Abstract
Highly ordered mesoporous cerium dioxide (meso-CeO2) was successfully synthesized using a facile solvent-free infiltration method from a mesoporous silica template, KIT-6. The meso-CeO2 material, thus obtained, exhibited well-defined mesostructure and high surface area (153 m 2 g-1). The physicochemical properties of meso-CeO 2 material and Pd-supported on meso-CeO2 (Pd/meso-CeO 2) were characterized by electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, and temperature-programmed experiments. The Pd/meso-CeO2 catalyst exhibited excellent catalytic activity for CO oxidation compared with those of other Pd/CeO2 catalysts which were prepared using nanocrystalline CeO2 and bulk-CeO2 as the supports. Moreover, a hydrogen pretreatment of the Pd/meso-CeO2 catalyst resulted in a remarkable increase of catalytic activity (T 100 = 52 °C).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1181-1192 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Research on Chemical Intermediates |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- CO oxidation
- Mesoporous CeO
- Nano-replication
- Pd
- Redox behavior