title: Influence of magnesia modification on the properties of copper oxide supported on gamma-alumina.
abstract: XRD, BET, TPR, UV-vis DRS and in situ FT-IR were employed to investigate the dispersion, reduction and CO(2)-adsorption behaviors of copper oxide supported on magnesia modified gamma-Al(2)O(3) (Mg-Al) samples. The results indicate that magnesia could be highly dispersed on the surface of gamma-Al(2)O(3) to form a monolayer and the dispersion capacity is about 1.55 mmol/(100 m(2)gamma-Al(2)O(3)). For copper oxide supported on Mg-Al samples, both the dispersion capacity and the reduction temperature of surface CuO decrease with the MgO loading. CO(2)-adsorption IR results show that the surface strong basic amount for the catalysts increases with the dispersed MgO loading. In addition, the activity of CO oxidation suggests that the main active species in this system should be small CuO cluster and the existence of dispersed MgO enhances the activity of CO oxidation. The catalysts might be applied in pollution control devices for vehicle exhaust, CO gas sensors, catalytic combustion and gas purification of CO(2) lasers. All the results have been discussed by the consideration of the variation of gamma-Al(2)O(3) surface structure before and after magnesia modification.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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