TY - JOUR A1 - Hoang, D. L. A1 - Dittmar, A. A1 - Schneider, M. A1 - Trunschke, A. A1 - Lieske, H. A1 - Brzezinka, Klaus-Werner A1 - Witke, Klaus T1 - Evidence of lanthanum-chromium mixed oxides formed in CrOx/La2O3 model catalysts N2 - CrOx/La2O3 mixed oxides, prepared by impregnating La2O3 with appropriate aqueous solutions of (NH4)2CrO4 and calcining at 600 °C for 4 h, have been investigated by means of XRD, TPR, XPS, DRIFTS, and Raman spectroscopy (RS). The formation of the compounds La2CrO6, La(OH)CrO4 and LaCrO4 under these conditions was evidenced. Strong peaks at 864, 884, 913, and 921 cm-1, as well as weak peaks at 136, 180, 354, 370, and 388 cm-1 in the RS spectrum of CrOx/La2O3 have been assigned to La2CrO6. KW - Lanthanum-chromium mixed oxides KW - La2CrO6 KW - LaCrO4 KW - TPR KW - XPS KW - XRD KW - DRIFTS KW - Raman spectroscopy PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00491-4 SN - 0040-6031 SN - 1872-762X VL - 400 SP - 153 EP - 163 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-2397 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoang, D. L. A1 - Dittmar, A. A1 - Radnik, J. A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Brzezinka, Klaus-Werner T1 - Redox behaviour of La-Cr compounds formed in CrOX/La2O3 mixed oxides and CrOX/La2O3/ZrO2 catalysts N2 - The redox behaviour of chromium oxide in CrOx/La2O3, CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 and CrOx/ZrO2 mixed oxide systems has been investigated by temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy (RS). The formation of La-Cr compounds such as La2CrO6, LaCrO4 was shown to occur by calcination of CrOx/La2O3 and CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 at 600 °C. With a Cr content of ca. 4 wt.%, it was revealed that, having been reduced to Cr3+-containing compounds, La2CrO6 and/or LaCrO4 in both systems may be restored by reoxidation at 600 °C. In the case of CrOx/La2O3/ZrO2 catalysts, it is suggested that these compounds were real surface species anchored as an overlayer on zirconia. Such a structure may stabilise, on the one hand, the tetragonal modification of zirconia and, on the other hand, highly dispersed state of Cr species in calcined as well as in reduced catalysts. KW - Chromia containing catalysts KW - Redox reversibility KW - La-Cr compounds KW - Temperature-programmed reduction KW - XPS KW - Raman spectroscopy PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-860X(02)00375-7 SN - 0926-860X SN - 1873-3875 VL - 239 IS - 1-2 SP - 95 EP - 110 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-2260 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brzezinka, Klaus-Werner A1 - Trunschke, A. A1 - Hoang, D. L. A1 - Radnik, J. A1 - Brückner, A. A1 - Lieske, H. T1 - Transition metal oxide/carbon composite catalysts for n-alkane aromatization: Structure and catalytic properties N2 - Nanocrystalline particles of high temperature pretreated titania, zirconia or hafnium oxide, embedded in a carbon matrix, have been found to catalyze the aromatization of n-octane into ethylbenzene (EB) and o-xylene (OX) with high selectivity. The carbon matrix itself is catalytically not active, but seems to co-operate with the transition metal oxides in such a way that the various metal oxide/carbon composite materials exhibit equal selectivity patterns. In detail, the carbon component stabilizes a high dispersion of the oxides during the high temperature pretreatment procedure. This thermal treatment results in a destruction of surface acidity of the oxides, which would otherwise be responsible for undesirable consecutive and parallel reactions. Moreover, the carbon component is involved in the deep dehydrogenation of alkanes to multiple unsaturated alkenes. This is explained by the ability of surface carbon atoms to interact with hydrogen. The bulk and surface structure of the catalysts have been characterized by XRD, specific surface area measurements, XPS, UPS, Raman spectroscopy, in situ ESR and DRIFT spectroscopy. KW - Aromatization KW - Dehydrocyclization KW - n-Octane KW - Monofunctional catalysts KW - Zirconia KW - Titania KW - Oxide/carbon composites PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-860X(00)00736-5 SN - 0926-860X SN - 1873-3875 VL - 208 IS - 1-2 SP - 381 EP - 392 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-1083 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -