Electron Optical Studies of Fresh and Reduced Vanadium Pentoxide-Supported Rhodium Catalysts

One percent Rh/V 2O 5 catalysts prepared by wet impregnation with RhCl 3 · xH 2O and subsequent reduction in hydrogen were shown to be subject to the formation of lower oxides of vanadium via an Rh-catalysed reduction process. V 4O 9, VO 2, and V 2O 3 compounds were observed at reduction temperature...

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Published inJournal of catalysis Vol. 140; no. 1; pp. 173 - 183
Main Authors Legrouri, A., Baird, T., Fryer, J.R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.03.1993
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Summary:One percent Rh/V 2O 5 catalysts prepared by wet impregnation with RhCl 3 · xH 2O and subsequent reduction in hydrogen were shown to be subject to the formation of lower oxides of vanadium via an Rh-catalysed reduction process. V 4O 9, VO 2, and V 2O 3 compounds were observed at reduction temperatures of 250, 450, and 600°C, respectively, as characterised by IR, XRD, and electron optical methods. Maximum hydrogen uptake by the Rh-loaded V 2O 5 occurred at 155°C according to TPR data, and this contrasts with the onset of reduction of V 2O 5 alone at ∼450°C. Mechanistic and structural aspects of the Rh-catalysed reduction process are discussed.
ISSN:0021-9517
1090-2694
DOI:10.1006/jcat.1993.1076