- and photoreactions of ethanol and acetaldehyde have been investigated over TiO{sub 2}/CMSF by steady state kinetics and temperature programmed desorption in UHV conditions, as well as in batch conditions at atmospheric pressure. UHV-steady state ethanol reactions have shown eightfold increase in the reaction rate at 573 Kmore » in the presence of UV when compared to dark reactions at the same temperatures. The rate constants ratio k{sub 2}K{sub 2}/k{sub 1}K{sub 1}, for the photoreactions of ethanol, is ca. 40 times higher for TiO{sub 2}/CMSF than for TiO{sub 2} (powder) indicating the high selectivity of the former toward total conversion of ethanol to CO{sub 2} with minor accumulation of acetaldehyde (k{sub 1}K{sub 1} and k{sub 2}K{sub 2} are the rate constants for ethanol to acetaldehyde and acetaldehyde to CO{sub 2}, respectively). Evidence of C-C bond dissociation is given by formaldehyde desorption during UV-acetaldehyde-TPD over TiO{sub 2}/CMSF under UHV conditions. Moreover, UV-acetaldehyde-TPD indicated a twofold increase of the reductive coupling product (butadiene). The latter requiring Ti{sup +x} (x < 4) to be formed translates an increase of Ti{sup +x} populations under UV illumination.« less