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- Title
Highly Active Oxidation Catalysts through Confining Pd Clusters on CeO<sub>2</sub> Nano‐Islands.
- Authors
Gashnikova, Daria; Maurer, Florian; Sauter, Eric; Bernart, Sarah; Jelic, Jelena; Dolcet, Paolo; Maliakkal, Carina B.; Wang, Yuemin; Wöll, Christof; Studt, Felix; Kübel, Christian; Casapu, Maria; Grunwaldt, Jan‐Dierk
- Abstract
CeO2‐supported noble metal clusters are attractive catalytic materials for several applications. However, their atomic dispersion under oxidizing reaction conditions often leads to catalyst deactivation. In this study, the noble metal cluster formation threshold is rationally adjusted by using a mixed CeO2‐Al2O3 support. The preferential location of Pd on CeO2 islands leads to a high local surface noble metal concentration and promotes the in situ formation of small Pd clusters at a rather low noble metal loading (0.5 wt %), which are shown to be the active species for CO conversion at low temperatures. As elucidated by complementary in situ/operando techniques, the spatial separation of CeO2 islands on Al2O3 confines the mobility of Pd, preventing the full redispersion or the formation of larger noble metal particles and maintaining a high CO oxidation activity at low temperatures. In a broader perspective, this approach to more efficiently use the noble metal can be transferred to further systems and reactions in heterogeneous catalysis.
- Subjects
PRECIOUS metals; CATALYST poisoning; HETEROGENEOUS catalysis; LOW temperatures; CERIUM oxides; METAL clusters
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2024, Vol 136, Issue 35, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202408511