TY - JOUR A1 - Gatla, S. A1 - Mathon, O. A1 - Rogalev, A. A1 - Pascarelli, S. A1 - Radnik, Jörg A1 - Pohl, M.-M. A1 - Brückner, A. T1 - Influence of Sb on the structure and performance of Pd-based catalysts: An X-ray spectroscopic study JF - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C N2 - Combined X-ray photoelectron and absorption fine spectroscopy (XAFS) investigations on 10 wt % Pd–16 wt % Sb/TiO2 catalyst allow new insight into the impact of the co-component Sb on the active Pd species, which catalyzes the gas-phase acetoxylation of toluene to benzyl acetate. Ex situ Pd 3d XPS and Pd L-edge XANES studies indicate the presence of an excess electron charge on metallic Pd species (more 4d electrons than in Pd metal) formed after several hours of stream. This observation was explained by the electron transfer from metallic Sb incorporated into the Pd bulk to the neighboring Pd atoms. TEM-EDX analysis confirms the presence of intermixed Pd–Sb particles with an atomic ratio of between 5 and 6 in the most active catalysts and of 3 in deactivated samples. In situ Sb-K-edge XAFS investigations provide evidence that the Pd–Sb interaction is more pronounced under reaction feed than in the ex situ samples. KW - X-ray spectroscopy KW - Catalysis KW - Alloying / Intermixing PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10932 SN - 1932-7447 VL - 121 IS - 7 SP - 3854 EP - 3861 PB - American Chemical Society AN - OPUS4-39231 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -