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W. F. Schneider CBE 40445
CBE 40445Lecture 15
Introduction to Catalysis
William F. SchneiderDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Notre Dame
[email protected] Semester 2005
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What is a βCatalystβ
A catalyst (Greek: ΞΊΞ±ΟΞ±Ξ»ΟΟΞ·Ο, catalytΔs) is a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being transformed or consumed by the reaction. (thank you Wikipedia)
A + B
C
ΞG
Ea
uncatalyzed
A + B +catalyst
C + catalyst
ΞG
Eaβ²
catalyzed
k(T) = k0e-Ea/RT
Eaβ² < Ea
k0β² > k0
kβ² > k
ΞG = ΞG
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Catalysts Open Up New Reaction Pathways
CH3
C
CH3
O
CH2
C
CH3
OH
propanone propenol
H2C
H O
CCH3
β‘
β‘
propanone
propenol
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Catalysts Open Up New Reaction Pathways
CH3
C
CH3
O
CH2
C
CH3
OH
propanone propenol
OHβCH2
C
CH3
Oβ
+ H2O
βOHβ
Base catalyzed
propanone
propenol
intermediate
β‘ β‘
rate = k[OHβ][acetone]
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Catalysts Open Up New Reaction Pathways
CH3
C
CH3
O
CH2
C
CH3
OHpropanone
propenol
+ H2O
Acid catalyzed
H3O+
CH3
C
CH3
OH
+
βH3O+
propenol
differentintermediate
β‘ β‘
propanone
rate = k[H3O+][acetone]
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Types of Catalysts - Enzymes
The βGold Standardβ of catalysts
Highly specificHighly selectiveHighly efficientCatalyze very difficult
reactions N2 NH3
CO2 + H2O C6H12O6
Works better in a cell than in a 100000 l reactor
Triosephosphateisomerase
βTIMβCytochrome C Oxidase
Highly tailored βactive sitesβOften contain metal atoms
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Types of Catalysts β Organometallic Complexes
Perhaps closest man has come to mimicking natureβs success
2005 Noble Prize in Chemistry
Well-defined, metal-based active sites
Selective, efficient manipulation of organic functional groups
Various forms, especially for polymerization catalysis
Difficult to generalize beyond organic transformations
Polymerization:
Termination:
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Types of Catalysts β Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous
Homogeneous catalysisSingle phase
(Typically liquid)Low temperature
Separations are tricky
Heterogeneous catalysisMultiphase
(Mostly solid-liquid and solid-gas)High temperature
Design and optimization tricky
Zeolite catalyst Catalyst powders
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Types of Catalysts: Crystalline Microporous Catalysts
Regular crystalline structure Porous on the scale of molecular dimensions
10 β 100 Γ Up to 1000βs m2/g surface area
Catalysis through shape selection acidity/basicity incorporation of metal particles
10 Γ 100 Γ
Zeolite (silica-aluminate)Silico-titanate
MCM-41 (mesoporous silica)
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Types of Catalysts: Amorphous Heterogeneous Catalysts
Amorphous, high surface area supports Alumina, silica, activated carbon, β¦ Up to 100βs of m2/g of surface area
Impregnated with catalytic transition metals Pt, Pd, Ni, Fe, Ru, Cu, Ru, β¦
Typically pelletized or on monoliths Cheap, high stability, catalyze many types of reactions Most used, least well understood of all classes
SEM micrographs of alumina and Pt/alumina
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Important Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes
Haber-Bosch process N2 + 3 H2 β 2 NH3 Fe/Ru catalysts, high pressure and temperature Critical for fertilizer and nitric acid production
Fischer-Tropsch chemistry n CO + 2n H2 β (CH2)n + n H2O , syn gas to liquid fuels Fe/Co catalysts Source of fuel for Axis in WWII
Fluidized catalytic cracking High MW petroleum β low MW fuels, like gasoline Zeolite catalysts, high temperature combustor In your fuel tank!
Automotive three-way catalysis NOx/CO/HC β H2O/CO2/H2O Pt/Rh/Pd supported on ceria/alumina Makes exhaust 99% cleaner
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Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactors
Design goals rapid and intimate contact
between catalyst and reactants
ease of separation of products from catalyst
Packed Bed(single or multi-tube)
SlurryReactor
FluidizedBed
CatalystRecycleReactor
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Automotive Emissions Control System
βThree-wayβ CatalystCO CO2
HC CO2 + H2ONOx N2
Pt, Rh, PdAlumina, ceria, lanthana, β¦
Most widely deployed heterogeneous catalyst in the world β you probably own one!
Monolith reactor
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Length Scales in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Mass transport/diffusion Chemical adsorption and reaction
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Characteristics of Heterogeneous Supported Catalysts
Surface area: Amount of internal support surface accessible to a fluid Measured by gas adsorption isotherms
Loading: Mass of transition metal per mass of support
Dispersion: Percent of metal atoms accessible to a fluid
supportM M M
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Rates of Catalytic Reactions
Pseudo-homogeneous reaction rate r = moles / volume Β· time
Mass-based rate rβ² = moles / masscat Β· time rβ² = r / Οcat
Heterogeneous reactions happen at surfaces Area-based rate
rβ²β² = moles / areacat Β· time rβ²β² = rβ² / SA, SA = area / mass
Heterogeneous reactions happen at active sites Active site-based rate
Turn-over frequency TOF = moles / site Β· time TOF = rβ²β² / Οsite
TOF (sβ1)Hetero. cats. ~101
Enzymes ~106
TOF (sβ1)Hetero. cats. ~101
Enzymes ~106
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Adsorption and Reaction at Solid Surfaces
Physisorption: weak van der Waals attraction of a fluid (like N2 gas) for any surface Eads ~10 β 40 kJ/mol Low temperature phenomenon Exploited in measuring gross surface area
Chemisorption: chemical bond formation between a fluid molecule (like CO or ethylene) and a surface site Eads ~ 100 β 500 kJ/mol Essential element of catalytic activity Exploited in measuring catalytically active sites
W. F. Schneider CBE 40445
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Comparing Physi- and Chemisorption on MgO(001)
1.77
1.51
2.10
2.60
CO2
SO2
Physisorbed CO2
-2 kcal mol-1 GGA
Chemisorbed SO2
(βsulfiteβ)-25 kcal mol-1 GGA
SO3Chemisorbed SO3
(βsulfateβ)-50 kcal mol-1 GGA
1.66
1.481.45
2.12
2.58
MgO(001) supercell
1.48
1.25
Mg
O
:O:surf
::
2-
COO
:O:surf:
:2-
SOO :
:O:surf
::
2-
SOO
O
Schneider, Li, and Hass, J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 6972
Calculated from first-principles DFT
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Measuring Concentrations in Heterogeneous Reactions Kinetics
Fluid concentrations Traditionally reported as pressures (torr, atm, bar) Ideal gas assumption: Pj = Cj RT
Surface concentrations βCoverageβ per unit area
nj = molesj / area
Maximum coverage called monolayer 1 ML: nj,max = ~ 1015 molecules / cm2
Fractional coverage ΞΈj = nj / nj,max
0 β€ ΞΈj β€ 1
ΞΈj = 1/6
Rate = f(Pj,ΞΈj)
Metal particle surface
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Adsorption Isotherms
Molecules in gas and surface are in dynamic equilibrium
A (g) + M (surface) β M-A Isotherm describes pressure dependence of equilibrium
Langmuir isotherm proposed by Irving Langmuir, GE, 1915 (1932 Noble Prize) Adsorption saturates at 1 monolayer All sites are equivalent Adsorption is independent of coverage
Site conservationΞΈA + ΞΈ* = 1 +
Equilibriumrateads = ratedes
AA a d
A
,1
KPK k k
KP
*a a Arate k P N d d Arate k N
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Using the Langmuir Isotherm
Example: CO adsorption on 10% Ru/Al2O3 @ 100Β°CPCO (torr) 100 150 200 250 300 400
COads (ΞΌmol/gcat) 1.28 1.63 1.77 1.94 2.06 2.21
100 200 300 4000.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
Pressure (torr)
n CO ( m
ol/g cat)
CO adsorption on Ru/Al2O
3 at 100C
Non-linear regression
100 200 300 40050
100
150
200
Pressure (torr)
PC
O/nC
O (to
rr g c
at/
mol)
CO adsorption on Ru/Al2O
3 at 100C
Linearized model
nCO,β = 2.89 ΞΌmol/gcat
K = 0.0082
CO, COCO
CO1
n KPn
KP
CO CO
CO CO, CO,
1P P
n n Kn
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Brunauer-Emmett-Teller Isotherm (BET)
Solid Surface
ΞHads
ΞHcond
ΞHads/ΞHcond
ads cond
mono
( )
vap
(1 )(1 (1 ) )
,H H
RT
czVV z c z
Pz c eP
Relaxes Langmuir restriction to single layer adsorption Monolayer adsorption; multilayer condensation
Useful for total surface area measurement Adsorption of boiling N2 (78 K)