Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide
Ceria-based materials, and particularly CeO<sub>2</sub>–ZrO<sub>2</sub> (CZ) solid solutions are key ingredient in catalyst formulations for several applications due to the ability of ceria to easily cycling its oxidation state between Ce<sup>4+</sup> and Ce<su...
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doaj-39873d82ffaa49b48fab81d14de0aa152020-11-25T02:04:38ZengMDPI AGInorganics2304-67402020-05-018343410.3390/inorganics8050034Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed OxideEleonora Aneggi0Carla de Leitenburg1Alessandro Trovarelli2Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyDipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyDipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Udine, 33100 Udine, ItalyCeria-based materials, and particularly CeO<sub>2</sub>–ZrO<sub>2</sub> (CZ) solid solutions are key ingredient in catalyst formulations for several applications due to the ability of ceria to easily cycling its oxidation state between Ce<sup>4+</sup> and Ce<sup>3+</sup>. Ceria-based catalysts have a great soot oxidation potential and the mechanism deeply relies on the degree of contact between CeO<sub>2</sub> and carbon. In this study, carbon soot has been used as solid reductant to better understand the oxygen transfer ability of ceria–zirconia at low temperatures; the effect of different atmosphere and contact conditions has been investigated. The difference in the contact morphology between carbon soot and CZ particles is shown to strongly affect the oxygen transfer ability of ceria; in particular, increasing the carbon–ceria interfacial area, the reactivity of CZ lattice oxygen is significantly improved. In addition, with a higher degree of contact, the soot oxidation is less affected by the presence of NO<sub>x</sub>. The NO oxidation over CZ in the presence of soot has also been analyzed. The existence of a core/shell structure strongly enhances reactivity of interfacial oxygen species while affecting negatively NO oxidation characteristics. These findings are significant in the understanding of the redox chemistry of substituted ceria and help determining the role of active species in soot oxidation reaction as a function of the degree of contact between ceria and carbon.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/8/5/34ceria–zirconiaredox activitysoot oxidationball milling |
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Eleonora Aneggi Carla de Leitenburg Alessandro Trovarelli Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide Inorganics ceria–zirconia redox activity soot oxidation ball milling |
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Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide |
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Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide |
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Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide |
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Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide |
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Influence of Nanoscale Surface Arrangements on the Oxygen Transfer Ability of Ceria–Zirconia Mixed Oxide |
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influence of nanoscale surface arrangements on the oxygen transfer ability of ceria–zirconia mixed oxide |
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Ceria-based materials, and particularly CeO<sub>2</sub>–ZrO<sub>2</sub> (CZ) solid solutions are key ingredient in catalyst formulations for several applications due to the ability of ceria to easily cycling its oxidation state between Ce<sup>4+</sup> and Ce<sup>3+</sup>. Ceria-based catalysts have a great soot oxidation potential and the mechanism deeply relies on the degree of contact between CeO<sub>2</sub> and carbon. In this study, carbon soot has been used as solid reductant to better understand the oxygen transfer ability of ceria–zirconia at low temperatures; the effect of different atmosphere and contact conditions has been investigated. The difference in the contact morphology between carbon soot and CZ particles is shown to strongly affect the oxygen transfer ability of ceria; in particular, increasing the carbon–ceria interfacial area, the reactivity of CZ lattice oxygen is significantly improved. In addition, with a higher degree of contact, the soot oxidation is less affected by the presence of NO<sub>x</sub>. The NO oxidation over CZ in the presence of soot has also been analyzed. The existence of a core/shell structure strongly enhances reactivity of interfacial oxygen species while affecting negatively NO oxidation characteristics. These findings are significant in the understanding of the redox chemistry of substituted ceria and help determining the role of active species in soot oxidation reaction as a function of the degree of contact between ceria and carbon. |
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ceria–zirconia redox activity soot oxidation ball milling |
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