文摘
Nanocrystalline Pt–Ce oxides were prepared by citric acid method and impregnation method, and then mounted on cordierites to investigate the catalytic behavior for methane oxidation under scarce oxygen environment. XRD, H2-TPR, TEM, and XPS were employed to investigate the relationship between physicochemical characteristics and catalytic performances. Pt–CeO2 showed good activity for oxygen conversion in fuel rich condition, especially during extinction step, with a huge hysteresis loop. By varying the oxygen concentration, Pt–CeO2 catalysts were poisoned by oxygen along ignition, and the competitive adsorption of oxygen and methane inhibits the activation of methane. Owing to the interaction between Pt and CeO2, and a more homogeneous dispersion of Pt in CeO2 compared with that of Pt/CeO2 prepared by impregnation, Pt–CeO2 catalysts maintained high activity during calcination and pretreatments.