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In Situ Electron Microscopy Studies of the Sintering of Palladium Nanoparticles on Alumina during Catalyst Regeneration Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2004

Rou-Jane Liu ,
Peter A. Crozier ,
C. Michael Smith ,
Dennis A. Hucul ,
John Blackson  and
Ghaleb Salaita
Rou-Jane Liu
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Peter A. Crozier
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
C. Michael Smith
Affiliation:
Hydrocarbons and Energy R&D, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX 77541, USA
Dennis A. Hucul
Affiliation:
Analytical Sciences Corporate R&D, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48667, USA
John Blackson
Affiliation:
Analytical Sciences Corporate R&D, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48667, USA
Ghaleb Salaita
Affiliation:
South Charleston Technical Center, Dow Chemical Company, South Charleston, WV 25303, USA
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Abstract

Sintering of a palladium catalyst supported on alumina (Al2O3) in an oxidizing environment was studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In the case of a fresh catalyst, sintering of Pd particles on an alumina surface in a 500 mTorr steam environment happened via traditional ripening or migration and coalescence mechanisms and was not significant unless heating above 500°C. After the catalyst was used for the hydrogenation of alkynes, TEM coupled with convergent beam electron diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy analysis revealed that most of the Pd particles were lifted from the alumina surface by hydrocarbon buildup. This dramatically different morphology totally changed the sintering mechanism of Pd particles during the regeneration process. Catalytic gasification of hydrocarbon around these particles in an oxidizing environment allowed the Pd particles to move around and coalesce with each other at temperatures as low as 350°C. For catalysts heating under 500 mTorr steam at 350°C, steam stripped hydrocarbon catalytically at the beginning, but the reaction stopped after 4 h. Heating in air resulted in both catalytic and noncatalytic stripping of hydrocarbon.

Keywords

in situ transmission electron microscopyPd catalystparticle sinteringoxidation environmentalumina supportcatalyst regeneration
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Research Article
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 77 - 85
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© 2004 Microscopy Society of America

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