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Methane Oxidation Over Pd Supported on Ceria–Alumina Under Rich/Lean Cycling Conditions

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Catalysts with highly dispersed palladium on alumina, alumina doped with 20 wt% ceria and ceria have been prepared, characterized and examined for net-lean methane oxidation. In particular, the activity and selectivity were investigated during rich/lean cycling of the feed. The ceria content is found to influence both the general and the instantaneous activity responses. The results indicate that the active phase of palladium changes between reduced and oxidised Pd during the rich/lean cycling, and that the process is influenced by the presence of ceria.

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This study has been performed at the Competence Centre for Catalysis, which is hosted by Chalmers University of Technology and financially supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the member companies AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Scania CV AB, Haldor Topsøe A/S, and ECAPS AB. The authors acknowledge support by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and by the COST Action CM1104. J.L. and St.S. acknowledge additional financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, including the Excellence Cluster “Engineering of Advanced Materials” in the framework of the excellence initiative. St.S. gratefully acknowledges a PhD grant of the “Fonds der Chemischen Industrie”.

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  1. Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Göteborg, Sweden

    Sheedeh Fouladvand, Henrik Grönbeck, Torben Pingel, Eva Olsson, Magnus Skoglundh & Per-Anders Carlsson

  2. Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II and Erlangen Catalysis Resource Center, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Stefan Schernich & Jörg Libuda

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Fouladvand, S., Schernich, S., Libuda, J. et al. Methane Oxidation Over Pd Supported on Ceria–Alumina Under Rich/Lean Cycling Conditions. Top Catal 56, 410–415 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-013-9988-2

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