Issue 34, 2020

Temperature reversible synergistic formation of cerium oxyhydride and Au hydride: a combined XAS and XPDF study

Abstract

In situ studies on the physical and chemical properties of Au in inverse ceria alumina supported catalysts have been conducted between 295 and 623 K using high energy resolved fluorescence detection X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy and X-ray total scattering. Precise structural information is extracted on the metallic Au phase present in a 0.85 wt% Au containing inverse ceria alumina catalyst (ceria/Au/alumina). Herein evidence for the formation of an Au hydride species at elevated temperature is presented. Through modelling of total scattering data to extract the thermal properties of Au using Grüneisen theory of volumetric thermal expansion it proposed that the Au Hydride formation occurs synergistally with the formation of a cerium oxyhydride. The temperature reversible nature, whilst remaining in a reducing atmosphere, demonstrates the activation of hydrogen without consumption of oxygen from the supporting ceria lattice.

Graphical abstract: Temperature reversible synergistic formation of cerium oxyhydride and Au hydride: a combined XAS and XPDF study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 jan 2020
Accepted
20 apr 2020
First published
20 apr 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 18882-18890

Temperature reversible synergistic formation of cerium oxyhydride and Au hydride: a combined XAS and XPDF study

A. H. Clark, N. Acerbi, P. A. Chater, S. Hayama, P. Collier, T. I. Hyde and G. Sankar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 18882 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00455C

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