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Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
Published on: October 7, 2013
Tuning Pt-CeO2 interactions by high-temperature vapor-phase synthesis for improved reducibility of lattice oxygen
Xavier Isidro Pereira-Hernández1, Andrew DeLaRiva2, Valery Muravev3
1Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA.
Abstract:
In this work, we compare the CO oxidation performance of Pt single atom catalysts (SACs) prepared via two methods: (1) conventional wet chemical synthesis (strong electrostatic adsorption-SEA) with calcination at 350 °C in air; and (2) high temperature vapor phase synthesis (atom trapping-AT) with calcination in air at 800 °C leading to ionic Pt being trapped on the CeO2 in a thermally stable form. As-synthesized, both SACs are inactive for low temperature (<150 °C) CO oxidation. After treatment in CO at 275 °C, both catalysts show enhanced reactivity. Despite similar Pt metal particle size, the AT catalyst is significantly more active, with onset of CO oxidation near room temperature. A combination of near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS) and CO temperature-programmed reduction (CO-TPR) shows that the high reactivity at low temperatures can be related to the improved reducibility of lattice oxygen on the CeO2 support.
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