Nanostructured Pr-Rich CexPr1-xO2-δ Mixed Oxides for Diesel Soot Combustion: Importance of Oxygen Lability
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Published:2024-03-07
Issue:6
Volume:14
Page:483
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ISSN:2079-4991
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Container-title:Nanomaterials
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Nanomaterials
Author:
Mekki Imene1, Grzybek Gabriela2ORCID, Kotarba Andrzej2ORCID, García-García Avelina1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Carbon Materials and Environment Research Group (MCMA), Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute of Materials, University of Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n, 03690 Alicante, Spain 2. Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Abstract
Soot combustion experiments with 5%O2/He were conducted using model soot, and four distinct compositions of CexPr1-xO2-δ oxides of varying nominal cerium compositions (x = 0, 0.2, 0.3, and 1) were prepared. The catalyst samples were comprehensively characterized using techniques such as XRD, Raman spectroscopy, HR-TEM, N2 adsorption at −196 °C, XPS, O2-TPD, H2-TPR, and work function measurements. The Pr-rich compositions, ranging from Ce0.3Pr0.7O2-δ to PrO2-δ, resulted in a significant increase in the total evolved O2 amounts and enhanced catalyst reducibility. However, a decrease in the textural properties of the catalysts was noted, which was particularly important for the pure praseodymia under the synthesis route conducted. The catalytic activity was investigated under the two following contact modes of mixing between soot and catalyst: loose and tight. The results revealed that the catalytic performance is associated with the surface contact in tight contact mode and with the combination of surface/subsurface/bulk oxygen mobility and the BET surface area in loose contact mode. Notably, the temperatures estimated at 10% and 50% of the conversion (T10 and T50) parameters were achieved at much lower temperatures than the uncatalyzed soot combustion, even under loose contact conditions. Specifically, the 50% conversion was achieved at 511 °C and 538 °C for Ce0.3Pr0.7O2 and Ce0.2Pr0.8O2, respectively. While no direct correlation between catalytic activity and work function was observed, a significant relationship emerges between work function values and the formation of oxygen vacancies, whatever the conditions used for these measurements. On the other hand, the ability to generate a high population of oxygen vacancies at low temperatures, rather than the direct activation of gas-phase O2, influences the catalytic performance of Pr-doped ceria catalysts, highlighting the importance of surface/subsurface oxygen vacancy generation, which was the parameter that showed a better correlation with the catalytic activity, whatever the soot conversion value or the mode of contact considered.
Funder
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation/Research Spanish Agency UE-FEDER funding, and Generalitat Valenciana Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
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