Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 1739-1746.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2011.10703

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Ca-Modified Pd/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 Catalysts for Methanol Decomposition

LI Xue1, WANG Xiaowen2, ZHAO Ming1,*, LIU Jianying1, GONG Maochu1, CHEN Yaoqiang1   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China; 2College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, China
  • Received:2011-07-11 Revised:2011-08-29 Online:2011-11-14 Published:2015-03-30

Abstract: CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 and CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3-CaO supports were prepared by the coprecipitation method and were loaded with Pd by impregnation to form Pd/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 (Pd/CZA) and Pd/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3-CaO (Pd/CZACa) catalysts. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, low temperature N2 adsorption-desorption, oxygen storage capacity, CO chemisorption, NH3 temperature-programmed desorption (NH3-TPD), CO2 temperature-programmed desorption (CO2-TPD), H2 temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The catalyst activity for methanol decomposition showed that the Ca modification improved the low-temperature activity of the catalyst, which lowered the complete conversion temperature on 34 oC. NH3-TPD and CO2-TPD showed that the addition of Ca poisoned the acid sites of the support or increased the number of weak basic sites and therefore changed the adsorption-desorption equilibria of the adsorbed species. It also enhanced the metal-support interaction and increased the electronic surroundings of Pd sites, which maintained Pd in a partly oxidized (Pdδ+) state and consequently increased the activity for methanol decomposition according to H2-TPR and XPS measurements.

Key words: palladium, calcium, methanol decomposition, ceria, zirconia, alumina