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Surface chemical structures of V/sub 2/O/sub 5/-P/sub 2/O/sub 5/ catalysts

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100319a036· OSTI ID:7148599

Surface chemical structures of V/sub 2/O/sub 5/-P/sub 2/O/sub 5/ catalysts were investigated by using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of NH/sub 3/, infrared spectra of adsorbed NH/sub 3/ and pyridine, and the NARP (nitric oxide-ammonia rectangular pulse) technique. The concentration of the surface V==O species remarkably increased with P/sub 2/O/sub 5/ content below P/V = 1.0, but it decreased on further addition of P/sub 2/O/sub 5/. The increase in the surface V=O species was attributed to the lower oxidation state of vanadium ions in the bulk of the V/sub 2/O/sub 5/-P/sub 2/O/sub 5/ catalysts. The addition of P/sub 2/O/sub 5/ increased the surface concentration and the strength of acid sites, which consist mostly of Broensted acid sites and of a slight amount of Lewis acid sites. It was concluded that, at high P/V ratio, all of the surface V and P ions act as the active functional groups; all P ions form P-OH species having a function of Broensted acid, and all V ions form the surface V=O species having a redox function.

Research Organization:
Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
OSTI ID:
7148599
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 92:8; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English