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17 Hydrocarbon Synthesis and Rearrangement over Clean and Chemically Modified Surfaces

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C. H. F. Peden and D. W. Goodman Surface Science Division, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185

An important new application of surface analytical methods is the study of catalytic reactions using well defined materials under conditions approaching those typically found in process environments. Recent kinetic and surface analytical studies have provided new infor­ mation regarding the mechanism of several important catalytic reactions including methanation of CO and CO2, alkane hydrogenolysis, and ethylene hydrogenation. These newly developed techniques have been used to study the relationship between surface structure, com­ position, and reactivity. For the above reactions, studies have been carrried out addressing poisoning and promotion of nickel, rhodium, and ruthenium catalysts by surface impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus, silver, and copper. The highlights of recent work are reviewed.

C a t a l y t i c processing by metals i s of considerable importance i n the chemical and petroleum i n d u s t r i e s , yet few surface reactions are w e l l understood a t the molecular l e v e l . The l a s t twenty years have produced an array of surface techniques which r o u t i n e l y can be brought to bear on t h i s most i n t r i g u i n g and t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y important area. The surface science of c a t a l y s i s i s r e l a t i v e l y new yet promises to be an extremely valuable complement to the more t r a d i t i o n a l approaches to fundamental c a t a l y t i c research. During the two decades which produced the a v a i l a b l e surface techniques, a large inventory of information has been accumulated regarding surface atomic and e l e c t r o n i c structure as w e l l as molecular adsorption and r e a c t i o n . A l o g i c a l extension of these kinds of studies has been i n t o the area of k i n e t i c s at elevated pressures (~ 1 atm.) combined i n t i m a t e l y with surface a n a l y t i c a l techniques. Although the i n t e g r a t i o n of k i n e t i c s a t these conditions with vacuum surface techniques has been l i m i t e d to a few groups (1-6), the results thus f a r have been 0097-6156/85/ 0288-0185506.00/0 © 1985 American Chemical Society Deviney and Gland; Catalyst Characterization Science ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1985.

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extremely useful i n d e t a i l i n g c e r t a i n mechanistic information about the reactions investigated* These studies have established t h i s hybrid approach as an important interface between the t r a d i t i o n a l surface physics and c a t a l y t i c communities (7). One promising extension of t h i s approach i s surface modification by additives and t h e i r influence on reaction k i n e t i c s . Catalyst a c t i v i t y and s t a b i l i t y under process conditions can be dramatically affected by impurities i n the feed streams (8). Impurities (promoters) are often added to the feed i n t e n t i o n a l l y i n order to s e l e c t i v e l y enhance a p a r t i c u l a r reaction channel (9) as w e l l as to increase the c a t a l y s t ' s resistance to poisons. The s e l e c t i v i t y and/or poison tolerance of a c a t a l y s t can often times be improved by a l l o y i n g with other metals (8,10)· Although the e f f e c t s of impurities or of a l loying are w e l l recognized i n c a t a l y s t formulation and u t i l i z a t i o n , l i t t l e i s known about the fundamental mechanisms by which these surface modifications a l t e r c a t a l y t i c chemistry. Possible mechanisms by which an additive a l t e r s a c a t a l y t i c reaction include s i t e blocking of ensembles and e l e c t r o n i c or ligand e f f e c t s . An ensemble refers to a c e r t a i n number or conformation of surface atoms necessary for a reaction to occur. A ligand or e l e c tronic e f f e c t assumes the additive modifies the e l e c t r o n i c character of the metal i n such a way as to a l t e r one or more steps of the reaction. By varying the nature and surface concentration of addit i v e s under c a r e f u l l y c o n t r o l l e d conditions, the r e l a t i v e importance of ensemble versus ligand e f f e c t s i n surface catalyzed reactions can be addressed. This discussion summarizes the h i g h l i g h t s of some of these studies with p a r t i c u l a r emphasis on what has been learned i n comparative experiments with chemical modifiers or a l l o y i n g with other metals. The r e s u l t s presented p r i m a r i l y focus on recent studies on ruthenium single c r y s t a l s conducted i n our laboratory. Experimental The studies to be described were c a r r i e d out u t i l i z i n g the s p e c i a l i z e d apparatus shown i n Figure 1 and discussed i n d e t a i l i n Reference 4. This device consists of two d i s t i n c t regions, a surface analysis chamber and a m i c r o c a t a l y t i c reactor. The custom b u i l t reactor, contiguous to the surface analysis chamber, employs a r e t r a c t i o n bellows that supports the metal c r y s t a l and allows t r a n s l a t i o n of the c a t a l y s t i n vacuo from the reactor to the surface analysis region. Both regions are of u l t r a h i g h vacuum construction, bakeable, and capable of ultimate pressures of less than 10 Torr. D e t a i l s of the procedures for depositing and measuring surface concentrations of s u l f u r and copper are described elsewhere (11,12). Discussion The above apparatus has been used to study reactions c r y s t a l s of n i c k e l , ruthenium, and rhodium (1-7,12-15).

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Hydrogénation Ethylene + H Cyclopropane + H

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These are examples of structure i n s e n s i t i v e ( f a c i l e ) (Reactions 1-4) and structure s e n s i t i v e (demanding) reactions (Reactions 5-7)· K i n e t i c s of Structure I n s e n s i t i v e Reactions Over Clean Single C r y s t a l Surfaces A c r i t i c a l question i n model studies concerns the appropriateness of the model to r e f l e c t the parameters of the more r e a l i s t i c system* I n t h i s case, the point of i n t e r e s t i s the a b i l i t y of metal single c r y s t a l s to reproduce the c a t a l y t i c chemistry generally found f o r supported c a t a l y s t s . S u f f i c i e n t data have been c o l l e c t e d (4,7,12-15) for a number of reactions to show that single c r y s t a l s reproduce i n many cases the chemistry of the corresponding supported c a t a l y s t s . For those reactions l i s t e d above which are considered structure i n s e n s i t i v e (methanation and hydrogénation) the rates and a c t i v a t i o n parameters measured f o r the s i n g l e c r y s t a l c a t a l y s t s are i n excellent agreement with the corresponding values f o r supported systems. For example, Figure 2 shows an Arrhenius plot of the rate of the methanat i o n reaction (expressed as molecules of methane formed per surface metal atom per second) over two single c r y s t a l planes of ruthenium (12,13) as w e l l as data taken on s i l i c a - and alumina-supported c a t a l ysts (16). S i m i l a r r e s u l t s have been obtained on n i c k e l single crys t a l catalysts ( 4 , Ό · These r e s u l t s support the use of these i d e a l i z e d c a t a l y s t s as relevant models and further suggest that surface characterization of these materials following reaction w i l l , i n many respects, r e f l e c t the surface condition of the analogous supported-metal p a r t i c l e s . For example, surface analysis of active single c r y s t a l c a t a l y s t s has been p a r t i c u l a r l y useful i n d e t a i l i n g the important surface species i n the methanation reaction. Auger spectroscopy has been used to characterize two d i s t i n c t forms of surface carbon on n i c k e l (17) and ruthenium (18), a c a r b i d i c or active form and a g r a p h i t i c or i n a c t i v e type. The k i n e t i c s associated with the r e a c t i v i t y of these carbon types with hydrogen have been studied i n d e t a i l (17,18) and the r e l a t i o n s h i p of the surface concentration of these carbon types with c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y has been documented (13,17,18). Figure 3 shows the changes i n the methanation reaction rate over a ruthenium c a t a l y s t as the pressure i s increased from 1-120 Torr at a f i x e d H :C0 r a t i o . The departure from l i n e a r Arrhenius behavior occurs at lower tempera­ tures as the t o t a l pressure i s lowered. The onset of n o n - l i n e a r i t y has been correlated with an increase i n the carbon l e v e l on the surface of the c a t a l y s t following reaction (4). I t has been proposed (4) that both of these e f f e c t s are due to a reduction i n the surface coverage of hydrogen below a c r i t i c a l value necessary f o r an optimum reaction rate. 2

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K i n e t i c s of Structure Sensitive Reactions Over Clean Single C r y s t a l Surfaces Reactions known to be responsive to changes i n c a t a l y s t morphology are also amenable to study using model s i n g l e c r y s t a l s * Ethane hydrogenolysis, a w e l l known example of t h i s category of reactions, has been studied over n i c k e l (14,19) and ruthenium (12) s i n g l e c r y s t a l s . The a c t i v a t i o n energies for this reaction on Ni(100) and N i ( l l l ) obtained under i d e n t i c a l conditions d i f f e r markedly from each other (19). A comparison of s p e c i f i c rates also shows that ethane as w e l l as butane and cyclopropane hydrogenolysis proceed at s i g n i f i c a n t l y f a s t e r rates over the Ni(100) surface than over the N i ( l l l ) surface (14,19,20). These results suggest that the o r i g i n of the structure s e n s i t i v i t y i n alkane hydrogenolysis a r i s e s mainly from an i n t r i n s i c a c t i v i t y difference between facets. P a r t i c l e s i z e e f f e c t s r e s u l t then from facet r e d i s t r i b u t i o n during s i n t e r i n g and not from i n t r i n s i c e l e c t r o n i c differences among metal p a r t i c l e s . Figure 4 shows the rate of ethane hydrogenolysis over a ruthenium c a t a l y s t as a function of H p a r t i a l pressure (12). In agreement with studies on supported c a t a l y s t s (1), the reaction i s negative order with respect to hydrogen f o r p a r t i a l pressures of H above 40 Torr. The order of reaction with respect to ethane i s observed to be ~ +0.85 (12) i n excellent agreement with supported systems (1). The order of the reaction with respect to the two reactants r e f l e c t s the a b i l i t y of hydrogen to compete more favorably f o r adsorption s i t e s on the c a t a l y s t * The change to p o s i t i v e order at low H pressures indicates the conditions at which the surface concentration of hydrogen f a l l s below the c r i t i c a l optimum value* This surface deplet i o n of hydrogen should manifest i t s e l f i n a departure of the reaction rate from l i n e a r Arrhenius behavior at higher reaction temperatures as observed f o r the methanation reaction (4). This n o n l i n e a r i t y i n Arrhenius behavior i s evident i n Figure 5. 2

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K i n e t i c s Over Chemically Modified Single C r y s t a l Surfaces The above described experiments over atomically clean s i n g l e c r y s t a l c a t a l y s t s have been extended to studies of the k i n e t i c s of various c a t a l y t i c reactions over chemically modified c a t a l y s t s . Examples are recent studies into the nature of poisoning by s u l f u r of the c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t y of n i c k e l , ruthenium, and rhodium toward methanat i o n of CO (11,12) and C0 (15), ethane (12) and cyclopropane (20) hydrogenolysis, and ethylene hydrogénation (21). Figure 6 i s an Arrhenius p l o t of the methanation reaction over a Ru(0001) c a t a l y s t precovered with various q u a n t i t i e s of s u l f u r (12). Three things are noteworthy i n t h i s graph. F i r s t , small amounts of s u l f u r (CH +H 0

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of poisoning at low coverages (7,23) . That the deactivation of the n i c k e l c a t a l y s t with impurity coverage i s less severe with phosphorus i s consistent with the conclusion that e l e c t r o n i c rather than ensemble e f f e c t s are playing a major r o l e i n the poisoning mechanism. Chemisorption studies of H and CO on a C, Ν (24), S, Ρ, and C l (23,25) precovered Ni(100) surface support t h i s conclusion. Secondly, the a c t i v a t i o n energy f o r the reaction i s unchanged by the a d d i t i o n of s u l f u r i n agreement with studies on supported systems (26,27). This suggests that although the rate i s slowed, the mechanism of the reaction i s fundamentally unchanged. A s i m i l a r conclusion was reached i n studies of the r o l e of potassium promoters on a Ni(100) c a t a l y s t (28), although the effect of s u l f u r and potas­ sium on the i n d i v i d u a l steps of the reaction are l i k e l y quite d i f ­ ferent (11,12,28). F i n a l l y , the onset of departure from l i n e a r Arrhenius behavior i s seen to occur at lower temperatures when s u l f u r i s present on the surface (11,12). At low s u l f u r coverages, t h i s onset coincides with an increase i n the surface carbon l e v e l during reaction and, as discussed previously, has been interpreted as r e f l e c t i n g a departure of the surface concentration of atomic hydrogen from a saturation or c r i t i c a l coverage. Chemisorption studies of H on p a r t i a l l y covered Ni(100) (11) are consistent with these ideas. At higher s u l f u r coverages, the departure of the rate from l i n e a r i t y i s not accompanied by the appearance of surface carbon. At these reaction conditions the carbon formation step has become r a t e - l i m i t i n g (11,12). The e f f e c t of s u l f u r on the rate of ethane hydrogenolysis i s shown i n Figure 8 (12). This reaction i s seen to be much l e s s a f ­ fected by s u l f u r than i s the methanation reaction. As discussed e a r l i e r , at these pressures the reaction i s negative order i n hydrogen pressure i n d i c a t i n g p r e f e r e n t i a l adsorption of hydrogen over ethane. Low s u l f u r coverages, by s i g n i f i c a n t l y reducing the surface hydrogen coverage (11), should lead to an enhanced reaction p r o b a b i l i t y of ethane. The combined e f f e c t of the reduction i n hydrogenative a c t i ­ v i t y with an increase i n ethane d i s s o c i a t i v e adsorption could r e s u l t i n less severe poisoning by s u l f u r of ethane hydrogenolysis compared with CO methanation.

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Mixed metal c a t a l y s t s frequently e x h i b i t an improvement i n s e l e c t i v i t y (10) and s t a b i l i t y (8) over single component metal cata­ l y s t s . A noteworthy example of such a c a t a l y s t system and one which has been extensively studied i s copper on ruthenium (29-31). Model studies of t h i s mixed metal c a t a l y s t have been c a r r i e d out (12) f o r the methanation reaction and are shown i n Figure 9. For comparison the data f o r sulfur poisoning i s also p l o t t e d . The i n i t i a l slope indicates that copper merely serves as an i n a c t i v e d i l u e n t , blocking s i t e s on a one to one b a s i s . A s i m i l a r r e s u l t has been found (22) i n an analogous study introducing s i l v e r onto a R h ( l l l ) c a t a l y s t . The contrast i n reaction rate attenuation by copper compared with s u l f u r could be a t t r i b u t e d to differences i n r e l a t i v e e l e c t r o ­ n e g a t i v i t i e s , 2.4 and 1.9, r e s p e c t i v e l y (32), where the more e l e c t r o ­ negative s u l f u r a l t e r s the surface a c t i v i t y more profoundly than by a simple s i t e blocking mechanism. However, f o r a proper comparison to be made between the poisoning e f f e c t s of copper and s u l f u r addi­ t i v e s , the overlayers i n question should be uniformly dispersed over the c a t a l y s t .

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For s u l f u r and phosphorus, LEED studies indicate that uniform spreading takes place over the coverage range from 0,1-0.5 monolayers (11,23). This does not seem to be the case at high copper coverages on Ru(0001) noting that the methanation rate does not f a l l to zero at one monolayer of copper. I t i s possible that ruthenium modifies the copper layer i n such a way as to activate the copper towards methanation. This, however, i s u n l i k e l y since the a c t i v a t i o n energy for the reaction remains unchanged by the addition of copper (12). UPS and SIMS measurements by Vickerman, et a l . (29) have shown that under the preparation conditions used i n t h i s work, the growth of three dimensional copper islands occurs at roughly a t h i r d of a monolayer, coincident with the change i n slope of our rate versus copper coverage data (Figure 9). Vickerman (29) has also shown that two dimensional c l u s t e r i n g of copper occurs at coverages less than 0.3 monolayers (12). LEED and UPS measurements of s i l v e r on R h ( l l l ) (33) have also indicated two dimensional i s l a n d growth i n the submonolayer region. This tendency f o r two dimensional c l u s t e r i n g i s related to the e l e c t r o n e g a t i v i t y difference between the overlayer atom and the substrate surface (34). These differences i n the overlayer structures of s u l f u r and copper on ruthenium must be taken into consideration when making comparisons between the r e l a t i v e poisoning e f f e c t s of these additives. Similar s t r u c t u r a l changes of the copper layer on ruthenium are observed f o r the ethane hydrogenolysis reaction shown i n Figure 10 (12). The e f f e c t of copper at low coverages i s to simply block active ruthenium s i t e s on a one to one basis with three dimensional c l u s t e r growth occurring at roughly a t h i r d of a monolayer. S i n f e l t (35) has shown that copper i n a Cu/Ru c a t a l y s t i s confined to the surface of ruthenium. Results from the model c a t a l y s t s discussed here then should be relevant to those on the corresponding supported, b i m e t a l l i c c a t a l y s t s . Several such studies have been c a r r i e d out i n v e s t i g a t i n g the addition of copper or other Group IB metals on the rates of CO hydrogénation (36-38) and ethane hydrogenolysis (38-41) catalyzed by ruthenium. In general, these studies show a marked f a l l o f f i n a c t i v i t y with addition of the Group IB metal suggesting a more profound e f f e c t of the Group IB metal on ruthenium than implied from the model studies here. A c r i t i c a l parameter i n the supported studies i s the measurement of the active ruthenium surface using hydrogen chemisorption techniques. H a l l e r (39,40) has recently suggested that hydrogen s p i l l o v e r during chemisorption may occur from ruthenium to copper. Recent studies i n our laboratory (31) have added further evidence that s p i l l o v e r from Ru to Cu can take place and must be considered i n the hydrogen chemisorption measurements. H s p i l l o v e r would lead to a s i g n i f i c a n t overestimâtion of the number of active ruthenium metal s i t e s and thus to serious error i n c a l c u l a t i n g ruthenium s p e c i f i c a c t i v i t y . I f t h i s i s indeed the case, the r e s u l t s obtained on the supported catal y s t s , corrected f o r the overestimation of surface ruthenium, could become more comparable with the model data reported here. F i n a l l y , the a c t i v a t i o n energies observed on supported c a t a l y s t s i n various laboratories are generally unchanged by the addition of Group IB metal (36-41) which i s i n agreement with the present study. A c r u c i a l test of the relevance of modeling b i m e t a l l i c c a t a l y s t s using single c r y s t a l s w i l l be the a b i l i t y of the models to a l t e r the s e l e c t i v i t y of the c a t a l y s t towards dehydrogenation reactions as i s 2

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generally observed on supported systems (10). These experiments are currently underway i n our laboratory* In addition, a recent study of cyclohexane dehydrogenation over a model A u - P t ( l l l ) c a t a l y s t has demonstrated just such a s e l e c t i v i t y (42). Concluding Remark

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The examples of the model studies presented show how the meshing of modern surface techniques with reaction k i n e t i c s can provide valuable insights into the mechanisms of surface reactions and serve as a useful complement to the more t r a d i t i o n a l techniques. Close correlations between these two areas holds great promise f o r a better understanding of the many s u b t l e t i e s of heterogeneous catalysis. Acknowledgments

We acknowledge with pleasure the p a r t i a l support of t h i s work by the Department of Energy, O f f i c e of Basic Energy Sciences, D i v i s i o n o f Chemical Sciences. We also acknowledge the s k i l l e d technical a s s i s t ance of Kent Hoffman throughout the course of t h i s work.

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