Support shape effect in metal oxide catalysis: Ceria-nanoshape-supported vanadia catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutane

Zili Wu, Viviane Schwartz, Meijun Li, Adam J. Rondinone, Steven H. Overbury

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Abstract

The support effect has long been an intriguing topic in catalysis research. With the advancement of nanomaterial synthesis, the availability of faceted oxide nanocrystals provides the opportunity to gain unprecedented insights into the support effect by employing these well-structured nanocrystals. In this Letter, we show by utilizing ceria nanoshapes as supports for vanadium oxide that the shape of the support poses a profound effect on the catalytic performance of metal oxide catalysts. Specifically, the activation energy of VO x/CeO 2 catalysts in oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutane was found to be dependent on the shape of ceria support, rods < octahedra, closely related to the surface oxygen vacancy formation energy and the numbe of defects of the two ceria supports with different crystallographic surface planes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1517-1522
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 7 2012

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