XRD and XPS are used to study the dispersion state of CuO on ceria surface.The dispersion capacity values of CuO measured by the two methods are consistent,which are of 1.20 mmol CuO/100 m CeO2.In addition,the results...XRD and XPS are used to study the dispersion state of CuO on ceria surface.The dispersion capacity values of CuO measured by the two methods are consistent,which are of 1.20 mmol CuO/100 m CeO2.In addition,the results reveal that highly dispersed Cu2 + ions are formed at low CuO loadings and that increasing the CuO content to a value higher than its dispersion capacity produces crystalline CuO after the surface vacant sites on CeO2 are filled.The atomic composition of the outermost layer of the CuO/CeO2 samples has been probed by using static secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SSIMS),and the ratios of Cu/Ce are found to be 0.93 and 0.46 for the 1.22 and 0 61 mmol CuO/CeO2 samples respectively.Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) profile with two reduction peaks at 156 and 16513 suggests that the reduction of highly dispersed Cu2+ ions consists of two steps and is easier than that of CuO crystallites,in which the TPR profile has only one reduction peak at about 249℃.The above experimental results are in good agreement with the prediction of the incorporation model.展开更多
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文摘XRD and XPS are used to study the dispersion state of CuO on ceria surface.The dispersion capacity values of CuO measured by the two methods are consistent,which are of 1.20 mmol CuO/100 m CeO2.In addition,the results reveal that highly dispersed Cu2 + ions are formed at low CuO loadings and that increasing the CuO content to a value higher than its dispersion capacity produces crystalline CuO after the surface vacant sites on CeO2 are filled.The atomic composition of the outermost layer of the CuO/CeO2 samples has been probed by using static secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SSIMS),and the ratios of Cu/Ce are found to be 0.93 and 0.46 for the 1.22 and 0 61 mmol CuO/CeO2 samples respectively.Temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) profile with two reduction peaks at 156 and 16513 suggests that the reduction of highly dispersed Cu2+ ions consists of two steps and is easier than that of CuO crystallites,in which the TPR profile has only one reduction peak at about 249℃.The above experimental results are in good agreement with the prediction of the incorporation model.
