Abstract
The decomposition of iridium acetylacetonate Ir(acac)(3) impregnated on amorphous silica-alumina (ASA) has been investigated by combined thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis-mass spectrometry (TG-DTA-MS) and by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD). The resulting Ir/ASA hydrotreating catalysts have also been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The effects of heating treatments under oxidative, reductive or inert gas flows are compared with each other and with similar experiments on ASA-supported acetylacetone (acacH). It is shown that Ir(acac)(3) undergoes exothermic combustion during calcination in air, leading to agglomerated IrO(2) particles. Conversely, direct reduction involves hydrogenolysis of the acac followed by hydrogenation of the ligand residues to alkanes and water. These two processes are catalyzed by Ir clusters, the gradual growth of which is followed in situ by XRD. The resulting nanoparticles are highly and homogeneously dispersed.
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