Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales, Ingenieria Metalúrgica y Quimica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Apartado 40, Puerto Real, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
Abstract:
The combined application of chemical techniques and HREM shows that platinum deactivation in Pt/CeO2 catalysts steadily increases with the reduction temperature (Tr: 473–1173 K). Though no suppression of the H2 adsorption was observed, the TPD-H2 traces indicate the occurrence of significant chemical changes with Tr. As revealed by HREM, the metal decoration starts at Tr: 973 K, a temperature well above those at which the chemical effects can be observed.