Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (7): 781-787.

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Preparation and Characterization of Rh-Au/冏-Al2O3 Three-Way Nanocatalysts

LIU Licheng1, ZI Xuehong1, DAI Hongxing1, ZHAO Zhen2, WANG Xinping3, HE Hong1,*   

  1. 1College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China 2State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China 3State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2010-07-25 Online:2010-07-25 Published:2010-07-25

Abstract:

Rh/-Al2O3 and Rh-Au/-Al2O3 catalysts were prepared by the ultrasound-assisted membrane reduction (UAMR) and the incipient wetness impregnation (IMP) methods. The properties of the catalysts for three-way catalytic model reactions (CO and C3H8 oxidation, CO + NO, and C3H6+NO+O2) were investigated. The catalysts were characterized by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, H2-O2 titration, N2 adsorption, and transmission electron microscopy. The metal dispersion of the Rh/-Al2O3-UAMR and Rh-Au/ -Al2O3-UAMR catalysts was 45.3% and 40.1% with the metallic surface area of 199.6 and 133.0 m2/g, respectively, and the average metal particle size was smaller than 3 nm. Compared with Rh/-Al2O3-IMP and Rh-Au/-Al2O3-IMP, the Rh/-Al2O3-UAMR and RhAu/-Al2O3- UAMR catalysts possessed much higher catalytic activity for the model reactions. However, the activity of the Rh-Au/-Al2O3- UAMR catalyst was higher than or similar to that of the Rh/-Al2O3-IMP for the model reactions, indicating that the UAMR is a promising method for fabrication of three-way catalysts. The catalysts were deactivated to some extent by hydrothermal pretreatment at 1 000 oC.

Key words: three-way catalyst, rhodium, gold, alumina, membrane reduction, impregnation