Nickel Zinc Intermetallic Catalysts For Acetylene Semi Hydrogenation And X Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Techniques For Catalyst Characterization

Author : Keishla R. Rivera-Dones
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Total Pages : 104 pages
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Download or read book Reactivity and Characterization of Supported Noble Metal Catalysts written by Keishla R. Rivera-Dones and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalytically driven processes account for over ninety percent of industrial chemical manufacturing today. Developments in manufacturing processes are largely driven by continued improvements in catalytic materials, which aim to increase production volumes while minimizing costs along with safety and environmental hazards. In order to achieve these goals, however, a rational approach in catalyst design must be pursued that aims to understand and build upon the fundamental structural, electronic, and chemical properties governing catalytic performance. To that purpose, the work presented in this dissertation makes use of kinetic experiments, theoretical models, and advanced characterization techniques to generate a fundamental understanding of noble metal surfaces employed in a variety of catalytic reaction systems. In Chapter 2, we discuss the use of N2 physisorption, CO chemisorption, and NH3 temperature programed desorption to evaluate the effect of support acidity on the reactivity profiles of various zeolite-supported Pt and Pt-Sn catalysts for the non-oxidative coupling of methane to ethylene and aromatics. Reactivity studies for Pt-Sn/H-ZSM-5 catalysts at 973 K showed that, while all catalysts produced ethylene as the primary product, increasing support acidity led to an increase in naphthalene selectivity at the expense of benzene selectivity. Volcano-shaped profiles observed for the generation of aromatic products suggest that the formation of a reactive hydrocarbon pool on acidic support surfaces could be responsible for the oligomerization of ethylene. Notably, the Pt-Sn/H-ZSM-5 (SiO2:Al2O3 = 50) catalyst was found to be comparable to the state-of-the-art Mo/H-ZSM-5 catalysts in terms of carbon product generation and resistance to coke formation. In Chapter 3, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to highlight the effect of local electronic and structural environments in specially synthesized metallic catalysts. The local coordination and nearest-neighbor distance of Pd species were evaluated to understand metal dispersion and the effect of catalyst support on the extent of bimetallic particle formation in Pd, AgPd, CuPd, and AuPd catalysts synthesized by controlled surface reactions (CSR) for a variety of amination, hydrodechlorination, and hydrogenation reactions. Near-edge structure analyses were also used on these Pd catalysts, as well as on a set of Mo-containing multi-metallic catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD) for synthesis gas conversion, to understand catalyst reducibility along with potential support and hydrogen spillover effects on the extent of metal reduction. Chapter 4 evaluates the effects of catalyst support and pretreatment conditions on the hydrogenation of acetone over SiO2-, Al2O3-, and ZSM-5-supported platinum catalysts. Pt/ZSM-5 catalysts were found to have specific conversion rates and turnover frequencies that were 2 - 3 orders of magnitude higher than those observed over Pt/SiO2 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts, regardless of zeolite acidity or pretreatment conditions. For Pt/ZSM-5 catalysts, the higher activity was achieved by increasing calcination and decreasing reduction temperatures, likely due to the effects of these treatments on the morphology of the platinum particles. CO-FTIR measurements showed a shift to higher frequencies of the Pt-CO band in Pt/ZSM-5 catalysts compared to Pt/SiO2, which alluded to the interactions between Pt and the porous zeolite structure as a source of the activity enhancements observed. Chapter 5 introduces the use of transient kinetics studies and theoretical modeling to explore the importance of surface coverage effects in the hydrogenation of acetone over platinum. Transient models based on steady-state microkinetics using static and dynamic inclusion of surface coverage via the Langmuir and Bragg-Williams approximations, respectively, predicted notable differences in the decay profiles of the most abundant reactive intermediate (MARI) from the catalytic surface. Experimental studies using steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis (SSITKA) methods served to validate the theoretical predictions for transients induced by complete acetone removal from or its substitution in the reactant feed and provided tangible evidence for the importance of surface coverage effects in understanding the reactivity of platinum catalysts for acetone hydrogenation. Lastly, Chapter 6 addresses possible future research directions in the field of transient kinetics studies.