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Title: Characterization and Fourier transform infrared studies of the effects of TiO/sub 2/ crystal phases during CO oxidation on Pt/TiO/sub 2/ catalysts

Journal Article · · J. Catal.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5442142

The catalytic oxidation of CO was investigated on Pt/TiO/sub 2/ catalysts in an infrared cell reactor to study the influence of strong metal-support interaction effects on oxidation reactions and of using different crystal forms of TiO/sub 2/. Catalysts were prepared using rutile and anatase TiO/sub 2/ and were characterized by chemisorption, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Hydrogen reduction at 500/sup 0/C suppresses CO and H/sub 2/ chemisorption and leads to changes in Pt 4f/sub 7/2/ electron binding energies for both phases of TiO/sub 2/. The anatase catalysts show an infrared absorption band around 2091 cm/sup -1/ which is assigned to linear-bonded CO; whereas, the rutile catalysts show an absorption doublet for adsorbed CO around 2094 and 2075 cm/sup -1/ and bands around 1840 cm/sup -1/ assigned to bridge-bonded CO. Both catalysts show the adsorption of CO/sub 2/ as a carbonate-like species which is demonstrated to be adsorbed onto the support. The effects of reduction temperature and of support material on CO oxidation activity were compared through temperature-programmed reaction experiments. The catalysts reduced at 200/sup 0/C show slightly higher activity and lower ignition temperatures than those reduced at 500/sup 0/C. The rutile-supported catalysts show much higher CO oxidation activity with lower ignition temperatures; the increased activity is speculated to result from a lower activation energy for oxygen desorption. A morphological model of metal-support interactions involving oxygen transfer from the rutile support is proposed to coexist with the Langmuir-Hinshelwood reaction mechanism. 68 references.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Notre Dame, IN
OSTI ID:
5442142
Journal Information:
J. Catal.; (United States), Vol. 105:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English