Fe Promoted Rh-Clusters in Zeolite NaY: Characterization and Catalytic Performance in CO Hydrogenation

Autor: K. Fogash, James A. Dumesic, H. Trevino, Wolfgang M.H. Sachtler, V. Schunemann, G.D. Lei, D.C. Tomczak
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Journal of Catalysis. 153:144-157
ISSN: 0021-9517
DOI: 10.1006/jcat.1995.1116
Popis: Mossbauer spectroscopy, temperature programmed reduction (TPR), and FTIR of adsorbed CO show that ion exchange of [Rh(NH3)4Cl]Cl2 and FeSO4 into NaY, followed by calcination and reduction in H2 up to 500°C, leads to Fe2+ ions and bimetallic RhFe clusters with low Fe0 content. The selectivity of such catalysts toward oxygenate formation in CO hydrogenation at p = 10 bar, T = 250°C, and H2/CO = 2 is very low. Much higher oxygenate selectivity, in particular ethanol formation, is observed if Fe2+ ions are first hydrolyzed to a hydroxide gel which is subsequently dehydrated. The resulting catalysts contain bimetallic particles of higher Fe0 content after reduction, coexisting with an Fe2+ oxide phase. Transmission electron microscopy shows that a fraction of the metal migrates to the external surface of the NaY support during CO hydrogenation. The results show that Fe exerts two catalytic promoter functions on Rh/NaY catalysts: Fe0 alloyed with Rh0 increases the catalytic activity; Fe2+, when present as a separate oxide phase in close contact with Rh particles, increases the selectivity toward C2+ oxygenates.
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