Stabilization of Catalytic Surfaces through Core–Shell Structures: Ag–Ir/Al 2 O 3 Case Study
Stabilization of Catalytic Surfaces through Core–Shell Structures: Ag–Ir/Al 2 O 3 Case Study
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通过核-壳结构稳定催化表面:Ag-Ir/Al 2 O 3 案例研究
DOI:
10.1021/acscatal.0c03297
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
12.9
通讯作者:
Monnier, J. R.
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作者:
Parizad, M.;Wong, A. P.;Reber, A. C.;Tengco, J. M.;Karakalos, S. G.;Khanna, S. N.;Regalbuto, J. R.;Monnier, J. R.
To solve the challenges of catalyst stability and activity at high temperatures, catalyst composition and method of preparation are critical. In this context, the well-established methods of strong electrostatic adsorption and electroless deposition (ED) have been used to synthesize highly dispersed Ag/Ir on different alumina supports (δ,θ-Al2O3and γ-Al2O3). The surface free energy (SFE) of Ag (1302 erg/cm2) is much lower than that of Ir (3231 erg/cm2); surface thermodynamics dictate the Ir–Ag system should arrange to give the lowest free energy of an Ag layer localized on the Ir surface to minimize the high SFE of Ir. The catalysts remained dispersed at high-temperature annealing treatments (400, 600, and 800 °C). For all Ag–Ir/δ,θ-Al2O3samples, H2chemisorption values were higher after annealing at 400 and 600 °C than at 200 °C and were considerably higher than for the corresponding 1.0 wt % Ir/δ,θ-Al2O3used as the base catalyst. X-ray diffraction data and scanning transmission electron microscopy images indicate that both monometallic catalysts sintered, but deposition of an Ag shell by ED prevented the sintering of both Ag and Ir. Temperature-programmed desorption of H2measurements corroborates the high H2uptake chemisorption experiments and indicated the additional H2capacity was because of more weakly bound H. Computational and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results suggest the excess H2chemisorption can be accounted for by binding up to four H atoms to single-surface Ir atoms surrounded by Ag in the shell of the bimetallic catalysts that have been pretreated at temperatures >400 °C. As a result, H2capacity increases from the normal adsorption stoichiometry of H/Ir = 1:1 up to as high as 4:1.