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Insights into the Structural Dynamics of Pt/CeO2 Single-Site Catalysts during CO Oxidation

August 15, 2021

MDPI - Catalysts 

Despite their high atomic dispersion, single site catalysts with Pt supported on CeO2 were found to have a low activity during oxidation reactions. In this study, we report the behavior of
Pt/CeO2 single site catalyst under more complex gas mixtures, including CO, C3H6 and CO/C3H6 oxidation in the absence or presence of water. Our systematic operando high-energy resolution-fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption near-edge structure (HERFD-XANES) spectroscopic study combined with multivariate curve resolution with alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) analysis identified five distinct states in the Pt single site structure during CO oxidation light-off. After desorption of oxygen and autoreduction of Pt4+ to Pt2+ due to the increase of temperature, CO adsorbs and reduces Pt2+ to Ptδ+ and assists its migration with final formation of Ptx∆+ clusters. The derived structure–activity relationships indicate that partial reduction of Pt single sites is not sufficient to initiate the conversion of CO. The reaction proceeds only after the regrouping of several noble metal atoms in small clusters, as these entities are probably able to influence the mobility of the oxygen at the interface with ceria.

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Insights into the Structural Dynamics of Pt/CeO2 Single-Site Catalysts during CO Oxidation

Paolo Dolcet 1, Florian Maurer 1 , Maria Casapu 1 and Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt 1,2

1 Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
2 Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Catalysts 2021, 11, 617.
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11050617
Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

 

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