Abstract
Sulfur addition is used to probe the role of gold in Au/Fe2O3/ZrO2 catalyst in the water-gas shift (WGS) at high temperature (623-773 K) and pressure (21 bar). Sulfur poisoning unravels the WGS activity contribution by gold nano-particles and gold promotion of iron oxide in Au/Fe2O3/ZrO2. The active site(s) on gold nano-particles are poisoned by sulfur, which is reflected in a suppressed WGS activity of presulfided Au/ZrO2. The same holds for the WGS activity contribution of gold nano-particles in Au/Fe2O3/ZrO2, but the promotion by gold of the Fe2O3 is still present after presulfidation. The WGS performance of Fe2O3/ZrO2 and Au/ZrO2 catalysts with and without sulfur pretreatment are also compared with that of Au/Fe2O3/ZrO2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 115-123 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical |
| Volume | 420 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Gold promotion
- Iron oxide
- Sulfur
- Water-gas shift
- Zirconia
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