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Mauri S, Calligaro R, Pauletti CF, Camellone MF, Boaro M, Braglia L, Fabris S, Piccinin S, Torelli P, Trovarelli A. Low-Temperature Methane Activation Reaction Pathways over Mechanochemically-Generated Ce 4+/Cu + Interfacial Sites. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403028. [PMID: 38860552 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
Abstract
Methane is a valuable resource and its valorization is an important challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. Here it is shown that CeO2/CuO composite prepared by ball milling activates methane at a temperature as low as 250 °C. In contrast to conventionally prepared catalysts, the formation of partial oxidation products such as methanol and formaldehyde is also observed. Through an in situ Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and operando Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (NEXAFS) approach, it can be established that this unusual reactivity can be attributed to the presence of Ce4+/Cu+ interfaces generated through a redox exchange between Ce3+ and Cu2+ atoms facilitated by the mechanical energy supplied during milling. DFT modeling of the electronic properties confirms the existence of a charge transfer mechanism. These results demonstrate the effectiveness and distinctiveness of the mechanical approach in creating unique and resilient interfaces thereby enabling the optimization and refining of CeO2/CuO catalysts in methane activation reactions.
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- Silvia Mauri
- TASC Laboratory, CNR- Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, 34149, Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico and INSTM, Università degli Studi di Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, Udine, 33100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Via Alfonso Valerio 2, Trieste, 34127, Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico and INSTM, Università degli Studi di Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, Udine, 33100, Italy
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- TASC Laboratory, CNR- Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, 34149, Italy
- AREA Science Park, Padriciano 99, Trieste, I-34149, Italy
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- TASC Laboratory, CNR- Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, 34149, Italy
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- TASC Laboratory, CNR- Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, 34149, Italy
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- TASC Laboratory, CNR- Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, 34149, Italy
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- Dipartimento Politecnico and INSTM, Università degli Studi di Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, Udine, 33100, Italy
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Understanding Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol for MoP Nanoparticle Catalysts Using In Situ Techniques. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11010143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Molybdenum phosphide (MoP) catalyzes the hydrogenation of CO, CO2, and their mixtures to methanol, and it is investigated as a high-activity catalyst that overcomes deactivation issues (e.g., formate poisoning) faced by conventional transition metal catalysts. MoP as a new catalyst for hydrogenating CO2 to methanol is particularly appealing for the use of CO2 as chemical feedstock. Herein, we use a colloidal synthesis technique that connects the presence of MoP to the formation of methanol from CO2, regardless of the support being used. By conducting a systematic support study, we see that zirconia (ZrO2) has the striking ability to shift the selectivity towards methanol by increasing the rate of methanol conversion by two orders of magnitude compared to other supports, at a CO2 conversion of 1.4% and methanol selectivity of 55.4%. In situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and in situ X-ray Diffraction (XRD) indicate that under reaction conditions the catalyst is pure MoP in a partially crystalline phase. Results from Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy coupled with Temperature Programmed Surface Reaction (DRIFTS-TPSR) point towards a highly reactive monodentate formate intermediate stabilized by the strong interaction of MoP and ZrO2. This study definitively shows that the presence of a MoP phase leads to methanol formation from CO2, regardless of support and that the formate intermediate on MoP governs methanol formation rate.
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Corral-Pérez JJ, Copéret C, Urakawa A. Lewis acidic supports promote the selective hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methyl formate in the presence of methanol over Ag catalysts. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gac W, Zawadzki W, Greluk M, Słowik G, Machocki A, Papavasiliou J, Avgouropoulos G. Investigation of the Inhibiting Role of Hydrogen in the Steam Reforming of Methanol. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wojciech Gac
- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Maria Curie-Skłodowska 3 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 20-031 Lublin Poland
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- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Maria Curie-Skłodowska 3 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 20-031 Lublin Poland
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- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Maria Curie-Skłodowska 3 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 20-031 Lublin Poland
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- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Maria Curie-Skłodowska 3 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 20-031 Lublin Poland
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- Department of Chemical Technology, Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Maria Curie-Skłodowska 3 M. Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 20-031 Lublin Poland
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- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT) P.O. Box 1414 GR-26504 Patras Greece
- Department of Materials ScienceUniversity of Patras GR-26504 Rio Patras Greece
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Gyngazova MS, Grazia L, Lolli A, Innocenti G, Tabanelli T, Mella M, Albonetti S, Cavani F. Mechanistic insights into the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural with methanol and alkaline earth oxides. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Valero-Romero MJ, Calvo-Muñoz EM, Ruiz-Rosas R, Rodríguez-Mirasol J, Cordero T. Phosphorus-Containing Mesoporous Carbon Acid Catalyst for Methanol Dehydration to Dimethyl Ether. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- María José Valero-Romero
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Nickel Supported on Mesoporous Zirconium Oxide by Atomic Layer Deposition: Initial Fixed-Bed Reactor Study. Top Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-019-01133-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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González-Navarrete P, Andrés J, Calatayud M. Can Supported Reduced Vanadium Oxides form H 2 from CH 3OH? A Computational Gas-Phase Mechanistic Study. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:1104-1113. [PMID: 29286673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A detailed density functional theory study is presented to clarify the mechanistic aspects of the methanol (CH3OH) dehydrogenation process to yield hydrogen (H2) and formaldehyde (CH2O). A gas-phase vanadium oxide cluster is used as a model system to represent reduced V(III) oxides supported on TiO2 catalyst. The theoretical results provide a complete scenario, involving several reaction pathways in which different methanol adsorption sites are considered, with presence of hydride and methoxide intermediates. Methanol dissociative adsorption process is both kinetically and thermodynamically feasible on V-O-Ti and V═O sites, and it might lead to form hydride species with interesting catalytic reactivity. The formation of H2 and CH2O on reduced vanadium sites, V(III), is found to be more favorable than for oxidized vanadium species, V(V), taking place along energy barriers of 29.9 and 41.0 kcal/mol, respectively.
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- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I , Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071 Castelló, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique CC 137, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS , 4, place Jussieu F, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Institut Universitaire de France , Paris, France
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Long LL, Xia K, Lang WZ, Shen LL, Yang Q, Yan X, Guo YJ. The comparison and optimization of zirconia, alumina, and zirconia-alumina supported PtSnIn trimetallic catalysts for propane dehydrogenation reaction. J IND ENG CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Siriruang C, Charojrochkul S, Toochinda P. Hydrogen production from methanol-steam reforming at low temperature over Cu–Zn/ZrO2-doped Al2O3. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-016-1662-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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de Souza PM, Rabelo-Neto RC, Borges LEP, Jacobs G, Davis BH, Graham UM, Resasco DE, Noronha FB. Effect of Zirconia Morphology on Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenol over Pd/ZrO2. ACS Catal 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Priscilla M. de Souza
- Catalysis
Division, National Institute of Technology, Av. Venezuela 82, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20081-312, Brazil
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Military Institute of Engineering, Praça
Gal. Tiburcio 80, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-270, Brazil
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- Catalysis
Division, National Institute of Technology, Av. Venezuela 82, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20081-312, Brazil
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Military Institute of Engineering, Praça
Gal. Tiburcio 80, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-270, Brazil
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- Center
for Applied Energy Research, The University of Kentucky, 2540 Research
Park Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
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- Center
for Applied Energy Research, The University of Kentucky, 2540 Research
Park Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
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- Center
for Applied Energy Research, The University of Kentucky, 2540 Research
Park Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
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- Center
for Biomass Refining, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials
Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Catalysis
Division, National Institute of Technology, Av. Venezuela 82, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20081-312, Brazil
- Chemical
Engineering Department, Military Institute of Engineering, Praça
Gal. Tiburcio 80, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-270, Brazil
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Valero-Romero M, Cabrera-Molina A, Guerrero-Pérez M, Rodríguez-Mirasol J, Cordero T. Carbon materials as template for the preparation of mixed oxides with controlled morphology and porous structure. Catal Today 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Operando DRIFT spectroscopy on unprecedented influence of Cu2+ over NiAl LDHs for isomerization of eugenol. CATAL COMMUN 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2012.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kähler K, Holz MC, Rohe M, Strunk J, Muhler M. Probing the Reactivity of ZnO and Au/ZnO Nanoparticles by Methanol Adsorption: A TPD and DRIFTS Study. Chemphyschem 2010; 11:2521-9. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bañares MA, Mestl G. Chapter 2 Structural Characterization of Operating Catalysts by Raman Spectroscopy. ADVANCES IN CATALYSIS 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0360-0564(08)00002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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