An investigation of the activation process of high temperature shift catalyst

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• 作者：Morgana Scariot ; Maria Suzana P. Francisco ; Maura H. Jordã ; o ; Daniela Zanchet ; Marco A. Logli ; Valé ; ria P. Vicentini
• 关键词：WGSR ; HTS ; Catalyst ; XAS
• 刊名：Catalysis Today
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：April-June 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：133-135
• 期：Complete
• 页码：174-180
• 全文大小：750 K

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The aim of this work is to address the activation process of a high temperature shift (HTS) catalyst, composed of Fe₂O₃/Cr₂O₃/CuO, by analyzing it before activation (HTS-V) and after activation (HTS-A) using complementary characterization techniques. The textural and morphological characterizations were done by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nitrogen physisorption at 77 K; crystallographic structure was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD); electronic structure was analyzed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and the chemical composition of the catalyst's surface was obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The investigation pointed out that the HTS-V catalyst presents good textural and morphological properties, which are not deeply affected by the activation process (sample HTS-A). The iron oxide phase in the HTS-V catalyst is hematite whereas in HTS-A catalyst is magnetite with Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ ratio close to the expected value (0.5). For both samples, the Cr ions seem to be incorporated in the iron oxide lattice with higher concentration at particle surface. In the HTS-V catalyst, the Cu ions have oxidation number II and occupy in average distorted octahedral sites; after the activation, the Cu ions are partially reduced, suggesting that the reduction of the Cu species is complex.