In Situ FT-IR Spectroscopic Study of CO2 and CO Adsorption on Y2O3, ZrO2, and Yttria-Stabilized ZrO2
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- 15 August 2013
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- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- Vol. 117 (34), 17666-17673
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp405625x
Abstract
In situ FT-IR spectroscopy was exploited to study the adsorption of CO2 and CO on commercially available yttria-stabilized ZrO2 (8 mol % Y, YSZ-8), Y2O3, and ZrO2. All three oxides were pretreated at high temperatures (1173 K) in air, which leads to effective dehydroxylation of pure ZrO2. Both Y2O3 and YSZ-8 show a much higher reactivity toward CO and CO2 adsorption than ZrO2 because of more facile rehydroxylation of Y-containing phases. Several different carbonate species have been observed following CO2 adsorption on Y2O3 and YSZ-8, which are much more strongly bound on the former, due to formation of higher-coordinated polydentate carbonate species upon annealing. As the crucial factor governing the formation of carbonates, the presence of reactive (basic) surface hydroxyl groups on Y-centers was identified. Therefore, chemisorption of CO2 most likely includes insertion of the CO2 molecule into a reactive surface hydroxyl group and the subsequent formation of a bicarbonate species. Formate formation following CO adsorption has been observed on all three oxides but is less pronounced on ZrO2 due to effective dehydroxylation of the surface during high-temperature treatment. The latter generally causes suppression of the surface reactivity of ZrO2 samples regarding reactions involving CO or CO2 as reaction intermediates.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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