Abstract
Antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO) catalysts are used for the oxidation of propylene to acrolein, the ammoxidation of propylene to acrylonitrile and the oxidative dehydrogenation of butanes to 1,3- butadiene. The distribution and valence states of Sb in ATOs are key in determining their catalytic activities. While these materials have been subjects of intensive studies for more than 20 years, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectrometry, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy4 have so far provided only indirect data for the distribution of Sb and its valence states. in particular, while has been hypothesized that the tin (IV) oxide contains Sb (V) within the bulk lattice and Sb (III) located at surface sites, no direct experimental evidence for this has been provided.Here we use electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) combined with Z-contrast imaging in a JEOL 2010F field emission STEM/TEM operating at 200 KV to analyze ATO catalysts.
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