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Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis Advisow Editors: Delrnon and J.T. Yates 6. Vol. 68 STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN HETEROGENEOUS CATA LY S IS Proceedings of the ACS Symposium on Structure-Activity Relationships in Heterogeneous Catalysis, Boston, MA, April 22-2 7, 1990 Editors R. K. Grasselli Mobil Central Research Laboratory, P. 0. Box 1025, Princeton, N. 08543, ISA and A.W. Sleight Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9733 I, USA ELSEVlE R Amsterdam - Oxford - New York - Tokyo 1991 ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat2 5 P.O. Box 2 1 1, loo0 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Distributors for the United Stares and Canada: ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. 655, Avenue the Americas of New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. of Library Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ACS Symposium on Structure-Activity Relationshlps in Heterogeneous Catalysis (1990 Boston. Mass.) in Structure-activity and selectivity relationships heterogeneous catalysis proceedings of the ACS Symposium on Structure-Activity Relationships in Heterogeneous Catalysis. Boston. MA, April 22-27. 1990 / editors.- -R .K. Grasselli and A.W. Sleight. p. cm. (Studies in surface science and catalysis ; vol. 67) Includes bibllographlcal references and index. ISBN 0-444-88942-6 (U.S.) 1. Catalysts--Structure-activlty relatlonshlps--Congresses. 2. Heterogeneous catalysis--Congresses. I. Grasselli. Robert K.. 1930- . 11. Sleight. A W. 111. Title. IV. Serfas Studias in surface science and catalysis ; 67. OD505.A27 1990 541.3’95--dc20 91- 16425 CIP ISBN 0-444-88942-6 0 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.. 1991 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V./ Academic Publishing Division, P.O. Box 330, 1000 AH Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Special regulationsfor readers in the USA - This publication has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (CCC), Salem, Massachusetts. Information can be obtained from the CCC about conditions under which photocopies of parts of this publication may be made in the USA. All other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the USA, should be referred to the publisher. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any meth- ods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in The Netherlands IX PREFACE Structure plays an important role in heterogeneous catalysis. It provides a framework for the arrangement and strategic placement of key catalytic elements, hosting them in a prescribed manner so that their respective electronic properties can exhibit their desired catalytic functions and mutual interactions. Under reaction conditions these framework structures and their key catalytic guests undergo dynamic processes becoming active participants of the overall catalytic process. They are not mere static geometric forms. The framework provides the necessary crystal structure stabilization and hence acts as a template. Non-stoichiometry and vacancy rearrangements of the solids are important factors contributing to these dynamic processes of catalytic reactions. The dynamics of catalytic structures are particularly vivid in selective oxidation catalysis where the lattice of a given catalytic solid partakes as a whole, not only its surface, in the redox processes of the reaction. The catalyst becomes actually a participating reagent. By proper choice of key catalytic elements and their host structures preferred catalytic pathways can be selected over less desired ones. However, not only in selective redox catalysis does structure play an important role, its importance is also well documented, among others, in shape selective zeolite catalysis, enantioselective hydrogenation and hydrodesulfurization. The contributions presented in this book address the dynamic character of the solid state under catalytic reaction conditions. By relating structure to activity and selectivity in heterogeneous catalysis our understanding of such correlations has been significantly enhanced through the use of sophisticated spectroscopic means, surface science and modeling. Nonetheless, the ultimate test of the correlations remains the actual catalytic reaction. The individual contributors who made this update of structure activity and selectivity correlations in heterogeneous catalysis possible are herewith sincerely thanked. R. K. Grasselli A. W. Sleight Mobil Central Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry P. 0. Box 1025 Oregon State University Princeton, NJ 08543 Corvallis, OR 97331 Princeton: February 28,1991 x ACKNOWLEDGMENT The editors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the corporations: following Alcoa DuPont Allied Signal Exxon Amoco W. R. Grace Arc0 Mobil Ashland Monsanto 8.P . America Petroleum Research Fund R.K. Grasselii and A.W. Sleight (Editors),S tructure-Actiuity and SeGctiurty Relationships in 1 Heterogeneous Catalysis 0 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam Redox Dynamics and StructurelActivity Relationships in Vanadium-Oxide on Ti02 Catalyst G. CENTI, M. LOPEZ GRANADOSa, D. PINELLI and F. TRIFIRO' Dept. of Industrial Chemistry and Materials, V.le Risorgimento 4,40136 Bologna (frafy) ABSTRACT The in-situ evolution of crystallites of V2O5 on the Ti02 surface during interaction with the o-xylene/air reagent mixture involves together with their sprcadin on the titania surface partial reduction and the formation of an amorphous phase characterized by a V:'V '' ratio of 2:l and an band centered at 995 IR cm-I. The phase does not form directly by reduction, but involves a preliminary reduction to a phase with a lower mean oxidation state. This reduced vanadium-oxide phase is then partially reoxidized to the active phase with a decrease in the formation of the intermediate phthalide and an increase in the selectivity to phthalic anhydride. A similar evolution in the catalytic behavior and in the mean oxidation state is observed in unsupported V205 which aftcr about 200 hours, transforms into V307, This phase has a VV:V1' ratio similar to that present in the active phase of vanadium-oxide supported on Ti02, but does not show its characteristic IR band centered at 995 cm-'. Using a prereduced unsupported vanadium-oxide, it is possible to decrease the activation time considerably and to obtain a final catalyst, after in-situ treatment, whose catalytic behavior is very comparable to that of V/Ti/O, but again characterized by the presence of a phase (v307) different from that present in the V/Ti/O system. It is suggested that the catalytic behavior in o-xylene conversion to phthalic anhydride is not rclatcd to the presence of an unique special surface structure ofvanadium-oxide on the Ti02 surface, but rather to a suitablc V':V'' ratio and surface distribution. Thcse features can also be realized in unsupported vanadium-oxide using a suitable preparation and activation procedure. INTRODUCTION Vanadium-oxide supported on an oxide matrix, in particular on TiO2, is widely used for catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbons. Over the years a number of observations have been made suggesting the advantages to be gained by supporting the catalytically active vanadium-oxide on the surface of another oxide [l and references therein]. However, a fundamental question arises from this concept: Are these variations to be attributed to a change in the catalytic behavior related to an increase in the available surface area, or is there a change in the local structure of the vanadium oxide species stabilized by interaction with the support ? a On leave from the Institute of Catalysis y Petroleoquimica, Madrid (Spain) 2 It has now become clear that under suitable preparation conditions vanadium oxide may be supported Ti02 in a well-dispersed form with the formation of a monolayer of the active oxide on the support, and that the support appears to play a crucial role in facilitating the formation of the on active structures due to geometrical or chemical factors [ 1-22 and references therein]. Most authors have focused their attention this monolayer concept and characterization of the monolayer, a on on variety of contradictory possible surface configurations have suggested, such (i) mono-0x0, been as hydroxyoxo, di-oxo vanadate, (ii) tetrahedrally or octahedrally coordinated vanadium species, (iii) isolated, polymeric, bidimensional or tridimensional species, and (iv) clusters or coherent lamellae, of amorphous or of paracrystalline vanadium oxide. Considerable confusion thus exists regarding the nature of the local surface configuration of vanadium oxide Ti02, also because sometimes on the multiple molecular states that can be present simultaneously in the supported metal oxide are not sufficiently taken into account. Also problematic is the analysis of the relationship between the possible surface configurations with the activity/selectivity in o-xylene oxidation. Relatively fragmentary information exists on this fundamental aspect, and generally, very few papers analyze the evolution of the catalyst in the reaction medium, which is a fundamental aspect to assess the real nature of the active phase and the role of Ti& in its stabilization. No unequivocal answer, for example, can be found in the literature on the basic problem of the difference between the catalytic behavior of supported and unsupported vanadium oxide. the Does presence of the support improve only the activity or also the selectivity? This, in turn, determines the importance of the various interpretations of the molecular structure of vanadium-oxide Ti@, on on the catalytic behavior. In this work the process of transformation of the catalyst in the reacting medium is studied in order to correlate the type of transformations with the catalytic behavior and the nature of the active phase. The time-on-stream evolution of structural and catalytic properties of vanadium-oxide v IV supported or unsupported on Ti02 were studied in a flow reactor, by characterizing the :V V ratio through chemical analysis, and the surface structure by means of various physicochemical techniques. The catalysts were prepared by solid state reaction. This method, despite its inherent simplicity, leads to a system whose catalytic performance compares well to that obtained by other methods such as wet impregnation and grafting techniques [16-191. However, as compared to other preparation methods, preparation by solid state reaction has many advantages: (i) possible interference by other reactants is eliminated, (ii) the starting situation is clearly defined for a better correlation of the evolution of the catalytic system to its catalytic performance, and (iii) a more clear distinction of the solid state reactions occumng between the V2O5 and Ti02 during calcination and during in-situ heating treatments in the presence of the o-xylenelair reacting mixture is possible. EXPERIMENTAL Catalyst Preparation The catalysts were prepared by solid state reaction of Ti02 and V2O5 (Carlo Erba reagent grade). Generally, 7.7 wt.% V2O5 was used, an amount typical for industrial preparations. Anatase and rutile prepared by Tic14 hydrolysis were used in order to obtain highly pure Ti& supports and to exclude interference from doping. After mixing and gently grinding (1 min, in order to have good mixing but avoiding mechanico-chemical alterations of the samples), the powder was calcined in an oven at 500°C for 16h or longer in a static air atmosphere. The samples were then treated in-situ in long-run (about 500 hours) catalytic tests with a reagent mixture of 1.5% v/v 0-x lene in air (reaction temperature around 320'C). Yv v A V -V mixed valence sample of unsupported vanadium-oxide was prepared by dropping a IV solution of V -oxalate into an ammonia solution (pH around 9), filtration, washing and drying at 80 'C. and calcination at 280 'C. 3 Catalytic Tests The catalysts were tested in a conventional laboratory apparatus with a tubular fixed bed reactor working at atmospheric pressure and on-line gas chromatographic analyses of reagent and product compositions. The standard reactant composition was 1.5 % o-xylene, 20.5% 02 and 78% N2. The catalyst (0.52 g) was loaded as grains (0.250-0.420 mm). A thermocouple, placed in the middle of the catalyst bed, was used to verify that the axial temperature profile was within 3-5 'C. Characteerizution The characterization by chemical analysis of the vanadium-oxide species present in VTiO samples and of the mean valence state of vanadium was performed as follows. The samples (about 0.5 g) were moistened at room temperature (r.t.) with 50 ml of a dilute (4 M) H2SO4 solution or with an ammonia solution (4 M) for fifteen minutes under stirring and then filtered. The amount of vanadium was determined separately in the filtered solution and in the residual sample dissolved in boiling concentrated H2SO4 (16 M). The total amounts and the valence state of vanadium were determined by a titrimetric method. In particular, a part of each fraction was titrated with 0.1 KMnO4 to determine the amount of reduced vanadium species and then with Fe2' to determine total amount of vanadium; another part was titrated with Fe2+i n order to determine the amount of V(V). From the balance it is possible to quantify the total and relative amounts of V(1V) and V(V) and of any V(I1I) present. The vanadium species extracted by the r.t. dilute sulphuric acid or ammonia solution will be, hereinafter, called soluble or weakly-interacting species, whereas the remaining species determined after dissolving the residue will be called insoluble or strongly interacting species. Other reactivity and spectroscopic analyses were carried out as previously reported [ 16-20,23,24]. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Formation of an Interacting Vw Layer. The solid state reaction of V2O5 and Ti02 in air at temperatures in the 400-5OO'C range, leads, in the absence of any reducing agent, to the formation of relevant amounts of V". Chemical analysis shows, in fact, the formation of V" species that cannot be dissolved in an acid or basic aqueous medium, in contrast to other supported V'"- and V V -oxide species. Shown in Table I is the amount of VIV formed during the calcination of V2O5 and Ti02 that is approximately equal (for catalysts with a surface area of about 10 m2/g) to the reference monolayer estimated on the basis of a geometrical coverage of the titania surface. The 2 reference monolayer is about 0.1% w/w of V2O5 per m of Ti02. For the sake of comparison, the amounts of the various species of vanadium determined by chemical analysis are all expressed in Table I as % by weight of equivalent moles of VO2.5. The formation of these V" surface sites probably occurs by a specific reaction between hydroxyl groups of Ti02 surface and Vv sites and the formation of this species is the driving force for the spontaneous reduction of Vv in oxidizing conditions and for its surface migration. The mechanism of formation probably involves the preliminary formation of Ti3+ sites by dehydroxylation with consecutive electron transfer to V sites and formation of stable Ti-0-V bonds. In contrast with what happens with rutile samples, the addition of a reducing agent during the heat treatment does not further increase the amount of insoluble V" in anatase samples (Table I). Similar results are obtained if the heat treatment is erformed in-situ during the catalytic tests (Table I). In rutile samples, the amount of insoluble VR increases further up to a limiting value of around 3.8% w/w after long-term catalytic tests. The redox and chemical (solubility) properties of the V'" sites are altered considerably by the interaction with the Ti02 surface, in comparison with those of the VrV- oxide. XRD and ESR data clearly exclude the formation of a solid solution in anatase samples, in contrast to that observed for rutile samples. In particular, ESR characterization [23] shows the presence in anatase samples of several iso1at:d surface and unsaturated vanadyl ions in slightly different distorted octahedral environments. Some of these species may interconvert with 4 Table I Chemical analysis data (k 0.15%) of the distribution of vanadium oxide species in samples prepared by solid state reaction of v205 (7.7% w/w) and Ti02. I I Nature of Ti02 Anatase (9.8 m2fg) Ti02 Rutile (8.9 m2/g) treatment % wlw of equivalent v205 % wfw of equivalent v205 V(1V) V(V) V(1V) V(V) V(1V) V(V) V(IV) V(V) insoluble soluble insoluble soluble 1.7 1.7 0.9 - - 6.8 0.8 6.9 0.9 - 6.8 1.8 - 5.9 - 0.9 - 0.3 6.5 1.8 - 0.3 5.6 0.9 - 3.1 3.1 1.6 1.2 4.9 0.9 - 2.0 4.8 3.1 - 0.9 3.1 (a) mixing; (b) calcination at 500'C for 24 hours; (c) calcination in the presence of a reducing agent (10% v/v of NH3); (d) sample c after subsequent calcination at 400'C for 3 hours; (e) sample a after heating (320'0 in a flow of o-xylenelair for 24 hours or (f) for 1440 hours. each other by the addition of suitable probe molecules, indicating the presence of Lewis acidity. In rutile samples, in contrast, no isolated surface vanadyl species could be detected, even for amounts of insoluble V" species much below those necessary for monolayer coverage. The spectrum ESR is always characterized by a broad unstructured signal with a g value of about 1.98 that is IV characteristic of near-lying V paramagnetic centres. This broad signal is overlapped by another v4' signal showing hyperfine structure which can be attributed to isolated non-vanadylic sites in substitutional positions in the rutile structure. A further difference characterizes the insoluble VIV sites in anatase and rutile samples (Table II). Whereas in anatase samples all the V" sites could be reduced and are accessible to gaseous reactants such as Hz, only a fraction (around 20-30%) of the insoluble sites in mile samples V" are accessible to gaseous reactants, indicating that only a reduced fraction of these sites is localized at the surface or in subsurface layers. A further difference between insoluble V" sites in anatase and rutile samples is shown in Table 11. V" sites can be more easily reduced to V"' in anatase samples as compared to rutile samples, but cannot be oxidized to VV as occurs in rutile samples. ESR and reactivity data thus indicate a homogeneous distribution of these V" sites on the surface of anatase, with a mean estimated distance of 4.5 8, from V centers and the presence of islands of V2O4 on the surface of the rutile samples. The presence of these V" surface sites also modifies the reactivity in o-xylene oxidation of titania which is enhanced considerably as compared to pure Ti@, even though the activation of o-xylene is relatively not selective to phthalic anhydride (around 30%). The catalytic behavior is stable in the case of V"- modified Ti02 anatase, whereas the selectivity to phthalic anhydride improves with time on-stream in the rutile sample as a consequence of the possibility of oxidation of insoluble VIV to Vv in these catalysts (see Table 11). Nature of the Active Layer. On the V'"-modified surface of Ti02 after calcination only V2O5 crystallites are present, but this phase transforms to a partially reduced amorphous phase during the consecutive in-situ treatment in a flow of o-xylene/air. Stable catalytic behavior may be reached in about 500 hours of time on stream. The characterization of the nature of the upper layer on VIv-modified Ti02 surfaces may be realized after its extraction with a dilute sulphuric acid solution. The analysis of this upper layer indicated (i) a mean valence state of vanadium of 4.71 that corresponds to a V v :V IV ratio of 2:1 and (ii) the presence of a characteristic band centred at 995 IR 5 Table I1 Rates of reduction (2% H2 in helium) and of consecutive oxidation (20% 02 in nitrogen) at 400'C of the insoluble V" species in anatase and rutile samples after long-term catalytic tests. sample amount of Rate of Reduction Fraction Reduced Rate of Oxid. Fraction Oxidized insoluble V'" moles 0 removedl of insoluble V" mmoles 0 inserted/ of insoluble VrV mmoles V204 % mmoles V204 % unutuse 0.9 10.97 100 0 0 rutile 3.1 1.13 24 0.12 23 1 V cm- due to the symmetrical stretching mode of V =O. The removal of this phase decreases the activity in o-xylene oxidation but especially the selectivity, which drops from about 75% to 30%. The phase is amorphous and no evidence was found of the presence of residual V2O5 XRD crystallites characterized by a defined sharp band at 1020 cm-' of V=O stretching mode. The shift to lower frequencies of vV=O in comparison to crystalline V2O5 may be attributed to the electronic effect of neighborin8 V " sites or to the presence of coordinatively adsorbed water that causes a weakening of the V =O double bond. In general, FT-IR spectra of the catalyst after different times show that a good correlation exists between the frequency of the V=O stretching band in the samples and the oxidation state of the vanadium oxide deposed on the surface of the TiO2. The band changes position in the spectrum and decreases in frequency from 1020 cm-*, corresponding to pure crystalline V2O5, to lower values proportional to the degree of reduction. In agreement, the consecutive oxidation of a V-Ti02 sample after long-run catalytic tests indicates a shift to higher frequencies and the appearence of a further band at about 1010 cm-'. A corresponding increase in the mean oxidation state of vanadium from 4.72 to 4.91 is observed. This suggests that the modification of initial VzO5 particles in the reaction mt dium is not completely reversible by consecutive reoxidation. Similar results are found in rutile samples, but both the time necessary to reach a certain mean valence state of vanadium as well as the stability of the reduced catalyst against consecutive oxidation are indicative of the formation of less stable, partially reduced, vanadium-oxide species on the mile surface in comparison to the anatase surface. Wide line solid state 'lV-NMR characterization of the local coordination of V5+ sites in the active phase [24] indicates a significant shift of the asymmetric resonance peak due to axial shielding and a general broadening of the peak as compared to the reference signal for V2O5. The change is analogous to that observed in hydrated V2O5 and could be interpreted as a change from the nearly five-fold coordination of vanadium in the initial crystalline VzO5 to a nearly octahedral coordination in the active phase after long-term catalyac tests. No great differences in the "V-NMR spectra are observed in the anatase and rutile samples after long-term catalytic tests. XPS characterization of the depth profile of vanadium in anatase samples [24] shows a considerable change in the V/Ti atomic ratio (from about 0.47 to about 0.27) after removal of the first nm of thickness from the catalyst using Ne+ ions for the: sputtering. The V/Ti atomic ratio then decreases at a slower rate to nearly zero with the removal of a further 12-14 nm. This indicates the presence of two Vv phases on the surface of Ti02 anatase, the first corresponding to the monolayer and the second present in amorphous aggregates with estimated thicknesses of about 10-15 nm. In rutile samples, on the contrary, the presence of the first monolayer species is not observed, but rather only the second species. Dynamics ofin-Situ Evolution. Fig. 1 shows that the V20g-TiQ catalyst in a pilot plant reactor undergoes a first deep reduction and then partial reoxidation with the formation of the final active 6 5 4.75 4.5 425 4 (cid:145)L 3.75 3.75 V204 V6013 V409 V307 V2& Crystalline phases of vanadium-oxide Fig. Effect of time on-stream in 0-xylene oxidation on the mean valence state of vanadium in the 1 soluble part of V-oxide on and mean valence state of vanadium in some crystalline phases of Ti@. vanadium-oxide. catalyst whose characteristics were discussed above. The V2O5 is first reduced to a phase with a valence state similar to that of v6013, however XRD analysis shows the presence of only an amorphous vanadium-oxide phase. It is thus not possible to make a definite attribution. After this stage, the catalyst starts to be progressively reoxidized and reaches a final stable mean valence state in the soluble part of vanadium similar to that present in the V307 phase. Also in this case, the vanadium-oxide phase is XRD amorphous. It should be noted that the crystalline V307 is prepared by solid state reaction of v6013 with V2O5 [25] and it is reasonable to hypothesize that a similar mechanism occurrs in the transformation of the V205-Ti02 mixture to the final active catalyst. The correlation of this effect with the catalytic behavior is complex because different catalytic two effects take place at the same time: 1) The spreading of vanadium on the Ti02 surface, and 2) the reduction and consecutive partial oxidation of the V-oxide upper layer and the consequent change in the nature of the supported phases. In order to obtain a better understanding of the dynamics of these redox transformations as well as the role of titanium oxide in determining the final state of the catalyst, we carried out an analogous experiment where the evolution of an unsupported pure commercial (Fig. 2) was V2O5 followed. In this case, the concurrent process of spreading of vanadium-oxide on the surface of the titanium oxide is not present. The commercial V2O5 also undergoes a similar reduction-reoxidation process of the supported V2O5 (Fig. 2), but the parallel change in the catalytic behavior may be more clearly correlated to the dynamics of phase transformation. The selectivity in phthalic anhydride is very high at the beginning, but decreases reaching a minimum value after about 40 h, and then increases by further in- siru treatment up to about 200 hours. A parallel evolution is observed in the activity, whereas the selectivities to COX and phthalide pass through a maximum. The characterization of the FT-IR catalyst after 200 hours of time on stream indicates the presence of a complex spectrum, whose characteristics are very similar to those of V307 plus some residual V2O5 particles (Fig. 3). This compound has a VV:VIv ratio (2:l) similar to that present in the the active phase of the V/ri/O catalyst after 200 hours in a stream of o-xylene/air (see Fig. 2). It should be observed that the IR spectrum of V2O5 after in-siru conditioning (Fig. 3) is very different from that shown by V2O5

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