Structural and chemical state of doped and impregnated mesoporous Ni/CeO2 catalysts for the water-gas shift

Mesoporous Ni/CeO2 catalysts of variable loadings were prepared using in-situ doping and impregnation synthesis techniques. The catalysts were found to exhibit activity for the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction, particularly at temperatures above 250¿°C. Structural, electronic, and surface chemical cha...

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Autores: Vovchock, Dimitriy, Guild, Curtis J., Llorca Piqué, Jordi|||0000-0002-7447-9582, Palomino, Robert M., Waluyo, Iradwikanari, Rodriguez, Jose A., Suib, Steven L., Senanayake, Sanjaya D.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/122645
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/122645
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2018.08.026
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Cerium oxides
Nickel
Mesoporous materials
Water-gas shift Ceria Nickel Mesoporous In situ
Òxids
Níquel
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química
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Resumo:Mesoporous Ni/CeO2 catalysts of variable loadings were prepared using in-situ doping and impregnation synthesis techniques. The catalysts were found to exhibit activity for the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction, particularly at temperatures above 250¿°C. Structural, electronic, and surface chemical characterizations of the materials were carried out using in-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD), in-situ X-ray absorption (XANES), and in-situ infrared (DRIFTS) techniques. The effects of metal loading and preparation method on these properties were studied in order to develop a more complete understanding of the design and application of Ni-loaded mesoporous CeO2 catalysts. For WGS reaction activity, the in-situ doping method was observed to be superior, and overall activity was observed to increase with increasing metal loadings. Simple normalization of activity data to nominal nickel content revealed a trend favoring lower loadings, indicating higher activity per unit nickel. The reduction of the catalyst is observed with increasing reaction temperature (Ni2+¿¿¿Ni°, Ce4+¿¿¿Ce3+) while the active states of all catalysts were identified as a stable, partially reduced ceria fluorite lattice (Ce4+/Ce3+) with Ni2+ and Ni°. In Situ DRIFTS showed nearly identical surface chemistry for both doped and impregnated samples, likely involving an associative pathway at lower temperatures and a redox pathway at higher temperatures. Structural properties and surface chemistry were observed to depend both on metal loading and preparation method. Nickel loadings as low as 1¿wt% prepared by in-situ doping were found to display the most favorable metal-support interactions for the WGS reaction.