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REACI'IVITIES OF SURFACE INTERMEDIATES ON AN Sm203 CATALYST
STUDIED BY IN SITU INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
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Sakatq M. Yoshino, T.Fuhda, H. Yamaguchi H. Imomura and S.Tsuchiya
Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi Universitv. 2557 Tokiwadai, Ube 755, Japan
Abstract The r e a c t i v i t i e s of surface s p e c i e s produced over an SmzOg c a t a l y s t under CO hydrogenation r e a c t i o n were investigated by in s i t u i n f r a r e d spectroscopy. Under the reaction condition, formate, carbonate and methoxide were observed over the surface. Among the s u r f a c e species, methoxide plays the important r o l e of the hydrocarbon production of t h e reaction.
1. INTRODUCTION
Surface s p e c i e s produced over heterogeneous c a t a l y s t s under r e a c t i o n cond i t i o n s a r e often regarded as reaction intermediates. In order t o characteri z e reactions over c a t a l y s t s , i t i s important t o c l a r i f y r o l e s of s u r f a c e species t o c a t a l y t i c reactions. Recently various techniques a r e applied t o t h i s kind of work. Infrared(1R) spectroscopy i s one of t h e useful technique f o r observing s u r f a c e species d i r e c t l y under reaction conditions. For CO hydrogenation reaction, Zr02 and lanthanide oxides e x h i b i t some c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a c t i v i t i e s such a s s e l e c t i v e production of l i g h t olef ins and methanol [1,2]. The surface species produced from the r e a c t i o n s over t h e In c a t a l y s t s were investigated by many workers by IR spectroscopy [3.4]. t h i s work, we have studied r e a c t i v i t i e s of surface s p e c i e s produced d u r i n g CO hydrogenation r e a c t i o n over an Sm203 c a t a l y s t , which i s one of the t y p i cal lanthanide oxide, by IR spectroscopy. The r e a c t i o n s of t h e s u r f a c e speci e s produced from t h e adsorption and decomposition of t h e r e l a t e compounds were examined t o c h a r a c t e r i z e t h e reaction over the c a t a l y s t .
2. EXPERIMENTAL Sm 0 was prepared from t h e c a l c i n a t i o n of Sm(OH)3 obtained from hydrolys i s o f &(NO ) 3 by NH40H. Self-supporting d i s k (ca. 60 mg) of Sm O3 was s e t i n an IR cel? which was attached t o closed c i r c u l a t i o n system. d e c a t a l y s t
1520 was t r e a t e d w i t h 0 and H2 a t 873 K r e s p e c t i v e l y and evacuated a t 1100 K f o r 30 min. t o p u r i f y %he c a t a l y s t surface. I R s p e c t r a were recorded withl FTIR re7000 (JASCO.). A l l s p e c t r a w e r e measured w i t h 256 s c a n s a t 4 cms o l u t i o n and were o b t a i n e d from t h e r a t i o o f t h e background spectrum o f t h e Sm203 t o adsorbed gases. Formate and methoxide s p e c i e s were produced by t h e a d s o r p t i o n o f d r i e d f o r m i c a c i d and methanol. Reactions such as CO hydrogena t i o n was -performed i n a c l o s e d c i r c u l a t i o n system.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION R e s u l t s o f t h e CO h y d r o g e n a t i o n r e a c t i o n o v e r an S m 2 0 c a t a l y s t a t v a r i o u s temperature were l i s t e d i n Table 1. From Table 1, $he a c t i v i t i e s were developed and hydrocarbons were produced o v e r 573 K. From t h e hydrocarbon p r o d u c t s d i s t r i b u t i o n , C -C4 hydrocarbons were produced s e l e c t i v e l y . I t was confirmed t h a t o l e f i n s e f e c t i v i t y i n hydrocarbon p r o d u c t s was o v e r 80 %. Table 1 R e s u l t s o f t h e CO hydrogenation r e a c t i o n o v e r Sm2O3 (CO:H2 =1:3) Reaction
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I R s p e c t r a o f t h e s u r f a c e species formed from CO hydrogenation r e a c t i o n a t v a r i o u s temperatures a r e shown i n Fig. 1. These s p e c t r a were measured under t h e same c o n d i t i o n o f t h e r e a c t i o n . Fig. l ( a ) shows t h e spectrum a t 473 K. From Fig. l ( a ) , bands a t t r i b u t e d t o b i d e n t a t e f o r m a t e and s u r f a c e h y d r o x y l group a r e m a i n l y observed [ 5 ] . F i g . l ( b ) shows t h e spectrum a t 573 K. From Fig. l ( b ) p r o d u c t i o n o f some new bands and changing t h e band shapes were observed, It i s confirmed t h a t new species produced a t 373 K a r e a t t r i b u t a b l e t o methoxide and carbonate [ 6 ] . F i g . l ( c ) shows t h e spectrum a t 673 K. From Fig. l ( c ) , t h e bands due t o c a r b o n a t e - l i k e species a r e m a i n l y observed. From t h e s e r e s u l t s , i t i s c l e a r t h a t main s u r f a c e s p e c i e s o f CO hyd r o g e n a t i o n r e a c t i o n on Sm O3 a r e formate, methoxide and carbonate-1 ike species. I n o r d e r t o e l u c i d a Z e r o l e s o f t h e s e s p e c i e s t o t h e r e a c t i o n , react i v i t i e s o f them which were produced from a d s o r p t i o n o f t h e r e l a t e d compounds were i n v e s t i g a t e d i n d i v i d u a l l y . F o r formate species, which was produced f r o m t h e a d s o r p t i o n o f f o r m i c By i n acid, t h r e e kinds o f formates were observed a t 273 K i n vacuo. c r e a s i n g t h e t e m p e r a t u r e t o 533 K, t h e f o r m a t e s r e a c t e d t o one k i n d o f formate t h a t was a t t r i b u t a b l e t o b i d e n t a t e formate. It decomposed t o form OH
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Fig. 1. I R s p e c t r a o f adsorbed species formed from CO h y d r o g e n a t i o n r e a c t i o n on Sm2O3 a t (a) 473 K, ( b ) 573 K and ( c ) 673 K. and carbonate on t h e s u r f a c e o v e r 533 K. The decomposition behaviour was n o t changed a p p a r e n t l y under H2 atmosphere. The b e h a v i o u r o f d-formate under H2 atmosphere was observed. C-D t o C-H exchange r e a c t i o n was o c c u r r e d accompan i e d w i t h t h e decomposition o v e r 533 K. Dependence o f t h e i n i t i a l r a t e o f C-D t o C-H exchange and f o r m a t i o n o f carbonate by t h e decomposition upon t h e p r e s s u r e o f H2 a t 543 K a r e shown i n F i g . 2. The r a t e was o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e i n c r e a s e o f band i n t e n s i t i e s t h a t were assigned t o J(C-H) and 6(CO2! w i t h passing time. From F i g . 2, f o r C-D t o C-H exchange r e a c t i o n t h e r a t e i s i n creased w i t h i n c r e a s i n g H2 pressure. The r a t e was e x h i b i t e d maximum v a l u e I n c r e a s i n g H p r e s s u r e more t h a n 6.5 kPa, t h e r a t e was under 6.5 kPa o f H g r a d u a l l y decrease$. I t suggests (hat t h e C-H a c t i v a t i o n and H2 a c t i v a t i o n occurred on t h e same s i t e over t h e c a t a l y s t and H2 a c t i v a t i o n was p r i o r t o C-H a c t i v a t i o n over 6.5 kPa o f H2. F o r decomposition r e a c t i o n , t h e r a t e was decreased w i t h i n c r e a s i n g H pressure. Under HZ p r e s s u r e o v e r 6.5 kPa, t h e r a t e became constant. From &ese r e s u l t s , i t i s c l e a r t h a t hydrogen d i s t u r b s t h e decomposition o f formate and suggested t h a t t h e decomposition o f f o r m a t e proceeds by way o f C-H f i s s i o n . I t was a l s o c o n f i r m e d t h a t methanol was produced s e l e c t i v e l y under t h e c o n d i t i o n . F o r methoxide, which was produced from t h e a d s o r p t i o n o f methanol, t h i s species was s t a b l e up t o 573 K and g r a d u a l l y decomposed o v e r 573 K i n vacuo. Under H2 atmosphere, t h e behaviour o f t h i s species were n e a r l y t h e same as t h a t i n vacuo. I R s p e c t r a o f d methoxide, which was produced from t h e ad;I atmosphere a t 533 K and 553 K a r e shown i n s o r p t i o n o f d methanol, under ? Fig. 3. From t:g. 3, i t was observed t h a t C-D bond was g r a d u a l l y exchanged t o C-H bond. A f t e r 17 hours a t 533 K m i x t u r e o f d3-, d2-, d and d p e t h o x i d e was observed. A t 553 K, t h e r e a c t i o n was proceeded ana methoxide a l most became $ p n e t h o x i d e a f t e r 4 h. The appearance o f t h e new bands a t 1460 and 1375 cm- were a l s o observed i n Fig. 3. These bands were a t t r i b u t a b l e t o carbonate-1 ike adsorbed species t h a t was produce from t h e decomposition o f methoxide. H2 p r e s s u r e dependence o f t h e i n i t i a l r a t e of exchange r e a c t i o n e x h i b i t e d n e a r l y t h e same tendency as t h e r e a c t i o n o f d-formate. The prod u c t s under t h i s c o n d i t i o n were small amout o f methanol. However, o v e r 573 K, hydrocarbons were s e l e c t i v e l y produced w i t h t h e same p r o d u c t s d i s t r i b u t i o n o f CO h y d r o g e n a t i o n r e a c t i o n .
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F o r carbonate-1 i k e species, t h i s species produced from t h e decomposition o f formate and methoxide and a d s o r p t i o n o f CO and cO2. These s p e c i e s were i n a c t i v e and s t a b l e under t h i s r e a c t i o n c o n d i t i o n . From t h e r e s u l t s , below 573 K, h y d r o g e n a t i o n o f formate t o methanol were m a i n l y occurred. Over 573 K, t h e a c t i v i t y of hydrocarbon p r o d u c t i o n was i n creased w i t h i n c r e a s i n g temperature. T h i s behaviour was agreement w i t h i n c r e a s i n g t h e a c t i v i t y o f methoxide decomposition and i n c r e a s i n g p r o d u c t s t h a t produced from m e t h o r i d e decomposition. Thus, i t suggests t h a t methoxide i s i m p o r t a n t s u r f a c e species o f t h e hydrocarbon p r o d u c t i o n f r o m CO hydrogena t i o n r e a c t i o n o v e r SmpO3. T h i s work was supported by Japan S e c u r i t i e s S c h o l a r s h i p Foundation, f o r which t h e a u t h o r s a r e g r a t e f u l .
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