Real Structure - Oxygen Mobility Relationship in Nanocrystalline Doped Ceria-Zirconia Fluorite-Like Solid Solutions Promoted by Pt

This work considers effect of type and content of dopant on the real structure, state of surface Pt species and oxygen mobility of nanocrystalline Lnx(Ce0.5Zr0.5)1-xO2-δ (Ln=La3+, Gd3+, Pr3+/4+) solid solutions prepared by Pechini route. For the reactions of methane selective oxidation and dry reforming into syngas, catalytic activity correlates rather well with either surface (in diluted feeds) or bulk (in realistic feeds) oxygen mobility as well as Pt dispersion controlled by the type and content of a dopant.