Detailed Mechanism of Ethanol Transformation into Syngas on Catalysts Based on Mesoporous MgAl2O4 Support Loaded with Ru + Ni/(PrCeZrO or MnCr2O4) Active Components
Mechanism of ethanol partial oxidation into syngas over catalysts based on mesoporous MgAl 2 O 4 spinel loaded with fluorite PrCeZrO or spinel MnCr 2 O 4 oxides and promoted by Ru + Ni was studied by in situ FTIRS and 18 O SSITKA. Surface species (ethoxy, adsorbed ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetate, etc...
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Published in: | Topics in catalysis Vol. 63; no. 1-2; pp. 166 - 177 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York
Springer US
2020
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Mechanism of ethanol partial oxidation into syngas over catalysts based on mesoporous MgAl
2
O
4
spinel loaded with fluorite PrCeZrO or spinel MnCr
2
O
4
oxides and promoted by Ru + Ni was studied by in situ FTIRS and
18
O SSITKA. Surface species (ethoxy, adsorbed ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetate, etc.) were identified and their thermal stability and reactivity were estimated. Analysis of kinetics of the
18
O transfer into reaction products (CO, CO
2
, CH
3
CHO) allowed to estimate the rates of steps and present a scheme of the reaction mechanism including (1) fast CH
3
CHO formation on mixed metal oxide sites; (2) rate-limiting stage of surface oxygen species incorporation into acetaldehyde or ethoxy species with C–C bond rupture yielding CO and CO
2
along with H
2
and H
2
O; (3) water gas shift reaction by redox mechanism affecting CO/CO
2
ratio and their oxygen isotope fraction. Strong interaction of PrCeZrO or MnCr
2
O
4
oxides with MgAl
2
O
4
support results in decreasing constants of main reaction steps in comparison with those for catalysts based on bulk fluorite and spinel oxides, correlating with a higher surface oxygen bonding strength and its low coverage revealed by pulse microcalorimetry. DFT analysis confirmed a low energy barrier of the step of Ru–O oxygen incorporation into C–C bond of ethoxy species with its rupture explaining a higher syngas selectivity for Ru-doped catalysts. |
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ISSN: | 1022-5528 1572-9028 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11244-020-01222-1 |