Development of template assistant one-pot synthesis Ni-ZrO2composites for catalysis application

E.V.Golubina, A.O.Turakulova, T.P.Otorozhenko, E.S.Lokteva, M.V.Lobanov, V.V.Lunin Department of Chemistry, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia golubina@kge.msu.ru Introduction (Times New Roman, 12 pt, bold) Porous ceramics (ZrO2, alumina etc.) are widely used as catalysts support. Synthesis of oxides with hierarchical porous structure is of great importance in order to provide the accessibility of active sites to reagents. To create mesoporous structure organic templates are widely used. Prepared oxide materials are then impregnated by active metal precursor followed by metal reduction. In this paper one-pot synthesis of Ni-ZrO2 composites with citric acid or with wood templates are studied. Segregation of Ni particles is observed during Red-Ox treatment. Catalytic activity was tested in hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzenes and CO oxidation. Experimental Ni-ZrO2 composites (6 wt. % Ni) were prepared. Biomorphous Ni-ZrO2 composite (NiZrO2_bio) was prepared by calcination of sawdust, impregnated by solutions of Ni(NO3)2 and ZrO(NO3)2. Calcination temperature was determined by DSC-TG. Another method is sol-gel technique with citric acid as chelating agent. Solution of citric acid, Ni(NO3)2 and ZrO(NO3)2 was slowly evaporated at 80 . Obtained precursor was calcinated at 600 C on air. This sample is denoted as Ni-ZrO2_s-g. Textural properties were investigated by nitrogen adsorption/desorption on Quantachrome AUTOSORB. Samples morphology was studied by XRD (Rigaku Miniflex II diffractometer) and SEM-EDX (Olympus 3100, JEOL, Japan). Temperature programmed reduction was performed by H2 (5%) Ar at liner heating. Hydrogen consumption were determined by thermal conductivity detector. Hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzene was performed in flow-type reactor at temperatures 25 350 C as described in [1]. CO oxidation (2%CO + 1%O2 in He) was performed by a pulsed microcatalytic technique at temperature range of 150 400C. Results and discussion Study of textural properties of prepared samples revealed mesoporous structure (Fig.1), BET surface area is 50 m2/g (Ni-ZrO2_bio) and 38 m2/g (Ni-ZrO2_s-g). Pore volume is 0,22 and