Strong metal-support interaction platinum/titania

Salama, T. M., Hattori,H., Kita,H., Ebitani, K., and Tanaka, T., X-ray adsorption spectroscopic and electron paramagnetic resonance studies on the strong metal-support interaction of platinum supported on titania dispersed on silica, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 89(12), 2067 (1993). 

Titania-supported Metals. - After reduction at 473 K, platinum-group metals supported on Ti02 chemisorbed both hydrogen and carbon monoxide in quantities indicative of moderate-to-high dispersion, but following reduction at 773 K chemisorption was drastically lowered e.g., H/Mt <0.01 for Pt, Ir, and Rh, 0.05-0.06 for Pd and Ru, and 0.11 for Os). Agglomeration, encapsulation, and impurities were eliminated as possible causes and a strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) was proposed. Titania is not unique in its SMSI properties and 11 oxides used to support iridium were classified as follows ... 

Before proceeding to consider kinetic equations and implied reaction mechanisms, we may note some other pertinent features of these reactions. (A) Benzene hydrogenation was subject to the influence of the Strong Metal-Support Interaction (Section 3.35) when titania and vanadium sesquioxide were used as supports for rhodium, platinum and iridium - even Pt/Si02 and Ni/Si02 when heated... 

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