An extended x-ray absorption fine structure study of rhodium-oxygen bonds in a highly dispersed rhodium/aluminum oxide catalyst

Autor: J.B.A.D. van Zon, H.F.J. van 't Blik, Azzam N. Mansour, Dale E. Sayers, G.J. Visser, D. R. Short, J. R. Katzer, R Roel Prins, DC Diek Koningsberger
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 89:4075-4081
ISSN: 1541-5740
0022-3654
DOI: 10.1021/j100265a030
Popis: Analysis of in situ EXAFS measurements on a 2.4 wt % Rh/A120, catalyst, reduced at 473 K after calcination at 623 K, shows the presence of two different rhodium-oxygen bonds (viz. 2.05 and 2.68 A). The oxygen neighbors of rhodium at a distance of 2.05 A disappear after reduction at 673 K. The coordination distance 2.05 A is the same as found for Rh203 and indicates that this rhodium-oxygen bond is present due to incomplete reduction of the catalyst at 473 K. Rhodium-oxygen bonds with a coordination distance of 2.68 A are present at both reduction temperatures. These bonds arise from a coordination of the interfacial rhodium atoms with the oxygen ions of the support. Assuming a half-spherical shape for the rhodium metal crystallites, numerical values for the average interfacial rhodium-oxygen coordination number (N = 2.5) and the crystallite diameter (d = 11 A) are derived from the experimental EXAFS parameters.
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