Insights into support effects on Ce-Zr-O mixed oxide-supported gold catalysts in CO oxidation

作     者：Hongpeng Zhang Haichao Liu 

作者机构：Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Stable and Unstable Species College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第22卷第1期

页      面：98-106页

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学科分类：081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China(20825310,20973011) the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,2011CB201400,2011CB808700) 

主　　题：gold catalyst ceria-zirconia support CO oxidation oxygen storage capacity support effect 

摘      要：Au]Cel_xZrxO2 catalysts （x = 0-0.8） were prepared by a deposition-precipitation method using Cel_xZrxO2 nanoparticles as supports with variable Ce and Zr contents. Their structures were characterized by complimentary means such as X-ray diffraction, Raman, scanning trans- mission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. These Au catalysts possessed similar sizes and crystalline phases of Cel_xZrzO2 supports as well as similar sizes and oxidation states of Au nanoparticles. The oxidation state of Au nanoparticles was dominated by Au~ especially in CO oxidation. Their activities were examined in CO oxidation at different temperatures in the range of 303-333 K. The CO oxidation rates normalized per Au atoms increased with the increasing Ce contents, and reached the maximum value over Au/CeO2. Such change was in parallel with the change in the oxygen storage capacity values, i.e. the amounts of active oxygen species on Au/Cel_zZrzO2 catalysts. The excellent correlation between the two properties of the catalysts suggests that the intrinsic support effects on the CO oxidation rates is related to the effects on the adsorption and activation of O2 on Au/Cel_xZrxO2 catalysts. Such understanding on the support effects may be useful for designing more active Au catalysts, for example, by tuning the redox properties of oxide supports.