High-resolution electron microscopy characterization of partially crystallized Fe78Si12B10 alloy as a catalyst |
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Authors: | L Wang G W Qiao K H Kuo Zh J Cui K Y Wang |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Atomic Imaging of Solids, Institute of Metal Research, Academia Sinica, 110015 Shenyang, People's Republic of China;(2) National Laboratory for Rapidly Solidified Nonequilibrium Alloys, Institute of Metal Research, Academia Sinica, 110015 Shenyang, People's Republic of China, China;(3) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 44106 Cleveland, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | As a catalyst, partially crystallized Fe78Si12B10 alloy shows a three times higher activity than totally crystallized Fe78Si12B10 in the hydrogenation of CO. High-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) reveals that the catalyst contains a great number of minute (less than 10 nm), highly dispersed -Fe particles which act as the major active component. Many tiny B and Si oxide clusters also exist in the amorphous matrix. After being rinsed by a NaOH solution, the catalyst exhibits a decreasing selectivity to methane due to the dissolution or aggregation of B and Si species. After reaction, the sizes of the active particles increase and an overlayer of B or Si species is found over the surface of some -Fe particles. This coverage is thought to be the primary origin of the deactivation of the catalyst. |
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