A series of magnesia doped CuOxCeO_(2-δ)catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation followed by impregnation method and investigated for CO oxidation.The manuscript is devoted to explaining the role of MgO for the fo...A series of magnesia doped CuOxCeO_(2-δ)catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation followed by impregnation method and investigated for CO oxidation.The manuscript is devoted to explaining the role of MgO for the formation of active species on the CuOxCeO_(2-δ)surface.The improvement in catalytic activity is ascribed to the formation of various active species due to the interaction of magnesia with CuOxCeO_(2-δ).The catalysts were characterized by PXRD,N_(2)adsorption,H_(2)-TPR,XPS,SEM,EDS and HRTEM techniques.The Mg doped catalyst shows lattice expansion of ceria due to the formation of smaller Ce^(3+)species with oxygen vacancies.The Mg-O bond also takes part in CO activation and oxidation,which results in the increase of CO oxidation.The Mg doped CuOxCeO_(2-δ)catalyst shows improvement in low temperature activity compared with the CuOxCeO_(2-δ).展开更多
基金Project supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board,DST,Delhi,India(ECR/2016/000823).
文摘A series of magnesia doped CuOxCeO_(2-δ)catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation followed by impregnation method and investigated for CO oxidation.The manuscript is devoted to explaining the role of MgO for the formation of active species on the CuOxCeO_(2-δ)surface.The improvement in catalytic activity is ascribed to the formation of various active species due to the interaction of magnesia with CuOxCeO_(2-δ).The catalysts were characterized by PXRD,N_(2)adsorption,H_(2)-TPR,XPS,SEM,EDS and HRTEM techniques.The Mg doped catalyst shows lattice expansion of ceria due to the formation of smaller Ce^(3+)species with oxygen vacancies.The Mg-O bond also takes part in CO activation and oxidation,which results in the increase of CO oxidation.The Mg doped CuOxCeO_(2-δ)catalyst shows improvement in low temperature activity compared with the CuOxCeO_(2-δ).
