Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 2029-2035.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60673-1

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Nanosized FeOx overlayers on Pt-skin surfaces for low temperature CO oxidation

Hong Xu, Qiang Fu, Xinhe Bao   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2013-06-06 Revised:2013-07-24 Online:2013-10-18 Published:2013-10-18
  • Contact: Qiang Fu
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21222305, 11079005, 20923001) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2013CB834603, 2011CBA00503, 2013CB933100).

Abstract:

Pt-Cu/carbon black catalysts were prepared by an impregnation-reduction method followed by acid leaching. The structure and composition of Pt-Cu nanoparticles treated under different conditions were investigated by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. PtCu3 alloy formed upon annealing Pt-Cu/carbon black catalysts in H2. Acid leaching produced Pt-Cu nanoparticles consisting of Pt-skeleton surface structure and PtCu3 alloy core. The Pt-skeleton could be transformed to well-defined Pt-skin structure through further annealing the leached Pt-Cu nanoparticles in H2. Decorating the Pt-skin surfaces with Fe oxide nanopatches resulted in enhanced reactivity in the preferential oxidation of CO in excess H2. The tri-component Pt-Cu-Fe catalysts exhibited comparable activity to the bi-component Pt-Fe catalysts but used much less Pt.

Key words: CO oxidation, Pt-skin, Fe oxide, Interface catalysis