Reactor for tracking catalyst nanoparticles in liquid at high temperature under a high-pressure gas phase with X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Nguyen, Luan; Tao, Franklin (Feng)

doi:10.1063/1.5003184

Reactor for tracking catalyst nanoparticles in liquid at high temperature under a high-pressure gas phase with X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Journal Article · Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5003184· OSTI ID:1540128

Nguyen, Luan ^[1]; Tao, Franklin (Feng) ^[2]

Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Structure of catalyst nanoparticles dispersed in liquid phase at high temperature under gas phase of reactant(s) at higher pressure (≥5 bars) is important for fundamental understanding of catalytic reactions performed on these catalyst nanoparticles. Most structural characterizations of a catalyst performing catalysis in liquid at high temperature under gas phase at high pressure were performed in an ex situ condition in terms of characterizations before or after catalysis since, from technical point of view, access to the catalyst nanoparticles during catalysis in liquid phase at high temperature under high pressure reactant gas is challenging. Here we designed a reactor which allows us to perform structural characterization using X-ray absorption spectroscopy including X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to study catalyst nanoparticles under harsh catalysis conditions in terms of liquid up to 350 °C under gas phase with a pressure up to 50 bars. Finally, this reactor remains nanoparticles of a catalyst homogeneously dispersed in liquid during catalysis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy characterization.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0014561

OSTI ID:: 1540128

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 89; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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