X-ray photoelectron spectra of platinum compounds excited with monochromatic AgLα irradiation

Non-monochromatic MgK_α and monochromatic AgL_α irradiations were used to measure Pt4f and Pt3d_5/2 X-ray photoelectron spectra from platinum black and from several platinum compounds with different Pt oxidation states. The Pt3d_5/2 core level binding energies from platinum compounds were measured for the first time. Potential of these data to XPS study of Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts is demonstrated.     

Catalysts Pt/(Ga)Al2O3 Obtained Using Aluminum Metal Activated with Gallium

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - The products of the interaction of activated aluminum with water were used as a precursor of an oxide support of catalysts. The possibility of changing the...     

An <Emphasis Type="Italic">in situ</Emphasis> cell for investigation of the catalyst structure using synchrotron radiation

Design of a cell for in situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts by X-ray absorption spectroscopy EXAFS/XANES and X-ray diffraction on synchrotron radiation at high temperatures in a controllable gas medium, which was implemented at the Structural Materials Science end-station installed at KCSRNT, is presented. First results on nanostructural evolution of Pt/γ-Al₂O₃, Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ and other catalysts during various treatments — oxidation in oxygen, reduction in H₂/N₂, and annealing in vacuum — are reported.     

XPS study of pharmacological substances mechanochemically immobilized on the surface of alumina

Piroxicam and meloxicam nanocomposites with alumina were synthesized by mechanochemical treatment of medicinal substances mixed with the oxide. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrated that interaction of the components during mechanical activation proceeds via binding the amide and sulfate groups in the molecules of medicinal substances with the active sites of alumina surface. XPS studies confirmed the formation of “core-shell” composites with the shell represented by medicinal substances distributed over the support surface.     

Peculiarities of aluminium interaction with Ga85In15 eutectics as evidenced by X-ray synchrotron diagnostics

A set of X-ray synchrotron techniques, viz., diffraction, EXAFS/XANES spectroscopy and microtomography, is applied to elucidate microstructural changes in a technical aluminium alloy treated with GaIn eutectics. Such a treatment gives rise simultaneously to a prominent enbrittlement of the material and its activation towards reaction with water with the hydrogen evolution. The latter fact makes the activated aluminium a promising energy carrier for the small-scale hydrogen energetics. It is demonstrated that both phenomena are caused by the fast diffusion of the eutectics along intergrain boundaries and microcracks throughout the bulk of polycrystalline Al. The diffusion is promoted by the formation of (Al-Ga-In) solid solution in near-surface regions of Al crystalline grains. The progressive loss of activity of aluminium treated with GaIn eutectics upon a prolonged storage in humid air is due to the decomposition of the eutectics accompanied by the segregation of indium metal and partial gallium oxidation.     

Use of the differential charging effect in XPS to determine the nature of surface compounds resulting from the interaction of a Pt/(BaCO<Subscript>3</Subscript> + CeO<Subscript>2</Subscript>) model catalyst with SO<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>

Changes in the chemical composition of the surface of a Pt/(BaCO₃ + CeO₂) model NO _x storage-reduction catalyst upon its interaction with SO _x (SO₂ (260 Pa) + O₂ (2600 Pa) + H₂O (525 Pa)) followed by regeneration in a mixture of CO (2100 Pa) with H₂O (525 Pa) were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Model catalyst samples were prepared as a thin film (about several hundreds of angstrom units in thickness) on the surface of tantalum foil coated with a layer of aluminum oxide (～100 Å). It was found that the Pt/BaCO₃ and Pt/CeO₂ catalyst constituents acquired different surface charges (differential charging) in the course of photoelectron emission; because of this, it was possible to determine the nature of surface compounds formed as a result of the interaction of the catalyst with a reaction atmosphere. It was found that barium carbonate was converted into barium sulfate as a result of reaction with SO _x on the surface of BaCO₃ at 150°C. As the treatment temperature in SO _x was increased to 300°C, the formation of sulfate on the surface of CeO₂ was observed. The sulfatization of CeO₂ was accompanied by the reduction of Ce(IV) to Ce(III). The regeneration reaction of the catalyst treated in SO _x at 300°C resulted in the consecutive decomposition of cerium(III) sulfate at ≤500°C and then barium sulfate at 600–700°C. Upon the decomposition of BaSO₄, a portion of sulfur was converted into a sulfide state, probably, because of the formation of BaS.     

Formation of WO3 from various precursors

A comparative study of tungsten oxide formation from various precursors has been carried out using a complex of physicochemical methods. Crystallization of WO₃ has been shown to pass through metastable states in all cases. For electrodeposited oxotungstate films, the structure of tungsten oxides depends on electrodeposition conditions and adsorption properties of substrate metal with respect to hydrogen; at temperatures below 600 °C the stoichiometric composition of WO₃ is not attained.     

Product of the Reaction of Activated Industrial Aluminum Alloys with Water as a Precursor of a Catalyst Support

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Products of the reaction of water with technical aluminum alloys activated with Ga–In eutectic were obtained. The major impurities in the aluminum...