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Platinum-Group Metal (PGM) Substituted Complex Oxide Catalysts V.N.16 Platinum-Group Metal (PGM) Substituted Complex Oxide Catalysts to us that a perovskite like BaCeO3, which we have explored Principal Investigator: Ram Seshadri in some detail, behaves very differently from simple oxide supports like Al2O3. The objectives include exploring the Materials Department and Department of Chemistry 2+ 2+ and Biochemistry catalytic role/activity of PGM ions such as Pd , Pt , and 3+ Materials Research Laboratory, University of California Au substituted in complex oxide hosts. The target reactions Santa Barbara, CA 93106 are H2, CO and hydrocarbon transformations, although the Phone: (805) 893-6129 widespread use of PGM-based materials in many areas of Email: [email protected] catalysis means that the work will likely impact other areas of chemical conversion and energy as well. Our principal theme Names of Team Members: is the design of complex, multi-cation oxide hosts containing • Lauren Misch: Current graduate student. low quantities of substituted PGM ions, and their use as Email: [email protected] sinter- and poison-resistant replacements for conventional • Dr. Alexander Birkel: Post-doctoral fellow. oxide-supported PGM catalysts. Email: [email protected] • Joshua Kurzman: Former graduate student, now post- doctoral fellow in France. Technical Barriers • Stephanie Moffitt: Former undergraduate student, now graduate student at Northwestern: The chief technical barrier to carrying out the work as described has been in learning how to prepare and stabilize DOE Program Manager: Dr. Raul Miranda the different oxides with either small PGM substitution, or Phone: (301) 903-8014 that are stoichiometric in PGM-content. In general, PGM Email: [email protected] ions are oxophobic, which means that they do not easily form stable oxides, and the stability of the oxide decreases at increasing temperature. On the other hand, they are rather Objectives sluggish to react, which usually requires preparation at high temperatures, under conditions that push the limits of their The increasing costs of platinum group metals (PGMs), stability. The second technical barrier is that many catalytic arising from their scarcity, and from their ever-growing use reactions take place under conditions wherein the PGM ion in catalytic converters provides the imperative for research can be reduced to zerovalent (metal) nanoparticles. It is then into better use of PGMs in catalysis. PGMs are extensively important to distinguish reactions that are actually catalyzed implicated in hydrogen generation from (hydro)carbon by the PGM ion, rather than by the PGM nanoparticle. feedstocks, in the conversion of hydrogen into electricity in fuel cells, and in counter electrodes for photocatalytic Abstract water splitting. Other drivers for PGM abatement are the Substituted metal oxides containing ionic platinum group potential environmental impact of dispersed PGM particles, metal species have been attracting a great deal of attention wastefully ablated from catalytic converters, and the complex because of their potential to reduce the amount of precious geopolitics of sourcing these metals. A significant body metals used in heterogeneous catalysis. To address questions of work, including from Santa Barbara, has pointed to the surrounding catalytic activity of precious metal ions, we effectiveness of complex transition metal oxides substituted 2+ have continued to probe both well-defined model systems with small amounts of noble metal ions (notably, Pd ) in as well as lightly substituted simple and complex oxides. oxidation catalysis. This area of research has yielded a We continue to use CO oxidation as a test reaction, but in number of important surprises, chief amongst which is the 2+ addition, we are employing a host of new, and industrially increasing body of evidence pointing to Pd in the oxide relevant reactions such as C–H bond activation, hydrocarbon lattice, rather than Pd nanoparticles on the surface of the combustion, and catalytic hydrogenation/dehydrogenation. oxide, that are the active sites for CO oxidation. This has We have used our understanding of experiments on known led us to question the paradigm of oxide-supported PGM model compounds, in conjunction with detailed density nanoparticle catalysis – at least for a large class of important functional electronic structure calculations, to determine oxidation and partial oxidation reactions – and to envisage potentially new catalytic systems based on markers of the development of catalysts that obviate problems inherent catalytic activity such as the d band position. In this past to supported catalysts; inefficiencies due to only surface year, we have investigated Pd-substituted CeO . This atoms being accessible, particle sintering with concurrent 2 substituted simple oxide has been well-studied for use loss of active surface area, and ablation. The materials focus in CO oxidation, NO reduction, and the water-gas shift is on complex oxides; complex implying they possess at least x reaction. We have investigated this compound, prepared by two crystallographically distinct cation sites. It has been clear DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program V–298 FY 2013 Annual Progress Report Seshadri – University of California, Santa Barbara V.N Fuel Cells / Basic Energy Sciences ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, for partial oxidation and dry- determined that La4LiAuO8 is a very poor catalyst for the reforming of CH4. We have also, in this period, completed oxidation of CO to CO2, in contrast to La2BaPdO5, which is a comprehensive study of the electronic structure of gold quite a good catalyst for this reaction, despite being tested compounds, in the search for new catalytic materials where as a low surface area bulk powder. Electronic structure the active element is gold. In this light, and as a precursor to calculations revealed distinct differences in the average further experiments, we have also examined the chemistry of energy of the Pd 4d and Au 5d states – the Au d-states Ir4+. A survey of some of the progress is reported here. are held deep below the Fermi energy with the centroid positioned at approximately –5.0 eV. The Pd d-states of Progress Report La2BaPdO5, on the other hand, are only about 2.5 eV below EF. In the context of the Hammer–Nørskov d-band model, the 4.1 Ce1–xPdxO2–δ: Substituted ion versus supported metal distinct behaviors of these isoelectronic model compounds can be interpreted in terms of the differing abilities to Pd-substituted CeO , Ce Pd O was prepared as a high 2 1–x x 2–δ interact with adsorbates: the d-states of La LiAuO are not surface area powder using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP). 4 8 accessible, while the d-states of La2BaPdO5 are. Thus, we USP has been previously used for preparing mesoporous were led to the question: If the d-states of cationic Au3+are carbon materials; we have further developed this method too stabilized to be of interest for catalysis, where are the to be applicable for substituted metal oxides. Metal nitrate d-states located in compounds containing formally or precursors are mixed in a suitable molar ratio in water. The partially anionic gold? Although a number of compounds precursor solution is then nebulized into a fine mist and of Au– are known, none of them are sufficiently stable to carried through a tube furnace at adjustable temperature, and warrant catalytic testing and many are air-sensitive; for the products are collected in water bubblers. The catalysts example, dealloying of alkali-Au films exposed to O2 has were extensively characterized using synchrotron X-ray been found to occur near room temperature. Auδ– species, diffraction and other techniques, confirming phase pure however, which are encountered in polar intermetallics of samples up to 10 mol% Pd substitution. Ce Pd O was 0.95 0.05 2–δ Au with the early transition metals, are comparatively quite found to be active for the partial oxidation of CH above 4 stable. As we began to study ordered gold alloys, however, 450oC. Partial oxidation of CH over Ce Pd O yields the 4 0.95 0.05 2–δ similarities in the electronic structure of gold compounds expected combustion products along with non-stoichiometric containing Au in vastly different formal oxidation states synthesis gas in the form of excess hydrogen gas. The quickly became apparent. It became clear that the formal excess hydrogen is a result of several secondary reactions oxidation state of Au was uninformative about the electronic occurring after combustion, including dry reforming of CH , 4 structural features that dictate catalytic activity, namely, the steam reforming of CH , and water gas shift. We found that 4 energy of the Au d-states. this material becomes catalytically active for C–H bond activation only after the Pd2+ ions have been reduced to Pd Using first principles bulk electronic structure calculations on a variety of Au compounds and species, metal supported on CeO2. This observation was confirmed from post-reaction analyses including X-ray diffraction, encompassing a wide spectrum of formal oxidation states, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and by verifying the coordination geometries, and chemical environments, we 0 found that the center of the d band is linearly dependent on activity of the reduced Pd /CeO2 catalysts for ethylene hydrogenation, a reaction that is known to require Pd0. We the degree of d-band filling. This is a general relationship for have identified USP as a facile method for the preparation of Au irrespective of its surroundings. Although changes in the substituted metal oxides, and also for the preparation of well- d-band filling are small, the population of the d shell has a dispersed metal nanoparticles on oxide supports via reduction significant effect on the energy of the Au d-states. The ready – of substituted materials. Ongoing efforts are focused on formation of Au in compounds such as CsAu arises from Au the preparation of complex oxides by USP, including Pd- possessing relatively stabilized s states, which also manifests substituted perovskites, and solid acids.
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