AppliedCatalysisA:General506(2015)85–90
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Applied Catalysis A: General
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Catalytic and photocatalytic reactions of H 2 + CO 2 on supported Au catalysts
Gyula Halasi, Andrea Gazsi, Tamás Bánsági, Frigyes Solymosi
∗MTA-SZTEReactionKineticsandSurfaceChemistryResearchGroup,RerrichBélatér1,H-6720Szeged,Hungary
a r t i c l e i n f o
Articlehistory:
Received2July2015
Receivedinrevisedform3August2015 Accepted27August2015
Availableonline29August2015
Keywords:
Aucatalysts ReactionofCO2
IRspectroscopy Photocatalysis
a b s t r a c t
TheinteractionandthereactionbetweenH2+CO2havebeeninvestigatedonsupportedAucatalysts.By meansofinfraredspectroscopy,theformationofformatespecieswasdetected.Thereactionbetween H2+CO2occurredabove475–500K.ThemainreactionpathwaywastheformationofCO.Thecatalytic efficiencyofAusensitivelydependeduponthenatureofthesupport.HighestconversionofCO2was foundonAuparticlesdispersedonn-typeoxides,TiO2,ZnO,andCeO2.Audepositedoninsulatingoxides exhibitedmuchlessactivity.Athigherpressure,at8.5atm,asmallamountofCH4andCH3OHwerealso produced.Illuminationoftheactivecatalystsinducedthereactionevenatroomtemperatureresulting intheformationofCH4.ThehighactivityofAuparticlessupportedbyn-typesemiconductingoxideswas ascribedtotheelectronicinteractionbetweenAuandoxidesleadingtotheactivationofCO2.
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1. Introduction
TheactivationofCO2anditsconversionintomorevaluablecom- poundsisagreatchallengeforheterogeneouscatalysis[1–5].We becameinvolvedinthissubjectinearly80s[6–9].Ourmainfind- ingswereasfollows:incontrasttotheearlierbeliefCO2doesnot dissociateonsupportedRhat 300K,but additionof H2 toCO2
inducesitsdissociation even atroomtemperatureand leadsto theformationof formate species.Thisresultwasconfirmed on Rh(111)inUHVbyseveralelectronsspectroscopicmeasurements [10].Itwasanimportantfindingthatthecatalyticperformance ofthePtmetalsinthehydrogenationofCO2isstronglyaffected by thenature ofthe supports. TiO2 was foundtobe themost effectiveone,which wasattributedtotheelectronicinteraction betweenmetalsandTiO2 [9].Thisexplanationwasbasedonour earlyfindingnamelythatvariationoftheworkfunctionofTiO2 appreciablyaffectedthecatalyticperformanceof Nievaporated onTiO2[11–13].Itappearsthattheinterestinthecarriereffect becamemoreintensivenowadaysthankstothemodernsurface sciencemethods,andthepossibleroleofoxygenvacancyofTiO2
cameintoprominence[14–16].
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E-mailaddress:fsolym@chem.u-szeged.hu(F.Solymosi).
AfterdiscoverythatAuinnanosizeexhibitsasurprisinglyhigh catalyticactivityinmanyreactions[17–19],itsinfluencehasbeen alsotestedinthecatalyticchemistryofCO2[20–23].Audeposited onTiO2andtitanatenanotubewerefoundtobeinactiveinCO2
hydrogenation[21].Athighpressure(50atm)andatrelativelylow spacevelocity(3000h−1mlg−1),however,asignificantamountof methanolwasfound[22,23].
Inthepresentwork,weexaminethesurfaceinteractionand reactionbetweenH2andCO2onAucatalysts.Attentionispaidto theeffectsofsupports,promotorsandillumination.Weexpectthat theAuinnanosize(1–3nm)depositedonn-typesemiconducting oxidesmightbeabletoactivatetheratherinertCO2andinducesits thermalandphotoreactionswithH2evenatlowpressure.Recently, itwasfoundtheAu/TiO2 isaveryeffectivecatalystevenforthe photoinducedreactionsofNO+C2H5OHandinthedecomposition ofseveralorganiccompoundsatroomtemperature[24].Asregards theactivationofCO2,recentlywefoundthatthedepositionofKon Au(111)singlecrystalleadstotheformationofnegativelycharged CO2anditsdissociationevenabove300K[25].Illuminationofthe CO2+K/Au(111)systemgreatlypromotedthedissociationofCO2
[26].
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Fig.1. SizesofAuparticlesondifferentsupports(A),XPSspectraofdifferentAucatalysts(B).
Fig.2.SelectedIRspectraobservedatroomtemperatureafterH2+CO2(4:1)reactionatdifferenttemperatureonAu/TiO2(A)a,300K(15m);b,373K(30m);c,423K(30m);
d,523K(30m);e,573K(30m);f,afterevacuationat300K;andfollowing0.5TorrHCOOHadsorptiononAu/SiO2(B)a,adsorptionat300K(5m);b,300K(10m);c,373K (10m);d,473K(10m);e,573K(10m).
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2.1. Materials
SupportedAucatalystswithagoldloadingof1and5wt%was preparedbyadeposition-precipitationmethod.Chloroauricacid (HAuCl4×aqp.a.49%Au,FlukaAG)wasfirstdissolvedintriply distilledwater.AfterthepHoftheHAuCl4 aqueoussolutionwas adjustedto7.5pHbyadding25%ammoniasolution,thefinepow- derofoxidicsupportwassuspendedandkeptat343Kfor1hwith continuousstirring.Thesuspensionwasagedfor24hatroomtem- peratureandwashedwithdistilledwaterrepeatedly,driedat353K, calcinedinairandreducedat673Kfor4h.Thefollowingsupports wereused:Al2O3(Degussa);SiO2(Aerosil380);CeO2(ALFAAESAR) andMgO(DAB).Inaddition,weusedcommercial1%Au/TiO2and 1%Au/ZnO(AUROlite)samplespurchasedbyStremChem.
2.2. Methodsandcharacterizationtechniques
X-rayphotoelectronspectra(XPS) weretakenwitha Kratos XSAM800instruments,using non-monochromaticAlK˛radia- tion(hv=1486.6eV)anda180◦ hemisphericalanalyseratabase pressure of 1×10−9mbar.Binding energies werereferenced to theC 1sbinding energy (BE) (285.1eV), withthe exception of Au/SiO2,wheretheSi2pcorelevelat103.4eVwasusedasrefer- ence.Transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)imagesweretaken withaPhilipsCM20andaMorgagni268Delectronmicroscopeat 300K.Approximately1mgofcatalystwasplacedonaTEMgrid.
InfraredspectrawererecordedwithaBiorad(Digilab.Div.FTS 155)withawavenumberaccuracy±4cm−1.Typically,128scans werecollected.Allsubstractionsofthespectraweretakenwithout theuseofascalingfactor(f=1.0).Thesamplecanbeheatedand cooledinsitu.Thechambercanbeevacuatedto10−6mbar.
2.3. Catalytictest
ThereactionofH2+CO2 wasinvestigatedina flowmicrore- actoratatmosphericpressure.Theinnerdiameterofthereactor was8mm,and itslengthwas250mm.Thereactorwasheated by anexternal oven.The weight of thecatalyst was0.3g.The spacevelocitieswere3000–6000h−1.Inthekineticmeasurements theconversionofCO2waskeptlessthan10–15%.Experimentsat 9.5barpressurewerecarriedoutinstainlesssteeltube.Analyses ofthegaseswereperformedwithanAgilent4890Dgaschromato- graph.A2mlong0.25indiametercolumnpackedwithPorapakQS allowedcompleteseparationanddeterminationofreactantsand products.
Thephotocatalyticreactionwasfollowedinathermallycontrol- lablephotoreactor(volume:1650cm−1)equippedwitha 500W medium pressuremercury vapor lamp(TQ 718, Heraeus Noble light,Germany)asalightsource.Thislampemitspredominantly inthewavelengthrangeof250–440nm.Itsmaximumintensityis at254nm.
3. Results
3.1. Characterizationofthecatalysts
AsshowninFig.1A,theparticlesizedistributiondependedon thenatureofthesupport.InthecaseofAu/TiO2 andAu/ZnOthe mainsizeoftheAuparticlesissmall,1.5–2.5nm,anduniform.This valueforAu/SiO2andAu/Al2O3fellsintherangeof2–10nm.The averagesizesofAuparticlesondifferentoxidicsupportsaregiven inTable1.TheXPSspectraofsomeselectedAusamplesareshown inFig.1B.IntheanalysisofXPSspectra,weacceptedtheBEsofthree Austates:84.0eVforAu0,84.6eVforAu1+and85.9eVforAu3+
[31–33].BindingenergiesarealsogiveninTable1.Accordingly, theAuinthereducedsamplesisintheformofAu0.However,we cannotexcludethepresenceofAu1+intheAu/TiO2andAu/CeO2in averysmallconcentration.
3.2. FTIRstudies
TheprimaryaimoftheIRspectroscopicmeasurementsisthe detection of formate species formed in the surface interaction betweenH2 and CO2.This surfacegroup wasvery easilyiden- tified in the case of supported Pt metals [6–9,27–30]. As was established beforetheasymmetric stretch of adsorbedformate isat155–1591cm−1 andthesymmetriconeat1351–1390cm−1 [6–9,27–30].AsCO2 formingdifferentcarbonatespeciesonTiO2 andotheroxidesgavesimilarspectralfeatures,itisnot easyto establish thepresence ofa very small amountofformate gen- eratedintheH2+CO2 interactiononsupportedAucatalysts.In Fig.2A,wepresentedtheselectedregionofthespectrafollowing thecoadsorptionofH2+CO2overAu/TiO2sample.Itshowsthatno absorptionbandisdevelopedat1384cm−1at300K,butitclearly appearedat373K.Itsintensityslightlyincreasedupto423K,then startedattenuatingathighertemperature.Inordertoestablishthe locationformatespecies,HCOOHwasadsorbedonAu/SiO2 sam- ple.AsseeninFig.2B,intenseabsorptionbandsappearedat1727, 1598,1380and1361cm−1.Theirintensitiesgraduallydecreased withtheraisingoftheadsorptiontemperature.
3.3. Catalyticstudy
Onthemostactive1%Au/TiO2catalystthereactionofH2+CO2 wasmeasurableevenaround450K.TheconversionofCO2reached 50%at773K.Thisvaluewas∼35%onthe1%Au/CeO2and28%on Au/ZnO.MuchlessactivitywasexhibitedbyAu/SiO2andAu/MgO.
Allthecatalystsexhibitedaremarkablestabilityat773K.Themain productofthereactionwasCOandH2O.Methaneandmethanol formedonlyintracequantitiesevenontheactivesamples.Increas- ingtheamountofAufrom1%to5%didnotleadtohighercatalytic performance.Notethatthepureoxidesexhibitednoorverylit- tleactivityevenat773K.ThecatalyticbehaviorofCeO2nanowire andnanotubewasalsotestedwithoutanypositiveresults.Some importantdataarepresentedinFig.3A.
Theeffectofpotassiumpromotorwasexaminedinthecaseof Au/CeO2.AsshowninFig.3B,adding1%K2OtoAu/CeO2appre- ciablyenhanceditscatalyticperformance.TheconversionofCO2
increased from 38 to 50% and a slight formation of CH4 also occurred.Notethatpotassiumexertednopromotoreffectinthe caseofpureCeO2support.
ThedependenceoftherateofCOformationonthepartialpres- suresofH2andCO2wasdeterminedonAu/TiO2fromtheslopes oflog–logplotsoftherateagainstthereactantpartialpressures (Fig.3C). It wasfound that thekinetic orderfor CO2 was0.62 and thatfor H2 0.57. Theactivationenergyof thereactionwas determinedfromthetemperaturedependenceoftherateofCOfor- mationinthesteadystate.TheArrheniusplotisshowninFig.3D.
Weobtainedavalueof64.8kJ/mol.
Somemeasurementwerecarriedoutathigherpressure,9.5bar.
On Au/TiO2, beside CO a significant amount of methane and methanolalsoformed.Lessamountofthesecompoundswerepro- ducedonAu/CeO2andAu/ZnO.Importantresultsarepresentedin Fig.4.
3.4. Effectofillumination
Illuminationoftheactivecatalystsinitiatedthereactionevenat roomtemperature.ThemostefficientsamplewasAu/TiO2followed byAu/ZnOandAu/CeO2.ResultsareplottedinFig.5.Themajor
Fig.3.ConversionofCO2intheH2+CO2(4:1)reactiononvariousAucatalystsatdifferenttemperatures(A)and(B).DependenceofrateofCOformationonthepartial pressureofCO2andH2onAu/TiO2catalyst(C).ArrheniusplotofH2+CO2reactionforAu/TiO2(D).
productinthiscasewasCH4,COformedonlyinatraceamount.
TheconversionofCO2onAu/TiO2reached3.5%in220m.
4. Discussion 4.1. IRstudies
BeforediscussingtheresultsofIRspectroscopicmeasurements, wementionthatintheinteractionofH2+CO2onsupportedPtmet- als,theformationofadsorbedCOandformatespecieswasdetected [6,7,26–29].Asthenumberof formategroups onRh/Al2O3 and Rh/MgOwas5–7timeshigherthanthatofsurfaceRhatoms,itwas concludedthatformateresidesonthesupportandnotontheRh [6–9].Thisconclusionwassupportedbythefindingthatnoformate wasdetectedonSiO2-supportedPtmetalsabove300K[6–9].AsCO adsorbsweaklyonAuparticlesatandabove300K[17–19],itisnot surprisingthatwefoundnoabsorptionbandsduetoCObondedto
Aumetal.Itisanopenquestion,whetheradsorbedformateisbeing formedinthecatalyticreactionofH2andCO2
H2+CO2= HCOO(a)+H(a)(1)
on supported Au catalyst. The difficulty of the detection of a verysmall amountof formatein thepresence of largeamount of CO2 is described in chapter 1. After several unsuccessful attempts,weidentifiedthesymmetricstretchofformatespeciesat 1384cm−1generatedbytheH2andCO2reactiononAu/TiO2cata- lyst(Fig.2A).ThefindingthatadsorptionHCOOHonAu/SiO2gave intenseabsorptionbandsat1598cm−1 (asymmetricstretch)and 1380cm−1 (symmetricstretch)suggeststhattheformategroup existsonAuparticles (Fig.2B).Theseabsorption featureswere detectedevenafterheatingtheadsorbedlayerto573Kindicat- ingthehighstabilityofformatespeciesonAumetal,andtheless reactivityofAuparticlescomparedtothatofPtmetals.Theintense
Table1
SomecharacteristicdataforthesupportedAucatalysts.
Catalyst Surfaceareaofthe support(m2/g)
Averagesizeofthe Auparticles(nm)
Calculatedsurface areaofAuparticles (nm2)
D(%) Bindingenergyof theAuondifferent supports(eV)
1%Au/TiO2 50 2 12 70 84.2
1%Au/Al2O3 100 5,5 35 26 –
1%Au/ZnO 40–50 2 12 70 –
1%Au/MgO 170 2,1 13 67 84.1
1%Au/SiO2 380 6,5 133 21 84.0
1%Au/CeO2 50 1,9 11 74 84.2
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Fig.4.ConversionofCO2intheH2+CO2(4:1)reactionoverAu/TiO2at9.5barasafunctionoftemperature(A)andintimeat773K(B).FormationofCO(C)andCH4and CH3OH(D).
Fig.5.EffectofilluminationonthephotocatalyticreactionofH2+CO2(4:1)ondifferentcatalystsat300K.
absorptionbandat1727cm−1isverylikelyduetothevibrationof molecularlyadsorbedHCOOHonsilicasurface.
4.2. Catalyticstudies
AsthemethanationofCO2onsupportedPtmetalsalsoinvolves thedissociationof COand thehydrogenationofsurface carbon [7–9],itisnotsurprisingtheabsenceofmethaneinthecatalytic reactionofH2+CO2onsupportedAu(seeFig.3).Theweakbond- ingbetweenCOandAumetalisprobablythereasonthatH2+CO2
reactiondidnotproduceCH4evenathightemperatures.
Accordingtoourpreviousresults,CO2alonedoesnotdissoci- ateoneitherAu(111)orsupportedAu[25].Inharmonywiththis finding,thereactionbetweenH2 andCO2 isverylimitedonAu depositedoninsulatingSiO2,Al2O3andMgO.However,whenAu isdepositedonn-typesemiconductingoxides,TiO2,ZnOandCeO2, apartialactivationofCO2occurredattheAu/oxideinterface,which reactedwithhydrogenleadingtotheproductionofCO.Asthework functionofAu(5.31eV)ishigherthanthatofTiO2 (4.6eV),ZnO (3.9–4.2eV)andCeO2(2.5–2.7eV),weexpectanelectrontransfer fromtheseoxidestothedepositedAuparticles.Thisassiststhe activationofCO2onAu,e.g.theformationofnegativelycharged CO2−,whichreactsmoreeasilywithhydrogentogiveCO
CO2+e−=CO2ı−(2)
CO2(a)ı−+H2=CO+H2O+e−(3)
IntheexplanationofthehighefficiencyofTiO2 asasupport recently,agreatattentionispaidtotheroleofitsoxygenvacancy [34–36].AstheZnO,whichcontainsexcessZnintheinterstitial position,wasalsoaneffectivesupport,webelievethatintheelec- tricpropertiesofthesupportingoxidesinthisreactionaremore importantthanthenatureoftheirdefectstructure.
ThepositiveeffectofpotassiumadditiononAu/CeO2(Fig.3B) canbealsoattributedtothedonationof anelectrontotheAu particles,whichcontributestotheactivationofCO2[25].Itisto bementionedthatPraliaudetal.[37]disclosedthatanelectron donationcanalsooccurfromK+–O2–overlayerstothemetal.The electrondonatingcharacterofthisoverlayerwasalsoconsidered byothersaswell[38,39].
Asregardstheeffectofillumination,wemayassumethegen- erationofanelectroninaphotoexcitationprocess,
TiO2+h=h++e−(4)
whichenhancesthechargetransferbetweenn-typeoxidesandAu particlesleadingalsototheactivationofCO(adsorbedmolecules) andtotheslightformationofCH4
CO+3H2= CH4+H2O(5)
Athigherpressure(9.5atm)asmallamountofmethanolwas alsoproduced,
3H2+CO2= CH3OH+H2O(6)
butthedominantpathwayoftheH2+CO2 reactionwasstillthe formationofCO.
5. Conclusions
(i)Infraredspectroscopicmeasurementsrevealedaslightforma- tionofformatespeciesintheH2+CO2reactiononAu/TiO2.
(ii)Auparticlesdepositedonn-typesemiconductingoxides(ZnO, TiO2,CeO2)catalysestheH2+CO2reactiontogiveCOabove 500K,whichwasexplainedbytheoccurrenceofanelectronic interactionbetweenAuandtheoxides.
(iii)Athigherpressure,9.5barasmallamountofmethanolalso formed.
(iv)IlluminationofAu/TiO2inducedtheH2+CO2reactionevenat roomtemperature.
Acknowledgements
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