ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY OF TM-DOPEDLa1-xSrxCoO3(TM = Ni, Fe) CATALYSTS

S. C. Grice, W. R. Flavell, A. G. Thomas, S. Warren, P. G. Marr, D. E. Jewitt, N. Khan, P. M. Dunwoody and S. A. Jones
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S. C. Grice: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
W. R. Flavell: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
A. G. Thomas: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
S. Warren: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
P. G. Marr: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
D. E. Jewitt: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
N. Khan: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
P. M. Dunwoody: Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
S. A. Jones: Synetix, PO Box 1, Belasis Avenue, Billingham, Cleveland, TS23 1LB, UK

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2002, vol. 09, issue 01, 277-283

Abstract: The catalytic properties ofLaCoO3in the oxidation of organic molecules in aqueous solution are explored as a function of doping with both Sr substitution for La and Fe and Ni substitution for Co. VUV photoemission is used to explore the surface reactivity of the ceramic catalysts in aqueous solution, usingH2Oas a probe molecule. These measurements are complemented by EXAFS and XANES measurements designed to probe the local defect structure and by GC measurements of catalytic activity in the aqueous epoxidation of crotyl alcohol. We relate the observed catalytic activity to the defect structure of the doped materials. In Ni-doped materials, oxygen vacancies appear to be the predominant defect, whereas in Fe-doped samples, electron holes are stabilised on Fe, leading to very different behaviour in oxidation. The surface reactivity to water is also influenced by the TM d electron count, with water binding more strongly to Fe-doped materials than to those containing Ni. The influence of these factors on the rate of the unwanted hydrogen peroxide decomposition reaction and hence on activity in epoxidation is discussed.

Date: 2002
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