Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:56:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2875.pdf: 878878 bytes, checksum: de142bc0d33dab24ffbf600374813bf1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-25 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The effect of the preparation method of the Pt/12Sm2O3-Al2O3 catalysts and the effect of the content of the oxides promoters in the Pt/xSm2O3-yCeO2-Al2O3 catalysts on the properties and catalytic behavior in the reaction of partial oxidation of methane (POM) were investigated. Once performed characterizations of the catalysts promoted by Sm2O3 synthesized by different methods, the most promising method was used to make a study of the content of the oxide promoters of samarium and cerium. Catalysts containing both oxide promoters were most active for this reaction because they have a higher density of Pt sites, according to data obtained from the reaction of dehydrogenation of cyclohexane. With increasing content of Sm2O3 greater stability during the reaction is observed in the catalysts. This stability provided by the samarium oxide support can also be evidenced by measures of N2 physisorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). XPS results show that the high stability of the catalysts should not be due to the increase in the bond strength of Pt-O-Sm or Pt-O-Ce, which would hinder the diffusion of Pt. Therefore, it is possible that the lack of mobility of the promoted support is responsible for the stability observed. / O efeito do metodo de preparacao de catalisadores de Pt/12Sm2O3-Al2O3 e o efeito do teor dos promotores oxidos Sm2O3 e CeO2 nos catalisadores de Pt/xSm2O3- yCeO2-Al2O3 nas propriedades e no comportamento catalitico na reacao de oxidacao parcial do metano (OPM) foram investigados. Uma vez realizadas as caracterizacoes dos catalisadores promovidos por Sm2O3 sintetizados por diferentes metodos, o metodo mais promissor foi utilizado para se fazer um estudo do teor dos promotores oxidos de samario e cerio. Os catalisadores contendo ambos os oxidos promotores se mostraram mais ativos para esta reacao por possuirem uma maior densidade de sitios de Pt, de acordo com os dados obtidos atraves da reacao de desidrogenacao do cicloexano. Com o aumento do teor de Sm2O3 uma maior estabilidade durante a reacao e observada nos catalisadores. Essa estabilidade proporcionada pelo promotor oxido de samario tambem pode ser evidenciada pelas medidas de fisissorcao de N2, difracao de Raios X (DRX), reducao a temperatura programada (RTP) e analise termogravimetrica (ATG). Resultados de XPS mostram que a elevada estabilidade dos catalisadores promovidos nao deve ser devido ao aumento na forca de ligacao Pt-O-Sm ou Pt-O-Ce, a qual dificultaria a difusao da Pt. Sendo assim, e possivel que a ausencia de mobilidade do suporte promovido seja responsavel pela estabilidade observada.