Dynamic Surface Processes of Nanostructured Pd2Ga Catalysts Derived from Hydrotalcite-Like Precursors

Autor: Neil G. Hamilton, Edward L. Kunkes, Marc Armbrüster, Frank Girgsdies, Malte Behrens, Igor Kasatkin, Davide Ferri, Robert Schlögl, Antje Ota, Gisela Weinberg, Jutta Kröhnert
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: ACS Catalysis. 4:2048-2059
ISSN: 2155-5435
DOI: 10.1021/cs500465r
Popis: The stability of the surface termination of intermetallic Pd2Ga nanoparticles and its effect on the hydrogenation of acetylene was investigated. For this purpose, a precursor synthesis approach was applied to synthesize supported intermetallic Pd2Ga nanoparticles. A series of Pd-substituted MgGa-hydrotalcite (HT)-like compounds with different Pd loading was prepared by coprecipitation and studied in terms of loading, phase formation, stability and catalytic performance in the selective hydrogenation of acetylene. Higher Pd loadings than 1 mol % revealed an incomplete incorporation of Pd into the HT lattice, as evidenced by XANES and TPR measurements. Upon thermal reduction in hydrogen, Pd2Ga nanoparticles were obtained with particle sizes varying with the Pd loading, from 2 nm to 6 nm. The formation of intermetallic Pd2Ga nanoparticles led to a change of the CO adsorption properties as was evidenced by IR spectroscopy. Dynamic changes of the surface were noticed at longer exposure times to CO and higher c...
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