The utilization of the isotopic exchange technique in redox heterogeneous catalysis

Nicolas BION, CNRS permanent Researcher

Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP) – University of Poitiers / CNRS 4 rue Michel Brunet 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9 (FRANCE), nicolas.bion@univ-poitiers.fr

The phenomena of surface active species mobility are crucial in catalysis : it may correspond to one step of the catalytic mechanism or may influence the steps of activation and regeneration of the catalysts. Therefore species migration play a key role in numerous processes like the reforming reaction, the 3-way catalysis as well as reactions involving a spillover of active species. The Laboratoire de Catalyse en Chimie Organique (LACCO), recently re-organized in the Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP) developed the isotopic exchange technique, a powerful technique to study the reaction between gas phase (oxygen or hydrogen) and metal oxide or oxide catalysts[1]. In such studies, two general reaction types have been investigated: (i) homomolecular exchange in which a mixture of labeled molecules is scrambled over a surface, and (ii) heterolytic exchange in which a labeled molecule is scrambled with the “lattice” atom of the catalyst isotopes). From the curves which register the partial pressures of the different isotopomers of the exchanged molecules, information on the exchange mechanism and on surface and bulk diffusion coefficient of active species can be obtained. Coupling this technique with spectroscopic characterization techniques such as FTIR or NMR gives complementary data on the nature of the active species or the active sites in the exchange process. In the seminary, earlier studies dealing with the oxygen mobility in ceria-based 3-way catalysts will be presented. Some more recent works carried out in oxidation catalysis (CO PrOx, CH4 combustion, partial oxidation of CH4) will be also exposed.
[1] D. Duprez, Isotopes in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalytic Science Series Vol. 4, Imperial College Press, London, 2006, 133 –181.

日時：2014年5月30日（金）開催
場所：名古屋工業大学先進セラミックス研究センター旭ヶ丘地区講義室

　

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