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Characterization and Preparation of CexPr1-xO2-δ Mixed Oxides and the Catalytic Activity for CO and CH4

YAN Zong-Lan; LIN Xia; LUO Jian-Hai; XIE Guan-Qun; LUO Meng-Fei   

  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry; Zhejiang Normal University; Jinhua 321004; China
  • Received:2004-05-29 Revised:2004-07-08 Published:2005-05-20 Online:2005-05-20

Abstract: A series of CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides were synthesized by the sol-gel method and characterized by Raman and XRD techniques. The results show that when x value is changed from 1.0 to 0.5, only a cubic
phase CeO2 appears. The samples are very well crystallized on decreasing x from 0.50 to 0.99. It can be explained to form an ordered array of O vacancies caused by the insertion of Pr atom completely
into the CeO2 crystal lattice. For CexPr1-xO2-δ samples 465cm-1 and 1150cm-1 Raman peaks are attributed to the Raman active F2g mode of CeO2. The broad peak at
about 570cm-1 in the region 0.3≤x≤ 0.99 can be linked to lattice defects resulting in oxygen vacancies. The new band at about 195cm-1 may be attributed to the asymmetric vibration that is caused
by the formation of oxygen vacancies. TPR profiles of Pr6O11 and CeO2 have two reduction peaks respectively. The reduction process of Pr6O11 is: PrO1.83→PrO1.61→PrO1.5;
For CeO2, the peak of low temperature attributed to the reduction of the surface cmoxygen of CeO2, the peak of high temperature
attributed to the reduction of bulk CeO2. The reduction peak temperature of CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides is lower than that of Pr6O11 and CeO2, which indicates that the formation
of CexPr1-xO2-δ solid solutions improves the reduction-oxidation behavior. The activity of CexPr1-xO2-δ for CO oxidation indicates that the existing of the oxygen vacancies
favors CO oxidation; while the activity of CH4 oxidation is related to the temperature and the area of the reduction-oxidation peak.

Key words: CexPr1-xO2-δ mixed oxides, XRD, Raman, CO, CH4, oxidation

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