文摘
Compared to Ba-hexaaluminates with 尾-Al2O3 structure, La-hexaaluminates with magnetoplumbite (MP) structure have more substituted Al sites in the preferentially exposed mirror plane, which should favor N2O decomposition. In this regard, LaFexAl12鈥?i>xO19 catalysts with x = 1 and 5 were herein prepared using the coprecipitation method. 57Fe M枚ssbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction structure refinements revealed that Fe3+ ions originating in Fe2O3 species mainly entered tetrahedral Al(2) and trigonal bipyramidal Al(5) sites. Meanwhile, Fe3+ ions in octahedral sites of perovskite-type LaFeO3 intermediates preferentially accommodated in octahedral Al(3) sites in the mirror plane of La-hexaaluminates. Correlation of normalized rates (moles of N2O per hour per square meter) of the catalysts at 500 掳C with the occupancy of Fe ions in different Al crystallographic sites of the MP phase indicated that Fe3+ ions in the Al(3) and Al(5) sites were highly active for N2O decomposition. In contrast, Fe2+ derived from a Fe3+ 鈫?Fe2+ reduction under high-temperature calcination played a negative role.