Insights into Palladium Deactivation during Advanced Oxidation Processes

[EN]A key step in creating efficient and long-lasting catalysts is understanding their deactivation mechanism(s). On this basis, the behavior of a series of Pd/corundum materials during several hydrogen adsorption/desorption cycles was studied using temperature-programmed desorption coupled with mas...

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Autores: Pinos-Vélez, Verónica, Osegueda, Oscar, Crivoi, Dana Georgiana, Llorca, Jordi, García-García, F. Javier, Álvarez, Mayra G., Medina, Francesc, Dafinov, Anton
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/154842
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/154842
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:palladium
single atom
hydrogen
deactivation mechanism
nanoparticles
advanced oxidation processes
2303 Química Inorgánica
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Sumario:[EN]A key step in creating efficient and long-lasting catalysts is understanding their deactivation mechanism(s). On this basis, the behavior of a series of Pd/corundum materials during several hydrogen adsorption/desorption cycles was studied using temperature-programmed desorption coupled with mass spectrometry and aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy. The materials, prepared by impregnation and by sputtering, presented uniform well-dispersed Pd nanoparticles. In addition, single atoms and small clusters of Pd were only detected in the materials prepared by impregnation. Upon exposure to hydrogen, the Pd nanoparticles smaller than 2 nm and the single atoms did not present any change, while the larger ones presented a core–shell morphology, where the core was Pd and the shell was PdHx. The results suggest that the long-term activity of the materials prepared by impregnation can be attributed solely to the presence of small clusters and single atoms of Pd.