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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 437, Issue -, Pages 155-165Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2012.06.022
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Pt-Ir nanoparticles; Titania nanotubes; Cyclohexene hydrogenation; Dehydrogenation
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- Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo [D.00483]
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Bimetal similar to 1.4 nm Pt-Ir nanoparticles were homogeneously dispersed on titania nanotubes by a conventional successive wet impregnation method, by first adding Ir and then. the Pt chloride precursors. Ir precursor interacts strongly with the nanotubular surface yielding highly dispersed similar to 1.4 nm nanoparticles, and later acts as a nucleation site for the assembly of Pt atoms. The mean sizes of Ir. Pt-Ir were 1.4 nm and that of Pt nanoparticles was 3.5 nm. Bimetal Pt-Ir nanoparticles were more active in cyclohexene (CHE) disproportionation reaction than the corresponding monometal catalysts. At reaction temperatures <423 K. CHE is hydrogenated to cyclohexane (CHA) as the main product, whereas at >473 K. CHE is dehydrogenated to produce mainly benzene (BZ). The activity of Pt-Ir nanoparticles increased as the reduction temperature rose from 573 to 673 K. suggesting that electronic transfer between reducible NT support and metal nanoparticles favors CHE hydrogenation/dehydrogenation, which is a structure insensitive reaction. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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