(134g) Water-Gas Shift Activity of Platinum Promoted by Alkali Ions

Alkali additives have been widely used as promoters for Pt based catalysts in industrial catalysts such as the synthesis of ammonia[1], automotive emission control, CO hydrogenation, and recently PROX and WGSR[ 2,3]. The presence of alkali ions (Na, K) added in small amounts significantly promotes the activity of platinum for the low-temperature WGS reaction. Remarkably, low content (<1 at%) platinum on various oxide supports modified by a small amount (1 ? 9 at%) of alkali metals shows catalytic performance comparable to Pt on ceria, the most ?active? support reported to date[8].

The introduction of alkali metals on the Pt- free or doped support changes the surface of the supports; it provides reducible surface oxygen at low temperatures (<200oC) and active OH groups (~150oC). On the other hand, alkali dopants suppress the sintering of Pt particles and maintain most of the Pt in oxidized state. The CO-Pt bond is weaker when Pt is more electron-deficient, thus CO is more active to involve in the reaction pathway. These findings, supported by DFT calculations, and detailed characterization of the active catalysts will be presented.

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