Advanced Synthesis and Characterization of Vanadia/Titania Catalysts through a Molecular Approach

Autor: Eleni Tella, Antonios Trimpalis, Athanasios Tsevis, Christos Kordulis, Alexis Lycourghiotis, Soghomon Boghosian, Kyriakos Bourikas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Catalysts, Vol 11, Iss 3, p 322 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4344
DOI: 10.3390/catal11030322
Popis: Vanadia/titania catalysts were synthesized by the equilibrium deposition filtration (EDF) method, which is a synthesis route that follows a molecular-level approach. The type of interfacial deposition as well as the interfacial speciation of the deposited oxo-V(V) species were determined by means of a model that takes into account experimental “proton-ion” curves and “adsorption edges”. It is shown that at pH ≥ 9.5, the deposition proceeds exclusively through the formation of mono-substituted inner sphere monomeric species in an “umbrella”-like Ti–OV(OH)2O configuration, whilst with lowering of the pH, a second species, namely the disubstituted inner sphere quadrameric species in a (Ti-O)2V4O10 configuration possessing two mono-oxo V=O and two di-oxo V(=O)2 terminations gradually prevails, which is in co-existence with the monomeric species. Raman spectroscopy is used for verifying the solution speciation, which is different compared to the interfacial speciation of the deposited oxo-V(V) species. Furthermore, in situ Raman spectroscopy was used to verify the model-predicted interfacial speciation of the deposited oxo-V(V) species and to monitor the temperature-dependent evolution up to 430 °C. Hence, a controlled formation of a specific vanadia species on a titania surface is enabled, which, depending on the synthesis conditions, can result in specific catalyst characteristics and thus possibly different catalytic behavior for a specific reaction.
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