Issue 3, 2018

Heterogeneity of deposited phases in supported transition metal oxide catalysts: reversible temperature-dependent evolution of molecular structures and configurations

Abstract

In situ high-temperature Raman spectroscopy under steady state oxidative dehydrated conditions was used for determining the temperature dependence of the molecular structures and configurations of (MOx)n (M = Re, Mo, W) sites supported at low submonolayer loadings on TiO2(P25). Prior to the Raman analysis, the studied catalyst samples underwent calcination at 450–480 °C for 4–5 h. Regularly repeated random sequences of heating and cooling under flowing 20%O2/He (in the absence of incoming water vapor) in the 35–430 °C temperature range were shown to cause drastic changes in the vibrational properties of the M–O stretching modes and in the molecular structures and configurations of the deposited ReOx, MoOx, and WOx sites in a reversible and reproducible manner. A heterogeneity of the deposited oxometallic phase was evidenced with three distinctly different species (i.e., MOx-I, MOx-II, and MOx-III) present in each system, each one prevailing in a particular temperature range. It was shown that the temperature could tune the molecular structure of the deposited oxometallic phase presumably on account of minima in the surface free energy. In the direction of temperature lowering, a mechanism leading to a hydrolysis-like of the anchoring bonds by activation of the surface hydroxyls and/or water molecules extant on the uncovered TiO2(P25) surface took place. In situ FTIR spectroscopy under identical conditions and similar temperature sequence protocols complemented the Raman results and corroborated the proposed prevailing configurations and pertinent band assignments.

Graphical abstract: Heterogeneity of deposited phases in supported transition metal oxide catalysts: reversible temperature-dependent evolution of molecular structures and configurations

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Oct 2017
Accepted
04 Dec 2017
First published
06 Dec 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 1742-1751

Heterogeneity of deposited phases in supported transition metal oxide catalysts: reversible temperature-dependent evolution of molecular structures and configurations

C. Andriopoulou and S. Boghosian, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 1742 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP07286D

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