Exchange of D2 with the OH groups of several oxides
was carried out on the samples on which we investigated
the 18O2/16OH exchange (part
I, J. Phys. Chem.
1996, 100, 9429).
Temperature-programmed isotopic exchange
was first carried out on the bare oxides. In every case, the
reaction follows a simple heteroexchange mechanism,
with HD as a primary product. The maximal rates of exchange are
obtained at the following temperature:
CeO2 (prereduced), 100 °C > MgO, 120 °C >
ZrO2, 145 °C > CeO2 (preoxidized), 160 °C
> γ-Al2O3, 190
°C > Cl−Al2O3, 200 °C ≫
SiO2, 540 °C. The first two samples exchange their
hydrogen at a significant
rate at room temperature. Secondary peaks and shoulders show the
multiplicity of the OH groups on most
oxides. Compared to oxygen, hydrogen exchange occurs at much lower
temperatures, the shift of the
temperature ranges of O and H exchange being between 250 and 430 °C.
Isothermal isotopic exchange was
carried out between 25 and 100 °C over rhodium catalysts supported on
these oxides. The presence of rhodium
accelerates the hydrogen exchange, at least by 2 orders of magnitude.
As with oxygen exchange, three main
steps must be considered: (i) adsorption−desorption on the metal,
(ii) transfer of D atoms onto the support
(spillover), and (iii) hydrogen diffusion. Contrary to what was
observed with O2 exchange, step i is never a
rate-determining step (rds) for H2 exchange, the rate of
H2 + D2 equilibration being much higher than
the
rate of exchange. The results are in accordance with a model where
at T < 75 °C the rds of exchange would
be the hydrogen transfer from the metal to the support (spillover
step), while at T ≥ 75 °C, the rds would be
the surface diffusion. This model is valid for all the supports
except silica, for which most of the hydroxyl
groups exchange at high temperatures. The rate of exchange depends
linearly on the density of the hydroxyl
groups and tends toward zero for a fully dehydroxylated support.
Coefficients of surface diffusion give the
following order for the hydrogen mobility at 75 °C (base 100 for
γ-Al2O3): CeO2, 770 > MgO, 230
>
γ-Al2O3, 100 > ZrO2, 23 ≫
SiO2, nd. There is no correlation between the hydrogen
mobility and the surface
acidity of the oxides, the highest hydrogen mobility being found on
basic oxides with a very high oxygen
mobility. A model of isotropic heterogeneous diffusion is proposed
to explain certain discrepancies observed
between the present isotopic exchange method and direct IR
spectroscopic methods previously published.