DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: In situ studies of surface of NiFe2O4 catalyst during complete oxidation of methane

Abstract

Here, NiFe2O4 with an inverse spinel structure exhibits high activity for a complete oxidation of methane at 400 °C–425 °C and a higher temperature. The surface of the catalyst and its adsorbates were well characterized with ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) and in situ infrared spectroscopy (IR). In situ studies of the surface of NiFe2O4 using AP-XPS suggest the formation of methoxy-like and formate-like intermediates at a temperature lower than 200 °C, supported by the observed vibrational signatures in in situ IR studies. Evolutions of C1s photoemission features and the nominal atomic ratios of C/(Ni + Fe) of the catalyst surface suggest that the formate-like intermediate is transformed to product molecules CO2 and H2O in the temperature range of 250–300 °C. In situ studies suggest the formation of a spectator, – Olattice – CH2 – Olattice –. It strongly bonds to surface through C–O bonds and cannot be activated even at 400 °C.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
  2. Hubei Univ. of Technology, Wuhan (People's Republic of China)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. (Feng) [Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1324204
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1251782
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; SC0014561
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Surface Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 648; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0039-6028
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; complete oxidation; transition metal oxide; methane; in situ study

Citation Formats

Zhang, Shiran, Shan, Junjun, Nie, Longhui, Nguyen, Luan, Wu, Zili, and Tao, Franklin. In situ studies of surface of NiFe2O4 catalyst during complete oxidation of methane. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.susc.2015.12.011.
Zhang, Shiran, Shan, Junjun, Nie, Longhui, Nguyen, Luan, Wu, Zili, & Tao, Franklin. In situ studies of surface of NiFe2O4 catalyst during complete oxidation of methane. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2015.12.011
Zhang, Shiran, Shan, Junjun, Nie, Longhui, Nguyen, Luan, Wu, Zili, and Tao, Franklin. Mon . "In situ studies of surface of NiFe2O4 catalyst during complete oxidation of methane". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2015.12.011. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1324204.
@article{osti_1324204,
title = {In situ studies of surface of NiFe2O4 catalyst during complete oxidation of methane},
author = {Zhang, Shiran and Shan, Junjun and Nie, Longhui and Nguyen, Luan and Wu, Zili and Tao, Franklin},
abstractNote = {Here, NiFe2O4 with an inverse spinel structure exhibits high activity for a complete oxidation of methane at 400 °C–425 °C and a higher temperature. The surface of the catalyst and its adsorbates were well characterized with ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS) and in situ infrared spectroscopy (IR). In situ studies of the surface of NiFe2O4 using AP-XPS suggest the formation of methoxy-like and formate-like intermediates at a temperature lower than 200 °C, supported by the observed vibrational signatures in in situ IR studies. Evolutions of C1s photoemission features and the nominal atomic ratios of C/(Ni + Fe) of the catalyst surface suggest that the formate-like intermediate is transformed to product molecules CO2 and H2O in the temperature range of 250–300 °C. In situ studies suggest the formation of a spectator, – Olattice – CH2 – Olattice –. It strongly bonds to surface through C–O bonds and cannot be activated even at 400 °C.},
doi = {10.1016/j.susc.2015.12.011},
journal = {Surface Science},
number = C,
volume = 648,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

Journal Article:

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 27 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Complete oxidation of methane at low temperature over noble metal based catalysts: a review
journal, November 2002


Structural Characteristics of Natural-Gas-Vehicle-Aged Oxidation Catalyst
journal, April 2013

  • Honkanen, Mari; Kärkkäinen, Marja; Viitanen, Ville
  • Topics in Catalysis, Vol. 56, Issue 9-10
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0017-2

Reverse microemulsion synthesis of nanostructured complex oxides for catalytic combustion
journal, January 2000

  • Zarur, Andrey J.; Ying, Jackie Y.
  • Nature, Vol. 403, Issue 6765
  • DOI: 10.1038/47450

Exceptional Activity for Methane Combustion over Modular Pd@CeO2 Subunits on Functionalized Al2O3
journal, August 2012


Progress and future challenges in controlling automotive exhaust gas emissions
journal, January 2007


Low-Temperature Oxidation of Methane
journal, August 2012


Oxidation of propene on mixed oxides of copper and cobalt
journal, January 1979

  • Baussart, H.; Delobel, R.; Le Bras, M.
  • Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases, Vol. 75, Issue 0
  • DOI: 10.1039/f19797501337

Palladium catalyst performance for methane emissions abatement from lean burn natural gas vehicles
journal, December 1997


Superior catalytic behaviour of Pt-doped Pd catalysts in the complete oxidation of methane at low temperature
journal, October 2006


Turnover Rate and Reaction Orders for the Complete Oxidation of Methane on a Palladium Foil in Excess Dioxygen
journal, April 2001

  • Monteiro, R. S.; Zemlyanov, D.; Storey, J. M.
  • Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 199, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1006/jcat.2001.3176

Preparation of alumina-supported palladium catalysts for complete oxidation of methane
journal, August 2003


Complete Oxidation of Methane over Palladium Supported on Alumina Modified with Calcium, Lanthanum, and Cerium Ions
journal, December 2007


A low temperature synthesis of nanocrystalline spinel NiFe2O4 and its electrochemical performance as anode of lithium-ion batteries
journal, April 2013


Facile synthesis of nanocrystalline spinel NiFe2O4 via a novel soft chemistry route
journal, August 2007


Preferential Oxidation of CO in H 2 on Pure Co 3 O 4− x and Pt/Co 3 O 4− x
journal, June 2015


Water–Gas Shift on Pd/α-MnO2 and Pt/α-MnO2
journal, June 2015


Surface structure and chemistry of Pt/Cu/Pt(1 1 1) near surface alloy model catalyst in CO
journal, November 2014


Catalysis and In Situ Studies of Rh 1 /Co 3 O 4 Nanorods in Reduction of NO with H 2
journal, April 2013

  • Wang, Lei; Zhang, Shiran; Zhu, Yuan
  • ACS Catalysis, Vol. 3, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1021/cs300816u

Restructuring Transition Metal Oxide Nanorods for 100% Selectivity in Reduction of Nitric Oxide with Carbon Monoxide
journal, June 2013

  • Zhang, Shiran; Shan, Junjun; Zhu, Yuan
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl4015292

WGS Catalysis and In Situ Studies of CoO 1– x , PtCo n /Co 3 O 4 , and Pt m Co m /CoO 1– x Nanorod Catalysts
journal, May 2013

  • Zhang, Shiran; Shan, Jun-jun; Zhu, Yuan
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja401967y

New interpretations of XPS spectra of nickel metal and oxides
journal, May 2006

  • Grosvenor, Andrew P.; Biesinger, Mark C.; Smart, Roger St. C.
  • Surface Science, Vol. 600, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2006.01.041

The Scherrer Formula for X-Ray Particle Size Determination
journal, November 1939


Activity of PdO/SiO 2 catalysts for CH 4 oxidation following thermal treatments
journal, June 2015


Kinetic and spectroscopic study of methane combustion over α-Mn2O3 nanocrystal catalysts
journal, January 2008


The effect of metal and support particle size on NiO/CeO2 and NiO/ZrO2 catalyst activity in complete methane oxidation
journal, November 2007

  • Pakulska, Malgosia M.; Grgicak, Catherine M.; Giorgi, Javier B.
  • Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol. 332, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2007.08.003

On the non-local screening mechanisms in the 2p photoelectron spectra of NiO and La2NiO4
journal, August 1997


Aryne cycloaddition: highly efficient chemical modification of graphene
journal, January 2010

  • Zhong, Xing; Jin, Jun; Li, Shuwen
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 46, Issue 39
  • DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02389b

Consequences of Metal–Oxide Interconversion for C–H Bond Activation during CH 4 Reactions on Pd Catalysts
journal, October 2013

  • Chin, Ya-Huei (Cathy); Buda, Corneliu; Neurock, Matthew
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, Issue 41
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja405004m

In situ Infrared Spectroscopic Study of CH4 Oxidation Over Co–ZSM-5
journal, February 2012


Importance of the Metal-Oxide Interface in Catalysis: In Situ Studies of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction by Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
journal, April 2013

  • Mudiyanselage, Kumudu; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Feria, Leticia
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 52, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201210077

Hydrogenation of carbidic carbon on the Ni(100) surface
journal, April 1997


FT-IR study of the adsorption and transformation of formaldehyde on oxide surfaces
journal, August 1987

  • Busca, Guido; Lamotte, Jean; Lavalley, Jean Claude
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 109, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja00251a025

Selective oxidation of methanol to form dimethoxymethane and methyl formate over a monolayer V2O5/TiO2 catalyst
journal, March 2014


Origin of extraordinarily high catalytic activity of Co3O4 and its morphological chemistry for CO oxidation at low temperature
journal, December 2012


Mechanistic Studies of Hydrocarbon Combustion and Synthesis on Noble Metals
journal, June 2008

  • Inderwildi, Oliver R.; Jenkins, Stephen J.; King, David A.
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 47, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800685

Works referencing / citing this record:

Towards Methane Combustion Mechanism on Metal Oxides Supported Catalysts: Ceria Supported Palladium Catalysts
journal, February 2019


A mini review of in situ near-ambient pressure XPS studies on non-noble, late transition metal catalysts
journal, January 2019

  • Zhong, Liping; Chen, Dingkai; Zafeiratos, Spyridon
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00632j

Oxidant free conversion of alcohols to nitriles over Ni-based catalysts
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Yunzhu; Furukawa, Shinya; Zhang, Zhang
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8cy01799a

Oxidant free conversion of alcohols to nitriles over Ni-based catalysts
text, January 2019

  • Wang, Y.; Furukawa, S.; Zhang, Z.
  • Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
  • DOI: 10.17863/cam.37700