The H2 TPR analysis was often used to study the redox behaviors of reducible oxide and supported catalyst. For UO3 sample, two reduction peaks were observed (Fig. 5). The low-temperature peak at 561 °C is assigned to the reduction of oxygen species adsorbed on the surface and the high-temperature peak at 629 °C is from the reduction of the bulk lattice oxygen species. The addition of gold nanoparticles to UO3 enhances the reducibility of UO3 because the two reduction peaks of UO3 shift to lower temperature, i.e., 392 °C and 458 °C. This is in agree- ment with the results on Ni/UO3 by Berry et al. [20]. For Au/U3O8 sam- ple, there were also two reduction peaks appeared at 424 °C and 592 °C, respectively. Taylor et al. [22,23] reported that U3O8 has a single reduction peak at 700 °C. Therefore, the addition of gold nanoparticles to U3O8 also enhances the reducibility of U3O8. However, the two reduc- tion peaks in Au/U3O8 appear at higher temperatures in comparing with Au/UO3, indicating Au/U3O8 is more difficult to be reduced. Consequent- ly, Au/UO3 should have higher oxygen storage capacity. It can be seen from the H2-TPR profiles of them that the total hydrogen consumption in Au/U3O8 is larger than in Au/UO3, which might be due to the different structures formed during the calcination of uranium oxide.
The H2 TPR analysis was often used to study the redox behaviors of reducible oxide and supported catalyst. For UO3 sample, two reduction peaks were observed (Fig. 5). The low-temperature peak at 561 °C is assigned to the reduction of oxygen species adsorbed on the surface and the high-temperature peak at 629 °C is from the reduction of the bulk lattice oxygen species. The addition of gold nanoparticles to UO3 enhances the reducibility of UO3 because the two reduction peaks of UO3 shift to lower temperature, i.e., 392 °C and 458 °C. This is in agree- ment with the results on Ni/UO3 by Berry et al. [20]. For Au/U3O8 sam- ple, there were also two reduction peaks appeared at 424 °C and 592 °C, respectively. Taylor et al. [22,23] reported that U3O8 has a single reduction peak at 700 °C. Therefore, the addition of gold nanoparticles to U3O8 also enhances the reducibility of U3O8. However, the two reduc- tion peaks in Au/U3O8 appear at higher temperatures in comparing with Au/UO3, indicating Au/U3O8 is more difficult to be reduced. Consequent- ly, Au/UO3 should have higher oxygen storage capacity. It can be seen from the H2-TPR profiles of them that the total hydrogen consumption in Au/U3O8 is larger than in Au/UO3, which might be due to the different structures formed during the calcination of uranium oxide.
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