Titanium-oxide catalyst and method of producing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10058847-B2
Application number	US-201615072673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2016
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A titanium-oxide catalyst containing catalytic metal shows catalysis under high temperature conditions. A titanium-oxide catalyst contains a titanium-oxide nanoparticle assembly and ruthenium particles. The titanium-oxide nanoparticle assembly is an assembly of titanium-oxide nanoparticles, which are nanoparticles of titanium oxide. The ruthenium particles have a smaller particle diameter than the titanium-oxide nanoparticle assembly and the titanium-oxide nanoparticles. The ruthenium particles are dispersed and supported on a surface of the titanium-oxide nanoparticle assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A titanium oxide catalyst, comprising:
a titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly that includes titanium oxide nanoparticles as primary particles; and
catalytic metal particles dispersed and supported on a surface of the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly,
wherein each of the catalytic metal particles has a particle diameter smaller than a particle diameter of each of the primary particles; and
wherein an average distance between the catalytic metal particles is larger than an average distance between the primary particles.

2. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the catalytic metal is supported in depressions formed by adjacent primary particles of the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly.

3. The titanium-oxide catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein
the content of the catalytic metal is 1 to 40 wt % inclusive of a total of 100 wt % of the titaniumoxide nanoparticle assembly and the catalytic metal.

4. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein
the primary particles have a particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm inclusive.

5. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein
the catalytic metal has a particle diameter of 1 to 10 nm inclusive, and
the primary particles have a particle diameter at least twice the particle diameter of the catalytic metal.

6. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the content of the catalytic metal is 1 to 40 wt % inclusive of a total of 100 wt % of the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly and the catalytic metal.

7. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 6 , wherein
the primary particles have a particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm inclusive.

8. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 6 , wherein
the catalytic metal has a particle diameter of 1 to 10 nm inclusive, and
the primary particles have a particle diameter at least twice the particle diameter of the catalytic metal.

9. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the primary particles have a particle diameter of 2 to 50 nm inclusive.

10. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 9 , wherein
the catalytic metal has a particle diameter of 1 to 10 nm inclusive, and
the primary particles have a particle diameter at least twice the particle diameter of the catalytic metal.

11. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the catalytic metal has a particle diameter of 1 to 10 nm inclusive, and the primary particles have a particle diameter at least twice the particle diameter of the catalytic metal.

12. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly has a particle diameter of 100 to 2000 nm inclusive.

13. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein
the catalytic metal is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ru, Pt, Pd, Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Fe, Ir, Rh, and Re.

14. A titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the catalytic metal particles is formed by a metal or a metal containing material that is different from titanium oxide.

15. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 ,
wherein the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly is produced by reacting carboxylic acid with titanium compounds in supercritical fluid.

16. The titaniiimoxide catalyst according to claim 1 ,
wherein the titanium oxide catalyst is produced by adding a reducing agent to a solution containing the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly and the catalytic metal sources so as to causing a reductive reaction, prior to a thermal treatment.

17. The titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 1 ,
wherein the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly is produced by reacting carboxylic acid with titanium compounds in supercritical fluid; and
wherein the titanium oxide catalyst is produced by adding a reducing agent to a solution containing the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly and the catalytic metal sources so as to causing a reductive reaction, prior to a thermal treatment.

18. A method of producing a titanium oxide catalyst, the method comprising:
causing catalytic metal particles to be supported on a titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly, the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly that includes titanium oxide nanoparticles as primary particles,
wherein an average distance between the catalytic metal particles is larger than an average distance between the primary particles.

19. The method of producing a titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 18 , further comprising:
thermally treating the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly on which the catalytic metal has been supported.

20. The method of producing a titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 19 , wherein
the thermally treating includes thermally treating the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly at a temperature of 300 to 400 ° C. inclusive for a time period of 5 to 15 minutes inclusive.

21. A method of producing a titanium oxide catalyst according to claim 18 ,
wherein each of the catalytic metal particles is formed by a metal or a metal containing material that is different from titanium oxide.

22. A method for performing hydrogen reduction of carbon dioxide, comprising
reducing the carbon dioxide using a titanium oxide catalyst,
wherein the catalyst comprises:
a titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly that includes titanium oxide nanoparticles as primary particles; and
catalytic metal particles dispersed and supported on a surface of the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly, wherein each of the catalytic metal particles has a particle diameter smaller than a particle diameter of each of the titanium oxide nanoparticle assembly and the primary particles,
wherein an average distance between the catalytic metal particles is larger than an average distance between the primary particles.

23. A method for performing hydrogen reduction of carbon dioxide according to claim 22 ,
wherein each of the catalytic metal particles is formed by a metal or a metal containing material that is different from titanium oxide.

Assignees

• Nippon Pillar Packing
• Univ Kochi Technology

Inventors

• Kobiro Kazuya
• Otani Masataka
• Moriwaki Keiichiro
• Hayashi Yukimi

Classifications

• Y10S977/811

  Of specified metal oxide composition, e.g. conducting or semiconducting compositions such as ITO, ZnOx · CPC title

• B01D2255/20707

  Titanium · CPC title

• B01D2255/9202

  Linear dimensions · CPC title

• B82Y30/00

  Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites · CPC title

• B01J35/008

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic