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Pan D, Liu Q, Yu B, DuBois DB, Tressel J, Yu S, Kaleekal N, Trabanino S, Jeon Y, Bridges F, Chen S. Rapid Synthesis of Ruthenium-Copper Nanocomposites as High-Performance Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2404729. [PMID: 39113671 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 10/07/2024]
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Development of high-performance, low-cost catalysts for electrochemical water splitting is key to sustainable hydrogen production. Herein, ultrafast synthesis of carbon-supported ruthenium-copper (RuCu/C) nanocomposites is reported by magnetic induction heating, where the rapid Joule's heating of RuCl3 and CuCl2 at 200 A for 10 s produces Ru-Cl residues-decorated Ru nanocrystals dispersed on a CuClx scaffold, featuring effective Ru to Cu charge transfer. Among the series, the RuCu/C-3 sample exhibits the best activity in 1 m KOH toward both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with an overpotential of only -23 and +270 mV to reach 10 mA cm-2, respectively. When RuCu/C-3 is used as bifunctional catalysts for electrochemical water splitting, a low cell voltage of 1.53 V is needed to produce 10 mA cm-2, markedly better than that with a mixture of commercial Pt/C+RuO2 (1.59 V). In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements show that the bifunctional activity is due to reduction of the Ru-Cl residues at low electrode potentials that enriches metallic Ru and oxidation at high electrode potentials that facilitates the formation of amorphous RuOx. These findings highlight the unique potential of MIH in the ultrafast synthesis of high-performance catalysts for electrochemical water splitting.
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- Dingjie Pan
- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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Salusso D, Ticali P, Stoian D, Wang S, Fan W, Morandi S, Borfecchia E, Bordiga S. Deciphering Local Structural Complexity in Zn/Ga-ZrO 2 CO 2 Hydrogenation Catalysts. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4494-4500. [PMID: 38634706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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In the last few decades, massive effort has been expended in heterogeneous catalysis to develop new materials presenting high conversion, selectivity, and stability even under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. In this context, CO2 hydrogenation is an interesting reaction where the catalyst local structure is strongly related to the development of an active and stable material under hydrothermal conditions at T/P > 300 °C/30 bar. In order to clarify the relationship between catalyst local ordering and its activity/stability, we herein report a combined laboratory and synchrotron investigation of aliovalent element (Ce/Zn/Ga)-containing ZrO2 matrixes. The results reveal the influence of similar average structures with different short-range orderings on the catalyst properties. Moreover, a further step toward the comprehension of the oxygen vacancy formation mechanism in Ce- and Ga-ZrO2 catalysts is reported. Finally, the reported results illustrate a robust method to guide local structure determination and ultimately help to avoid overuse of the "solid solution" definition.
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- Davide Salusso
- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- The Swiss-Norwegian Beamlines (SNBL) at ESRF, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 165, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 165, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
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Wijerathne A, Sawyer A, Daya R, Paolucci C. Competition between Mononuclear and Binuclear Copper Sites across Different Zeolite Topologies. JACS AU 2024; 4:197-215. [PMID: 38274255 PMCID: PMC10806779 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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A key challenge for metal-exchanged zeolites is the determination of metal cation speciation and nuclearity under synthesis and reaction conditions. Copper-exchanged zeolites, which are widely used in automotive emissions control and potential catalysts for partial methane oxidation, have in particular evidenced a wide variety of Cu structures that are observed to change with exposure conditions, zeolite composition, and topology. Here, we develop predictive models for Cu cation speciation and nuclearity in CHA, MOR, BEA, AFX, and FER zeolite topologies using interatomic potentials, quantum chemical calculations, and Monte Carlo simulations to interrogate this vast configurational and compositional space. Model predictions are used to rationalize experimentally observed differences between Cu-zeolites in a wide-body of literature, including nuclearity populations, structural variations, and methanol per Cu yields. Our results show that both topological features and commonly observed Al-siting biases in MOR zeolites increase the population of binuclear Cu sites, explaining the small population of mononuclear Cu sites observed in these materials relative to other zeolites such as CHA and BEA. Finally, we used a machine learning classification model to determine the preference to form mononuclear or binuclear Cu sites at different Al configurations in 200 zeolites in the international zeolite database. Model results reveal several zeolite topologies at extreme ends of the mononuclear vs binuclear spectrum, highlighting synthetic options for realization of zeolites with strong Cu nuclearity preferences.
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- Asanka Wijerathne
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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- Cummins
Inc, Columbus, Indiana 47201, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, United States
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Kvande K, Garetto B, Deplano G, Signorile M, Solemsli BG, Prodinger S, Olsbye U, Beato P, Bordiga S, Svelle S, Borfecchia E. Understanding C-H activation in light alkanes over Cu-MOR zeolites by coupling advanced spectroscopy and temperature-programmed reduction experiments. Chem Sci 2023; 14:9704-9723. [PMID: 37736625 PMCID: PMC10510758 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01677c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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The direct activation of methane to methanol (MTM) proceeds through a chemical-looping process over Cu-oxo sites in zeolites. Herein, we extend the overall understanding of oxidation reactions over metal-oxo sites and C-H activation reactions by pinpointing the evolution of Cu species during reduction. To do so, a set of temperature-programmed reduction experiments were performed with CH4, C2H6, and CO. With a temperature ramp, the Cu reduction could be accelerated to detect changes in Cu speciation that are normally not detected due to the slow CH4 adsorption/interaction during MTM (∼200 °C). To follow the Cu-speciation with the three reductants, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), UV-vis and FT-IR spectroscopy were applied. Multivariate curve resolution alternating least-square (MCR-ALS) analysis was used to resolve the time-dependent concentration profiles of pure Cu components in the X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra. Within the large datasets, as many as six different CuII and CuI components were found. Close correlations were found between the XANES-derived CuII to CuI reduction, CH4 consumption, and CO2 production. A reducibility-activity relationship was also observed for the Cu-MOR zeolites. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra for the pure Cu components were furthermore obtained with MCR-ALS analysis. With wavelet transform (WT) analysis of the EXAFS spectra, we were able to resolve the atomic speciation at different radial distances from Cu (up to about 4 Å). These results indicate that all the CuII components consist of multimeric CuII-oxo sites, albeit with different Cu-Cu distances.
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- Karoline Kvande
- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo 1033 Blindern 0315 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin Via P. Giuria 7 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin Via P. Giuria 7 Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin Via P. Giuria 7 Italy
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- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo 1033 Blindern 0315 Oslo Norway
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- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo 1033 Blindern 0315 Oslo Norway
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- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo 1033 Blindern 0315 Oslo Norway
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- Topsoe A/S, Haldor Topsøes Allé 1 DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin Via P. Giuria 7 Italy
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- Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN), Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo 1033 Blindern 0315 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center, University of Turin, 10125 Turin Via P. Giuria 7 Italy
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Wang Y, Gao Y, Ma L, Xue Y, Liu ZH, Cui H, Zhang N, Jiang R. Atomically Dispersed Fe-N 4 Sites and NiFe-LDH Sub-Nanoclusters as an Excellent Air Cathode for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:16732-16743. [PMID: 36972415 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c23232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The sluggish four-electron processes of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limit the development of rechargeable Zn-air batteries (RZABs). Highly efficient ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalysts are therefore highly desired for the commercialization of RZABs in large scale. Herein, the Fe-N4-C (ORR active sites) and NiFe-LDH clusters (OER active sites) are successfully integrated within a NiFe-LDH/Fe,N-CB electrocatalyst. The NiFe-LDH/Fe,N-CB electrocatalyst is first prepared by the introduction of Fe-N4 into carbon black (CB), followed by the growth of NiFe-LDH clusters. The cluster nature of NiFe-LDH effectively avoids the blocking of Fe-N4-C ORR active centers and affords excellent OER activity. The NiFe-LDH/Fe,N-CB electrocatalyst thus exhibits an excellent bifunctional ORR and OER performance, with a potential gap of only 0.71 V. The NiFe-LDH/Fe,N-CB-based RZAB exhibits an open-circuit voltage of 1.565 V and a specific capacity of 731 mAh gZn-1, which is much better than the RZAB composed of Pt/C and IrO2. Particularly, the NiFe-LDH/Fe,N-CB-based RZAB displays excellent long-term charging/discharging cyclic stability and rechargeability. Even at a large charging/discharging current density (20 mA cm-2), the charging/discharging voltage gap is only ∼1.33 V and exhibits an increase smaller than 5% after 140 cycles. This work provides a new low-cost bifunctional ORR/OER electrocatalyst with high activity and superior long-term stability and will be helpful to the commercialization of RZAB in large scale.
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- Yuyang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yanan University, Yan'an 716000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, National Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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Sarma BB, Maurer F, Doronkin DE, Grunwaldt JD. Design of Single-Atom Catalysts and Tracking Their Fate Using Operando and Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Tools. Chem Rev 2023; 123:379-444. [PMID: 36418229 PMCID: PMC9837826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The potential of operando X-ray techniques for following the structure, fate, and active site of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is highlighted with emphasis on a synergetic approach of both topics. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and related X-ray techniques have become fascinating tools to characterize solids and they can be applied to almost all the transition metals deriving information about the symmetry, oxidation state, local coordination, and many more structural and electronic properties. SACs, a newly coined concept, recently gained much attention in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. In this way, one can achieve a minimum use of the metal, theoretically highest efficiency, and the design of only one active site-so-called single site catalysts. While single sites are not easy to characterize especially under operating conditions, XAS as local probe together with complementary methods (infrared spectroscopy, electron microscopy) is ideal in this research area to prove the structure of these sites and the dynamic changes during reaction. In this review, starting from their fundamentals, various techniques related to conventional XAS and X-ray photon in/out techniques applied to single sites are discussed with detailed mechanistic and in situ/operando studies. We systematically summarize the design strategies of SACs and outline their exploration with XAS supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and recent machine learning tools.
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- Bidyut Bikash Sarma
- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Tupolova YP, Shcherbakov IN, Popov LD, Vlasenko VG, Gishko KB, Kapustina AA, Berejnaya AG, Golubeva YA, Klyushova LS, Lider EV, Lazarenko VA, Minin VV, Knyazev PA. Copper Coordination Compounds Based on BIS-Quinolylhydrazone of 2,6-Diacetylpyridine: Synthesis, Structure and Cytotoxic Activity. Polyhedron 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Xie W, Zhang G, Guo Z, Huang H, Ye J, Gao X, Yue K, Wei Y, Zhao L. Shape-controllable and kinetically miscible Copper-Palladium bimetallic nanozymes with enhanced Fenton-like performance for biocatalysis. Mater Today Bio 2022; 16:100411. [PMID: 36186845 PMCID: PMC9520275 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bimetallic nanozymes have been emerging as essential catalysts due to their unique physicochemical properties from the monometallics. However, the access to optimize catalytic performance is often limited by the thermodynamic immiscibility and also heterogeneity. Thus, we present a one-step coreduction strategy to prepare the miscible Cu-Pd bimetallic nanozymes with controllable shape and homogeneously alloyed structure. The homogeneity is systematically explored and luckily, the homogeneous introduction of Cu successfully endows Cu-Pd bimetallic nanozymes with enhanced Fenton-like efficiency. Density functional theory (DFT) theoretical calculation reveals that Cu-Pd bimetallic nanozymes exhibit smaller d-band center compared with Pd nanozymes. Easier adsorption of H2O2 molecular contributed by the electronic structure of Cu significantly accelerate the catalytic process together with the strong repulsive interaction between H atom and Pd atom. In vitro cytotoxicity and intracellular ROS generation performance reveal the potential for in vivo biocatalysis. The strategy to construct kinetically miscible Cu-Pd bimetallic nanozymes will guide the development of bimetallic catalysts with excellent Fenton-like efficiency for biocatalytic nanomedicine.
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- Wensheng Xie
- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
- Shunde Graduate School of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Shunde, Guangdong Province, 528399, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, PR China
- Shunde Graduate School of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Shunde, Guangdong Province, 528399, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Li J, Wang SL, Zheng L, Chen D, Wu Z, Sun C, Bolan N, Zhao H, Peng AA, Fang Z, Zhou R, Liu G, Bhatnagar A, Qiu Y, Wang H. Spectroscopic investigations and density functional theory calculations reveal differences in retention mechanisms of lead and copper on chemically-modified phytolith-rich biochars. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 301:134590. [PMID: 35427661 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A better understanding of different retention mechanisms of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) by biochars during the remediation of contaminated sites is critically needed. In this study, different spectroscopic techniques including synchrotron-based micro-X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF), X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS), and near-edge XAFS spectroscopy (NEXAFS), were used to investigate the spatial distributions and retention mechanisms of lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) on phytolith-rich coconut-fiber biochar (CFB), and ammonia, nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide modified CFB (MCFB) (i.e., ACFB, NCFB and HCFB). The μ-XRF analyses indicated that sorption sites on ACFB and NCFB were more efficient compared to those on CFB and HCFB to bind Pb/Cu. XAFS analyses revealed that the percentage of Pb species as Pb(C2H3O2)2 increased from 22.2% (Pb-loaded CFBs) to 47.4% and 41.9% on Pb-loaded NCFBs and HCFBs, while the percentage of Cu(OH)2 and Cu(C2H3O2)2 increased from 5.8% to 32.8% (Cu-loaded CFBs) to 41.5% and 43.4% (Cu-loaded NCFBs), and 27.1% and 35.1% (Cu-loaded HCFBs), respectively. Due to their similar atomic structures of Pb/Cu, Pb(C2H3O2)2/Pb-loaded montmorillonite and Cu(C2H3O2)2/Cu(OH)2 were identified as the predominant Pb/Cu species observed in Pb- and Cu-loaded MCFBs. The NEXAFS analyses of carbon confirmed that increasing amounts of carboxylic groups were formed on HCFB and NCFB by oxidizing carbon-containing functional groups, which could provide additional active binding sites for Pb/Cu retention. Results from the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses of nitrogen showed that azido-groups of ACFB played major roles in Pb/Cu retention, while amide-groups and pyridine-groups of NCFB primarily participated in Pb/Cu retention. Overall, density functional theory calculations suggested that silicate and the synergistic effect of hydroxyl and carboxylic-groups on MCFBs were highly efficient in Pb retention, while azido-groups and/or carboxylic-groups played major roles in Cu retention. These results provide novel insights into the PTE retention mechanisms of MCFBs.
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- Jianhong Li
- College of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian, 362000, China; Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Center for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6001, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6001, Australia
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China
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- The 41st Institute of Sixth Academy of China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010010, China
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- Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Sammonkatu 12, FI-50130, Mikkeli, Finland
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- College of Oceanology and Food Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian, 362000, China.
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- Biochar Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China; Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311300, China.
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Martini A, Negri C, Bugarin L, Deplano G, Abasabadi RK, Lomachenko KA, Janssens TVW, Bordiga S, Berlier G, Borfecchia E. Assessing the Influence of Zeolite Composition on Oxygen-Bridged Diamino Dicopper(II) Complexes in Cu-CHA DeNO x Catalysts by Machine Learning-Assisted X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:6164-6170. [PMID: 35763262 PMCID: PMC9272442 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Cu-exchanged chabazite is the catalyst of choice for NOx abatement in diesel vehicles aftertreatment systems via ammonia-assisted selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR). Herein, we exploit in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy powered by wavelet transform analysis and machine learning-assisted fitting to assess the impact of the zeolite composition on NH3-mobilized Cu-complexes formed during the reduction and oxidation half-cycles in NH3-SCR at 200 °C. Comparatively analyzing well-characterized Cu-CHA catalysts, we show that the Si/Al ratio of the zeolite host affects the structure of mobile dicopper(II) complexes formed during the oxidation of the [CuI(NH3)2]+ complexes by O2. Al-rich zeolites promote a planar coordination motif with longer Cu-Cu interatomic distances, while at higher Si/Al values, a bent motif with shorter internuclear separations is also observed. This is paralleled by a more efficient oxidation at a given volumetric Cu density at lower Si/Al, beneficial for the NOx conversion under NH3-SCR conditions at 200 °C.
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- Andrea Martini
- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria 7, 10125 Turin, Italy
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Barrio J, Pedersen A, Feng J, Sarma SC, Wang M, Li AY, Yadegari H, Luo H, Ryan MP, Titirici MM, Stephens IEL. Metal coordination in C 2N-like materials towards dual atom catalysts for oxygen reduction. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A 2022; 10:6023-6030. [PMID: 35401983 PMCID: PMC8922559 DOI: 10.1039/d1ta09560a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts, in particular the Fe-N-C family of materials, have emerged as a promising alternative to platinum group metals in fuel cells as catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. Numerous theoretical studies have suggested that dual atom catalysts can appreciably accelerate catalytic reactions; nevertheless, the synthesis of these materials is highly challenging owing to metal atom clustering and aggregation into nanoparticles during high temperature synthesis treatment. In this work, dual metal atom catalysts are prepared by controlled post synthetic metal-coordination in a C2N-like material. The configuration of the active sites was confirmed by means of X-ray adsorption spectroscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy. During oxygen reduction, the catalyst exhibited an activity of 2.4 ± 0.3 A gcarbon -1 at 0.8 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode in acidic media, comparable to the most active in the literature. This work provides a novel approach for the targeted synthesis of catalysts containing dual metal sites in electrocatalysis.
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- Jesús Barrio
- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira, Aobaku Sendai Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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Oda A, Aono K, Murata N, Murata K, Yasumoto M, Tsunoji N, Sawabe K, Satsuma A. Rational design of ZSM-5 zeolite containing a high concentration of single Fe sites capable of catalyzing the partial oxidation of methane with high turnover frequency. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01987b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We successfully synthesized a Fe/ZSM-5 catalyst enabling conversion of methane to C1 oxygenates in record yields, and demonstrated that the fraction of the single Fe cation, as well as the Al distribution, are the powerful activity descriptors.
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- Akira Oda
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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Xue Q, Ng BKY, Man HW, Wu TS, Soo YL, Li MM, Kawaguchi S, Wong KY, Tsang SCE, Huang B, Lo TWB. Controlled synthesis of Bi- and tri-nuclear Cu-oxo nanoclusters on metal-organic frameworks and the structure-reactivity correlations. Chem Sci 2021; 13:50-58. [PMID: 35059150 PMCID: PMC8694280 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05495c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Precisely tuning the nuclearity of supported metal nanoclusters is pivotal for designing more superior catalytic systems, but it remains practically challenging. By utilising the chemical and molecular specificity of UiO-66-NH2 (a Zr-based metal-organic framework), we report the controlled synthesis of supported bi- and trinuclear Cu-oxo nanoclusters on the Zr6O4 nodal centres of UiO-66-NH2. We revealed the interplay between the surface structures of the active sites, adsorption configurations, catalytic reactivities and associated reaction energetics of structurally related Cu-based 'single atoms' and bi- and trinuclear species over our model photocatalytic formic acid reforming reaction. This work will offer practical insight that fills the critical knowledge gap in the design and engineering of new-generation atomic and nanocluster catalysts. The precise control of the structure and surface sensitivities is important as it can effectively lead to more reactive and selective catalytic systems. The supported bi- and trinuclear Cu-oxo nanoclusters exhibit notably different catalytic properties compared with the mononuclear 'Cu1' analogue, which provides critical insight for the engineering of more superior catalytic systems.
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- Qi Xue
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wolfson Catalysis Centre, University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3QR UK
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- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center 101 Hsin-Ann Road Hsinchu 30076 Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu 30013 Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong China
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun Hyogo 679-5198 Japan
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- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wolfson Catalysis Centre, University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3QR UK
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong China
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen China
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Deplano G, Martini A, Signorile M, Borfecchia E, Crocellà V, Svelle S, Bordiga S. Copper Pairing in the Mordenite Framework as a Function of the Cu
I
/Cu
II
Speciation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Gabriele Deplano
- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
- Smart Materials Research Institute Southern Federal University Sladkova Street 174/28 344090 Rostov-on-Don Russia
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- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology University of Oslo N-0315 Oslo Norway
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- Department of Chemistry NIS and INSTM Reference Centre Università di Torino Via G. Quarello 15 I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino Italy
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Deplano G, Martini A, Signorile M, Borfecchia E, Crocellà V, Svelle S, Bordiga S. Copper Pairing in the Mordenite Framework as a Function of the Cu I /Cu II Speciation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:25891-25896. [PMID: 34582094 PMCID: PMC9298398 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
A series of gas‐phase reactants is used to treat a Cu‐exchanged mordenite zeolite with the aim of studying the influence of the reaction environment on the formation of Cu pairs. The rearrangement of Cu ions to form multimeric sites as a function of their oxidation state was probed by X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and also by applying advanced analysis through wavelet transform, a method able to specifically locate Cu–Cu interactions also in the presence of overlapping contributions from other scattering paths. The nature of the Cu‐oxo species formed upon oxidation was further crosschecked by DFT‐assisted fitting of the EXAFS data and by resonant Raman spectroscopy. Altogether, the CuI/CuII speciation clearly correlates with Cu proximity, with metal ion pairs quantitatively forming under an oxidative environment.
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- Gabriele Deplano
- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy.,Smart Materials, Research Institute, Southern Federal University, Sladkova Street 174/28, 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, SMN Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, N-0315, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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Jung HS, Zafar F, Wang X, Nguyen TX, Hong CH, Hur YG, Choung JW, Park MJ, Bae JW. Morphology Effects of Ferrierite on Bifunctional Cu–ZnO–Al 2O 3/Ferrierite for Direct Syngas Conversion to Dimethyl Ether. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Hyun Seung Jung
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Division, Hyundai Motor Company, 37 Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro, Uiwang 16082, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Division, Hyundai Motor Company, 37 Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro, Uiwang 16082, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Research & Development Division, Hyundai Motor Company, 37 Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro, Uiwang 16082, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Negri C, Martini A, Deplano G, Lomachenko KA, Janssens TVW, Borfecchia E, Berlier G, Bordiga S. Investigating the role of Cu-oxo species in Cu-nitrate formation over Cu-CHA catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18322-18337. [PMID: 34612374 PMCID: PMC8409503 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01754c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
The speciation of framework-interacting CuII sites in Cu-chabazite zeolite catalysts active in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 is studied, to investigate the influence of the Al content on the copper structure and their reactivity towards a NO/O2 mixture. To this aim, three samples with similar Cu densities and different Si/Al ratios (5, 15 and 29) were studied using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), FTIR and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis during pretreatment in O2 followed by the reaction. XAS and UV-Vis data clearly show the main presence of Z2CuII sites (with Z representing a framework negative charge) at a low Si/Al ratio, as predicted. EXAFS wavelet transform analysis showed a non-negligible fraction of proximal Z2CuII monomers, possibly stabilized into two 6-membered rings within the same cage. These sites are not able to form Cu-nitrates by interaction with NO/O2. By contrast, framework-anchored Z[CuII(NO3)] complexes with a chelating bidentate structure are formed in samples with a higher Si/Al ratio, by reaction of NO/O2 with Z[CuII(OH)] sites or structurally similar mono- or multi-copper Zx[CuIIxOy] sites. Linear combination fit (LCF) analysis of the XAS data showed good agreement between the fraction of Z[CuII(OH)]/Zx[CuIIxOy] sites formed during activation in O2 and that of Z[CuII(NO3)] complexes formed by reaction with NO/O2, further confirming the chemical inertia of Z2CuII towards these reactants in the absence of solvating NH3 molecules.
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- Chiara Negri
- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
- The Smart Materials Research Institute, Southern Federal UniversitySladkova 178/24344090 Rostov-on-DonRussia
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 4022038043 Grenoble Cedex 9France
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of TurinVia Giuria 7Turin10125 (I)Italy
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Removal of Copper from Aqueous Solutions with Zeolites and Possible Treatment of Exhaust Materials. CHEM-ING-TECH 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mounssef Jr B, de Alcântara Morais SF, de Lima Batista AP, de Lima LW, Braga AAC. DFT study of H 2 adsorption at a Cu-SSZ-13 zeolite: a cluster approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:9980-9990. [PMID: 33870397 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00422k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
In this work the H2 adsorption at a Cu(i)-SSZ-13 exchanged zeolite was theoretically investigated. A systematic cluster approach was used and different density functionals (B3LYP, B3LYP-D3(BJ), M06L, PBE, PBE-D3(BJ) and ωB97XD) and a def2-SVP basis set were benchmarked. In order to select the best approach to the H2 adsorption over a Cu(i)-SSZ-13 cluster with 78 atoms (16 T-sites), two main tasks were performed: (1) a comparison between theoretical and experimental structures and (2) a comparison between theoretical and experimental adsorption enthalpies. By employing the most suitable functional - the ωB97X-D - the H2 interaction with the zeolite structure was studied by means of NBO, NCI, AIM and DLPNO-CCSD(T)/LED analyses.
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- Bassim Mounssef Jr
- GQCA - Grupo de Química Computacional Aplicada, Departamento de Química Fundamental, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
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Brezicki G, Zheng J, Paolucci C, Schlögl R, Davis RJ. Effect of the Co-cation on Cu Speciation in Cu-Exchanged Mordenite and ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Gordon Brezicki
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer’s Way, P.O. Box 400741, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer’s Way, P.O. Box 400741, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer’s Way, P.O. Box 400741, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer’s Way, P.O. Box 400741, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, United States
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Hu W, Selleri T, Gramigni F, Fenes E, Rout KR, Liu S, Nova I, Chen D, Gao X, Tronconi E. On the Redox Mechanism of Low-Temperature NH 3 -SCR over Cu-CHA: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reduction Half Cycle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7197-7204. [PMID: 33400829 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cu-CHA is the state-of-the-art catalyst for the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx in vehicle applications. Although extensively studied, diverse mechanistic proposals still stand in terms of the nature of active Cu-ions and reaction pathways in SCR working conditions. Herein we address the redox mechanism underlying Low-Temperature (LT) SCR on Cu-CHA by an integration of chemical-trapping techniques, transient-response methods, operando UV/Vis-NIR spectroscopy with modelling tools based on transient kinetic analysis and density functional theory calculations. We show that the rates of the Reduction Half-Cycle (RHC) of LT-SCR display a quadratic dependence on CuII , thus questioning mechanisms based on isolated CuII -ions. We propose, instead, a CuII -pair mediated LT-RHC pathway, in which NO oxidative activation to mobile nitrite-precursor intermediates accounts for CuII reduction. These results highlight the role of dinuclear Cu complexes not only in the oxidation part of LT-SCR, but also in the RHC reaction cascade.
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- Wenshuo Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Saelands vei 4, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kinetic and Catalysis, SINTEF Industry, Sem Saelands Vei 2A, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Saelands vei 4, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milano, Italy
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Hu W, Selleri T, Gramigni F, Fenes E, Rout KR, Liu S, Nova I, Chen D, Gao X, Tronconi E. On the Redox Mechanism of Low‐Temperature NH
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‐SCR over Cu‐CHA: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reduction Half Cycle. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenshuo Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization Zhejiang University 38 Zheda Road Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes Dipartimento di Energia Politecnico di Milano Via La Masa 34 20156 Milano Italy
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes Dipartimento di Energia Politecnico di Milano Via La Masa 34 20156 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology Sem Sælands vei 4 7491 Trondheim Norway
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- Kinetic and Catalysis SINTEF Industry Sem Saelands Vei 2A 7491 Trondheim Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization Zhejiang University 38 Zheda Road Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes Dipartimento di Energia Politecnico di Milano Via La Masa 34 20156 Milano Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology Sem Sælands vei 4 7491 Trondheim Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization Zhejiang University 38 Zheda Road Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes Dipartimento di Energia Politecnico di Milano Via La Masa 34 20156 Milano Italy
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Dynamic motion of NH3-solvated Cu sites in Cu-chabazite (Cu-CHA) zeolites, which are the most promising and state-of-the-art catalysts for ammonia-assisted selective reduction of NOx (NH3-SCR) in the aftertreatment of diesel exhausts, represents a unique phenomenon linking heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. This review first summarizes recent advances in the theoretical understanding of such low-temperature Cu dynamics. Specifically, evidence of both intra-cage and inter-cage Cu motions, given by ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) or metadynamics simulations, will be highlighted. Then, we will show how, among others, synchrotron-based X-ray spectroscopy, vibrational and optical spectroscopy (diffuse reflection infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and diffuse reflection ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (DRUVS)), electron paramagnetic spectroscopy (EPR), and impedance spectroscopy (IS) can be combined and complement each other to follow the evolution of coordinative environment and the local structure of Cu centers during low-temperature NH3-SCR reactions. Furthermore, the essential role of Cu dynamics in the tuning of low-temperature Cu redox, in the preparation of highly dispersed Cu-CHA catalysts by solid-state ion exchange method, and in the direct monitoring of NH3 storage and conversion will be presented. Based on the achieved mechanistic insights, we will discuss briefly the new perspectives in manipulating Cu dynamics to improve low-temperature NH3-SCR efficiency as well as in the understanding of other important reactions, such as selective methane-to-methanol oxidation and ethene dimerization, catalyzed by metal ion-exchanged zeolites.
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Mesilov V, Dahlin S, Bergman SL, Hammershøi PS, Xi S, Pettersson LJ, Bernasek SL. Insights into sulfur poisoning and regeneration of Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts: in situ Cu and S K-edge XAS studies. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00975c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The temperature during sulfur poisoning affects the relation between total sulfur content and the fraction of sulfur-free copper in poisoned and regenerated Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts.
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- Vitaly Mesilov
- Science Division
- Yale-NUS College
- Singapore 138527
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm 10044
- Sweden
- Scania CV AB
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
- A*STAR
- Singapore 627833
- Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Stockholm 10044
- Sweden
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Pankin IA, Issa Hamoud H, Lomachenko KA, Rasmussen SB, Martini A, Bazin P, Valtchev V, Daturi M, Lamberti C, Bordiga S. Cu- and Fe-speciation in a composite zeolite catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO x: insights from operando XAS. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01654c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cu-SAPO-34 (Cu-CZC) and Fe-mordenite (Fe-MOR) and their mechanical mixture (50 : 50) have been exhaustively investigated by means of operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy under NH3-SCR conditions.
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- Ilia A. Pankin
- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- Turin
- Italy
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- Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie
- ENSICAEN – Université de Caen – CNRS 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin
- 14050 Caen
- France
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- Turin
- Italy
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- Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie
- ENSICAEN – Université de Caen – CNRS 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin
- 14050 Caen
- France
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- Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie
- ENSICAEN – Université de Caen – CNRS 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin
- 14050 Caen
- France
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- Laboratoire Catalyse & Spectrochimie
- ENSICAEN – Université de Caen – CNRS 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin
- 14050 Caen
- France
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- Turin
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- Turin
- Italy
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Negri C, Selleri T, Borfecchia E, Martini A, Lomachenko KA, Janssens TVW, Cutini M, Bordiga S, Berlier G. Structure and Reactivity of Oxygen-Bridged Diamino Dicopper(II) Complexes in Cu-Ion-Exchanged Chabazite Catalyst for NH 3-Mediated Selective Catalytic Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:15884-15896. [PMID: 32830975 PMCID: PMC8011910 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The NH3-mediated selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NOx over Cu-ion-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA) catalysts is the basis of the technology for abatement of NOx from diesel vehicles. A crucial step in this reaction is the activation of oxygen. Under conditions for low-temperature NH3-SCR, oxygen only reacts with CuI ions, which are present as mobile CuI diamine complexes [CuI(NH3)2]+. To determine the structure and reactivity of the species formed by oxidation of these CuI diamine complexes with oxygen at 200 °C, we have followed this reaction, using a Cu-CHA catalyst with a Si/Al ratio of 15 and 2.6 wt% Cu, by X-ray absorption spectroscopies (XANES and EXAFS) and diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopy, with the support of DFT calculations and advanced EXAFS wavelet transform analysis. The results provide unprecedented direct evidence for the formation of a [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ mobile complex with a side-on μ-η2,η2-peroxo diamino dicopper(II) structure, accounting for 80-90% of the total Cu content. These [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ are completely reduced to [CuI(NH3)2]+ at 200 °C in a mixture of NO and NH3. Some N2 is formed as well, which suggests the role of the dimeric complexes in the low-temperature NH3-SCR reaction. The reaction of [Cu2(NH3)4O2]2+ complexes with NH3 leads to a partial reduction of the Cu without any formation of N2. The reaction with NO results in an almost complete reduction to CuI, under the formation of N2. This indicates that the low-temperature NH3-SCR reaction proceeds via a reaction of these complexes with NO.
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- Chiara Negri
- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Energia, Laboratorio di Catalisi e Processi
Catalitici, Politecnico
di Milano, Via La Masa 34, I-20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
- Smart
Materials Research Institute, Southern Federal
University, Sladkova
Street 174/28, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University
of Turin, Via Giuria
7, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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Witzke RJ, Chapovetsky A, Conley MP, Kaphan DM, Delferro M. Nontraditional Catalyst Supports in Surface Organometallic Chemistry. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ryan J. Witzke
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Sushkevich VL, Safonova OV, Palagin D, Newton MA, van Bokhoven JA. Structure of copper sites in zeolites examined by Fourier and wavelet transform analysis of EXAFS. Chem Sci 2020; 11:5299-5312. [PMID: 34122988 PMCID: PMC8159279 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc01472a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Copper-exchanged zeolites are a class of redox-active materials that find application in the selective catalytic reduction of exhaust gases of diesel vehicles and, more recently, the selective oxidation of methane to methanol. However, the structure of the active copper-oxo species present in zeolites under oxidative environments is still a subject of debate. Herein, we make a comprehensive study of copper species in copper-exchanged zeolites with MOR, MFI, BEA, and FAU frameworks and for different Si/Al ratios and copper loadings using X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Only obtaining high quality EXAFS data, collected at large k-values and measured under cryogenic conditions, in combination with wavelet transform analysis enables the discrimination between the copper-oxo species having different structures. The zeolite topology strongly affects the copper speciation, ranging from monomeric copper species to copper-oxo clusters, hosted in zeolites of different topologies. In contrast, the variation of the Si/Al ratio or copper loading in mordenite does not lead to significant differences in XAS spectra, suggesting that a change, if any, in the structure of copper species in these materials is not distinguishable by EXAFS. The structure of copper-oxo species hosted in zeolites of various topology has been examined using wavelet and Fourier transform analysis of Cu K-edge EXAFS spectra.![]()
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- Vitaly L Sushkevich
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland +41563103518
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- Laboratory for Operando Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland +41563103518
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland +41563103518.,Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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Martini A, Signorile M, Negri C, Kvande K, Lomachenko KA, Svelle S, Beato P, Berlier G, Borfecchia E, Bordiga S. EXAFS wavelet transform analysis of Cu-MOR zeolites for the direct methane to methanol conversion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:18950-18963. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01257b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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An innovative approach in EXAFS analysis and fitting using wavelet transforms reveals local structure and nuclearity of Cu-species in zeolites.
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- Andrea Martini
- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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- Center for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN)
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oslo
- 0315 Oslo
- Norway
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- Center for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN)
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Oslo
- 0315 Oslo
- Norway
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- NIS Center and INSTM Reference Center
- University of Turin
- 10125 Turin
- Italy
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