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Beck A, Newton MA, van de Water LGA, van Bokhoven JA. The Enigma of Methanol Synthesis by Cu/ZnO/Al 2O 3-Based Catalysts. Chem Rev 2024; 124:4543-4678. [PMID: 38564235 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The activity and durability of the Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 (CZA) catalyst formulation for methanol synthesis from CO/CO2/H2 feeds far exceed the sum of its individual components. As such, this ternary catalytic system is a prime example of synergy in catalysis, one that has been employed for the large scale commercial production of methanol since its inception in the mid 1960s with precious little alteration to its original formulation. Methanol is a key building block of the chemical industry. It is also an attractive energy storage molecule, which can also be produced from CO2 and H2 alone, making efficient use of sequestered CO2. As such, this somewhat unusual catalyst formulation has an enormous role to play in the modern chemical industry and the world of global economics, to which the correspondingly voluminous and ongoing research, which began in the 1920s, attests. Yet, despite this commercial success, and while research aimed at understanding how this formulation functions has continued throughout the decades, a comprehensive and universally agreed upon understanding of how this material achieves what it does has yet to be realized. After nigh on a century of research into CZA catalysts, the purpose of this Review is to appraise what has been achieved to date, and to show how, and how far, the field has evolved. To do so, this Review evaluates the research regarding this catalyst formulation in a chronological order and critically assesses the validity and novelty of various hypotheses and claims that have been made over the years. Ultimately, the Review attempts to derive a holistic summary of what the current body of literature tells us about the fundamental sources of the synergies at work within the CZA catalyst and, from this, suggest ways in which the field may yet be further advanced.
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- Arik Beck
- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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A Specific Defect Type of Cu Active Site to Suppress Water-Gas-Shift Reaction in Syngas Conversion to Methanol over Cu Catalysts. Chem Eng Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2023.118496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mukherjee S, Katea SN, Rodrigues EM, Segre CU, Hemmer E, Broqvist P, Rensmo H, Westin G. Entrapped Molecule-Like Europium-Oxide Clusters in Zinc Oxide with Nearly Unaffected Host Structure. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2203331. [PMID: 36403214 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203331] [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: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nanocrystalline ZnO sponges doped with 5 mol% EuO1.5 are obtained by heating metal-salt complex based precursor pastes at 200-900 °C for 3 min. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) show that phase separation into ZnO:Eu and c-Eu2 O3 takes place upon heating at 700 °C or higher. The unit cell of the clean oxide made at 600 °C shows only ≈0.4% volume increase versus undoped ZnO, and EXAFS shows a ZnO local structure that is little affected by the Eu-doping and an average Eu3+ ion coordination number of ≈5.2. Comparisons of 23 density functional theory-generated structures having differently sized Eu-oxide clusters embedded in ZnO identify three structures with four or eight Eu atoms as the most energetically favorable. These clusters exhibit the smallest volume increase compared to undoped ZnO and Eu coordination numbers of 5.2-5.5, all in excellent agreement with experimental data. ZnO defect states are crucial for efficient Eu3+ excitation, while c-Eu2 O3 phase separation results in loss of the characteristic Eu3+ photoluminescence. The formation of molecule-like Eu-oxide clusters, entrapped in ZnO, proposed here, may help in understanding the nature of the unexpected high doping levels of lanthanide ions in ZnO that occur virtually without significant change in ZnO unit cell dimensions.
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- Soham Mukherjee
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75237, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation and Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75237, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden
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Shi YF, Kang PL, Shang C, Liu ZP. Methanol Synthesis from CO 2/CO Mixture on Cu-Zn Catalysts from Microkinetics-Guided Machine Learning Pathway Search. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13401-13414. [PMID: 35848119 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Methanol synthesis on industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts via the hydrogenation of CO and CO2 mixture, despite several decades of research, is still puzzling due to the nature of the active site and the role of CO2 in the feed gas. Herein, with the large-scale machine learning atomic simulation, we develop a microkinetics-guided machine learning pathway search to explore thousands of reaction pathways for CO2 and CO hydrogenations on thermodynamically favorable Cu-Zn surface structures, including Cu(111), Cu(211), and Zn-alloyed Cu(211) surfaces, from which the lowest energy pathways are identified. We find that Zn decorates at the step-edge at Cu(211) up to 0.22 ML under reaction conditions with the Zn-Zn dimeric sites being avoided. CO2 and CO hydrogenations occur exclusively at the step-edge of the (211) surface with up to 0.11 ML Zn coverage, where the low coverage of Zn (0.11 ML) does not much affect the reaction kinetics, but the higher coverages of Zn (0.22 ML) poison the catalyst. It is CO2 hydrogenation instead of CO hydrogenation that dominates methanol synthesis, agreeing with previous isotope experiments. While metallic steps are identified as the major active site, we show that the [-Zn-OH-Zn-] chains (cationic Zn) can grow on Cu(111) surfaces under reaction conditions, which suggests the critical role of CO in the mixed gas for reducing the cationic Zn and exposing metal sites for methanol synthesis. Our results provide a comprehensive picture on the dynamic coupling of the feed gas composition, the catalyst active site, and the reaction activity in this complex heterogeneous catalytic system.
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- Yun-Fei Shi
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Qi Zhi Institution, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Qi Zhi Institution, Shanghai 200030, China.,Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Schlögl R. Chemische Batterien mit CO
2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202007397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Robert Schlögl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Deutschland
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Faradayweg 4–6 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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Jiang F, Yang Y, Wang L, Li Y, Fang Z, Xu Y, Liu B, Liu X. Dependence of copper particle size and interface on methanol and CO formation in CO2 hydrogenation over Cu@ZnO catalysts. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01836a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The copper particle size and the interface of Cu and ZnO showed strong impacts on the formation of methanol and CO in CO2 hydrogenation over Cu@ZnO catalysts.
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- Feng Jiang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Andriani A, Benu DP, Megantari V, Yuliarto B, Mukti RR, Ide Y, Chowdhury S, A. Amin M, Kaneti Y, Suendo V. Role of Urea on Structural, Textural, and Optical Properties of Macroemulsion-assisted Synthesized Holey ZnO Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Applications. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00184e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using a macroemulsion-assisted solvothermal method, the present study produces holey ZnO nanosheets exhibiting the hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure. In the synthetic process, urea is employed as a hydrolyzing agent. Its...
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Zhang Z, Chen X, Kang J, Yu Z, Tian J, Gong Z, Jia A, You R, Qian K, He S, Teng B, Cui Y, Wang Y, Zhang W, Huang W. The active sites of Cu-ZnO catalysts for water gas shift and CO hydrogenation reactions. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4331. [PMID: 34267215 PMCID: PMC8282834 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24621-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cu–ZnO–Al2O3 catalysts are used as the industrial catalysts for water gas shift (WGS) and CO hydrogenation to methanol reactions. Herein, via a comprehensive experimental and theoretical calculation study of a series of ZnO/Cu nanocrystals inverse catalysts with well-defined Cu structures, we report that the ZnO–Cu catalysts undergo Cu structure-dependent and reaction-sensitive in situ restructuring during WGS and CO hydrogenation reactions under typical reaction conditions, forming the active sites of CuCu(100)-hydroxylated ZnO ensemble and CuCu(611)Zn alloy, respectively. These results provide insights into the active sites of Cu–ZnO catalysts for the WGS and CO hydrogenation reactions and reveal the Cu structural effects, and offer the feasible guideline for optimizing the structures of Cu–ZnO–Al2O3 catalysts. Identification of active sites of a catalyst is the Holy Grail in heterogeneous catalysis. Here, the authors successfully identify the CuCu(100)- hydroxylated ZnO ensemble and CuCu(611)Zn alloy as the active sites of Cu-ZnO catalysts for water gas shift and CO hydrogenation reactions, respectively.
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- Zhenhua Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Engineering and Materials Science Experiment Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. .,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, China.
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Stangeland K, Navarro HH, Huynh HL, Tucho WM, Yu Z. Tuning the interfacial sites between copper and metal oxides (Zn, Zr, In) for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hoang TTN, Lin YS, Le TNH, Le TK, Huynh TKX, Tsai DH. Cu-ZnO@Al2O3 hybrid nanoparticle with enhanced activity for catalytic CO2 conversion to methanol. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2021.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nagababu P, Ahmed SAM, Prabhu YT, Kularkar A, Bhowmick S, Rayalu SS. Synthesis of Ni 2P/CdS and Pt/TiO 2 nanocomposite for photoreduction of CO 2 into methanol. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8084. [PMID: 33850240 PMCID: PMC8044129 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87625-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is a great challenge to convert thermochemically stable CO2 into value-added products such as CH4, CH3OH, CO via utilizing solar energy. It is also a difficult task to develop an efficient catalyst for the reduction of CO2. We have designed and synthesized noble metal-free photocatalytic nanostructure Ni2P/CdS and Pt/TiO2 for conversion of CO2 to methanol in the presence of sacrificial donor triethylamine (TEA) and hydrogen peroxide. The synthesised catalysts physicochemical properties were studied by using several spectroscopic techniques like; XRD, UV-DRS, XPS, TEM, SEM and PL. Quantification of methanol by GC–MS showed encouraging results of 1424.8 and 2843 μmol g−1 of catalyst for Pt/TiO2 and 5 wt% Ni2P/CdS composites, respectively. Thus, Ni2P/CdS is a promising catalyst with higher productivity and significant selectivity than in-vogue catalysts.
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- Penumaka Nagababu
- Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440020, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
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- Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.,Department of Analytical and Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440020, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.,Kolkata Zonal Center, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Calcutta, West Bengal, 700107, India
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- Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 440020, India. .,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
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Barreca D, Fois E, Gasparotto A, Maccato C, Oriani M, Tabacchi G. The Early Steps of Molecule-to-Material Conversion in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD): A Case Study. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26071988. [PMID: 33916041 PMCID: PMC8037710 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Transition metal complexes with β-diketonate and diamine ligands are valuable precursors for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of metal oxide nanomaterials, but the metal-ligand bond dissociation mechanism on the growth surface is not yet clarified in detail. We address this question by density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) in combination with the Blue Moon (BM) statistical sampling approach. AIMD simulations of the Zn β-diketonate-diamine complex Zn(hfa)2TMEDA (hfa = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionate; TMEDA = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine), an amenable precursor for the CVD of ZnO nanosystems, show that rolling diffusion of this precursor at 500 K on a hydroxylated silica slab leads to an octahedral-to-square pyramidal rearrangement of its molecular geometry. The free energy profile of the octahedral-to-square pyramidal conversion indicates that the process barrier (5.8 kcal/mol) is of the order of magnitude of the thermal energy at the operating temperature. The formation of hydrogen bonds with surface hydroxyl groups plays a key role in aiding the dissociation of a Zn-O bond. In the square-pyramidal complex, the Zn center has a free coordination position, which might promote the interaction with incoming reagents on the deposition surface. These results provide a valuable atomistic insight on the molecule-to-material conversion process which, in perspective, might help to tailor by design the first nucleation stages of the target ZnO-based nanostructures.
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- Davide Barreca
- CNR-ICMATE and INSTM, Department of Chemical Sciences, Padova University, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Science and High Technology, Insubria University and INSTM, 22100 Como, Italy; (E.F.); (M.O.)
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Padova University and INSTM, 35131 Padova, Italy; (A.G.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Padova University and INSTM, 35131 Padova, Italy; (A.G.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Science and High Technology, Insubria University and INSTM, 22100 Como, Italy; (E.F.); (M.O.)
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- Department of Science and High Technology, Insubria University and INSTM, 22100 Como, Italy; (E.F.); (M.O.)
- Correspondence:
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Zhou G, He Z, Dong X. Role of Metal Oxides in Cu-Based Catalysts with NaBH4 Reduction for the Synthesis of Methanol from CO2/H2. Catal Letters 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-020-03379-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lee EMY, Ludwig T, Yu B, Singh AR, Gygi F, Nørskov JK, de Pablo JJ. Neural Network Sampling of the Free Energy Landscape for Nitrogen Dissociation on Ruthenium. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:2954-2962. [PMID: 33729797 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In heterogeneous catalysis, free energy profiles of reactions govern the mechanisms, rates, and equilibria. Energetics are conventionally computed using the harmonic approximation (HA), which requires determination of critical states a priori. Here, we use neural networks to efficiently sample and directly calculate the free energy surface (FES) of a prototypical heterogeneous catalysis reaction-the dissociation of molecular nitrogen on ruthenium-at density-functional-theory-level accuracy. We find that the vibrational entropy of surface atoms, often neglected in HA for transition metal catalysts, contributes significantly to the reaction barrier. The minimum free energy path for dissociation reveals an "on-top" adsorbed molecular state prior to the transition state. While a previously reported flat-lying molecular metastable state can be identified in the potential energy surface, it is absent in the FES at relevant reaction temperatures. These findings demonstrate the importance of identifying critical points self-consistently on the FES for reactions that involve considerable entropic effects.
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- Elizabeth M Y Lee
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Sun G, Fuller JT, Alexandrova AN, Sautet P. Global Activity Search Uncovers Reaction Induced Concomitant Catalyst Restructuring for Alkane Dissociation on Model Pt Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Geng Sun
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- California Nano Systems Institute, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- California Nano Systems Institute, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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Zhang L, Liu X, Wang H, Cao L, Huang C, Li S, Zhang X, Guan Q, Shao X, Lu J. Size-dependent strong metal–support interaction in Pd/ZnO catalysts for hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00606a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Size-dependent strong metal–support interactions govern both the activity and selectivity decisively.
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Efforts to obtain raw materials from CO2 by catalytic reduction as a means of combating greenhouse gas emissions are pushing the boundaries of the chemical industry. The dimensions of modern energy regimes, on the one hand, and the necessary transport and trade of globally produced renewable energy, on the other, will require the use of chemical batteries in conjunction with the local production of renewable electricity. The synthesis of methanol is an important option for chemical batteries and will, for that reason, be described here in detail. It is also shown that the necessary, robust, and fundamental understanding of processes and the material science of catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 does not yet exist.
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- Robert Schlögl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.,Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Zhang M, Yin S, Chen Y. A DFT study for CO 2 hydrogenation on W(111) and Ni-doped W(111) surfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:17106-17116. [PMID: 32686809 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02285c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The first-step hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol via a HCOO route, COOH route, and RWGS + CO-hydro route on NixW(111) (x = 0, 1, 3) has been studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. CO2 and H could be chemically adsorbed on Ni-doped W(111) surfaces with relatively high adsorption energy, due to the synergistic effect of W that helps anchoring CO2 and Ni that facilitates the adsorption of H. The HCOO route is the main path for the first-step hydrogenation of CO2 with lower barriers on all three surfaces. Besides, competition between the HCOO route and RWGS + CO-hydro route could be enhanced with the increase in doped Ni on the W(111) surface. Furthermore, the first-step hydrogenation of CO2 hardly undergoes the COOH pathway because of the higher barriers, although the doping of Ni has slightly reduced the barrier of COOH formation. Our calculated results indicate that the W(111) and Ni-doped W(111) surface are potential candidate surfaces for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, and Ni doping could influence the selectivity of reduction pathways.
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- Minhua Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, R&D Center for Petrochemical Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, R&D Center for Petrochemical Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, R&D Center for Petrochemical Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China
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Dziadyk E, Trawczyński J, Szyja BM. The pathways of the CO 2 hydrogenation by NiCu/ZnO from DFT molecular dynamics simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 100:107677. [PMID: 32738618 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Metal nanoparticles supported on semiconductor surfaces have been proposed as promising nanocatalyst candidates of CO2 conversion to energy carrier molecules such as formic acid or carbon monoxide, which can be used as a feedstock for fuels synthesis. This study is focused on the bimetallic Cu/Ni nanoparticles supported on the ZnO. The respective reaction mechanisms have been studied by means of the Molecular Dynamics with the DFT methodology. The results suggest that on CuNi/ZnO CO2 hydrogenation to formate pathway is more favorable than carboxyl route. These pathways are competitive with the CO2 reduction to CO.
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- Elżbieta Dziadyk
- Department of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Wrocław University of Technology, Gdańska 7/9, 50-344, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Wrocław University of Technology, Gdańska 7/9, 50-344, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Wrocław University of Technology, Gdańska 7/9, 50-344, Wrocław, Poland.
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Collinge G, Yuk SF, Nguyen MT, Lee MS, Glezakou VA, Rousseau R. Effect of Collective Dynamics and Anharmonicity on Entropy in Heterogenous Catalysis: Building the Case for Advanced Molecular Simulations. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Greg Collinge
- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic & Applied Molecular Foundations, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Katea SN, Broqvist P, Kullgren J, Hemmer E, Westin G. Fast, Low-Cost Synthesis of ZnO:Eu Nanosponges and the Nature of Ln Doping in ZnO. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:7584-7602. [PMID: 32374596 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A low-cost template-free solution chemical route to highly porous nanocrystalline sponges of ZnO-EuO1.5 with 0-5 mol % Eu is presented. The process uses Zn- and Eu-acetate-nitrate and triethanolamine as precursors in methanol. After evaporation of the solvent and heating at 200 °C for 3 min, crystalline ZnO:Eu sponges with minor amounts of organic residues were obtained. Heating to 400 °C replaced the organics with carbonate, which in its turn was decomposed at temperatures below 600 °C, forming ZnO:Eu sponges. Samples heated to 200-1000 °C for 3 min were studied with XRD, SEM, TEM, TG, XPS, and IR spectroscopy. The ZnO:Eu crystallite sizes could be tuned from below 10 nm for sponges prepared at 200-500 °C, to over 100 nm range at 900 °C, without sintering of the overall microstructure. XRD showed the presence of hexagonal ZnO:Eu (or at 700-1000 °C, ZnO:Eu and cubic Eu2O3) as the only phases present. The ZnO:Eu had slightly larger unit cell dimensions than the literature value of ZnO for samples obtained at 200-600 °C, while the unit cells of samples obtained at higher temperatures were quite close to the value of undoped ZnO. XPS showed that Eu was mainly in its 3+ state and well-distributed within the sponges but segregated at the ZnO sponge surface upon heating at 700-1000 °C, in accordance with XRD studies showing Eu2O3 formation.
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- Sarmad Naim Katea
- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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The unique interplay between copper and zinc during catalytic carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2409. [PMID: 32415106 PMCID: PMC7229192 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16342-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In spite of numerous works in the field of chemical valorization of carbon dioxide into methanol, the nature of high activity of Cu/ZnO catalysts, including the reaction mechanism and the structure of the catalyst active site, remains the subject of intensive debate. By using high-pressure operando techniques: steady-state isotope transient kinetic analysis coupled with infrared spectroscopy, together with time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction, and supported by electron microscopy and theoretical modeling, we present direct evidence that zinc formate is the principal observable reactive intermediate, which in the presence of hydrogen converts into methanol. Our results indicate that the copper–zinc alloy undergoes oxidation under reaction conditions into zinc formate, zinc oxide and metallic copper. The intimate contact between zinc and copper phases facilitates zinc formate formation and its hydrogenation by hydrogen to methanol. In spite of numerous works, the nature of high activity of Cu/ZnO catalyst in methanol synthesis remains the subject of intensive debate. Here, the authors study the carbon dioxide hydrogenation mechanism using high-pressure operando techniques which allow them to unify different, seemingly contradicting, models.
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The Study of Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction Activity over Different Interfaces: The Design of Cu-Plate ZnO Model Catalysts. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10050533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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CO2 hydrogenation to methanol is one of the main and valuable catalytic reactions applied on Cu/ZnO-based catalysts; the interface formed through Zn migration from ZnO support to the surface of Cu nanoparticle (ZnOx-Cu NP-ZnO) has been reported to account for methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation. However, the accompanied reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction significantly decreases methanol selectivity and deactivates catalysts soon. Inhibition of RWGS is thus of great importance to afford high yield of methanol. The clear understanding of the reactivity of RWGS reaction on both the direct contact Cu-ZnO interface and ZnOx-Cu NP-ZnO interface is essential to reveal the low methanol selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and look for efficient catalysts for RWGS reaction. Cu doped plate ZnO (ZnO:XCu) model catalysts were prepared through a hydrothermal method to simulate direct contact Cu-ZnO interface and plate ZnO supported 1 wt % Cu (1Cu/ZnO) catalyst was prepared by wet impregnation for comparison in RWGS reaction. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), XRD, SEM, Raman, hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction (H2-TPR) and CO2 temperature-programmed desorption (CO2-TPD) were employed to characterize these catalysts. The characterization results confirmed that Cu incorporated into ZnO lattice and finally formed direct contact Cu-ZnO interface after H2 reduction. The catalytic performance revealed that direct contact Cu-ZnO interface displays inferior RWGS reaction reactivity at reaction temperature lower than 500 °C, compared with the ZnOx-Cu NP-ZnO interface; however, it is more stable at reaction temperature higher than 500 °C, enables ZnO:XCu model catalysts superior catalytic activity to that of 1Cu/ZnO. This finding will facilitate the designing of robust and efficient catalysts for both CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and RWGS reactions.
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Sun Y, Huang C, Chen L, Zhang Y, Fu M, Wu J, Ye D. Active site structure study of Cu/Plate ZnO model catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol under the real reaction conditions. J CO2 UTIL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhong J, Yang X, Wu Z, Liang B, Huang Y, Zhang T. State of the art and perspectives in heterogeneous catalysis of CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1385-1413. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00614a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The ever-increasing amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has resulted in great environmental impacts, the heterogeneous catalysis of CO2 hydrogenation to methanol is of great significance.
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- Jiawei Zhong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian 116023
- China
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Ye RP, Ding J, Gong W, Argyle MD, Zhong Q, Wang Y, Russell CK, Xu Z, Russell AG, Li Q, Fan M, Yao YG. CO 2 hydrogenation to high-value products via heterogeneous catalysis. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5698. [PMID: 31836709 PMCID: PMC6910949 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13638-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Recently, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, along with hydrogen from renewable resources, provide an alternative approach to synthesis of useful fuels and chemicals. People are increasingly interested in developing innovative carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalysts, and the pace of progress in this area is accelerating. Accordingly, this perspective presents current state of the art and outlook in synthesis of light olefins, dimethyl ether, liquid fuels, and alcohols through two leading hydrogenation mechanisms: methanol reaction and Fischer-Tropsch based carbon dioxide hydrogenation. The future research directions for developing new heterogeneous catalysts with transformational technologies, including 3D printing and artificial intelligence, are provided. Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and conversion provide an alternative approach to synthesis of useful fuels and chemicals. Here, Ye et al. give a comprehensive perspective on the current state of the art and outlook of CO2 catalytic hydrogenation to the synthesis of light olefins, dimethyl ether, liquid fuels, and alcohols.
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- Run-Ping Ye
- Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.,Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.,School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210094, P.R. China
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- Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 EB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210094, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China
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- Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.,Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, 94305, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Mason Building, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- Departments of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA. .,School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Mason Building, 790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. .,School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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Belviso F, Claerbout VEP, Comas-Vives A, Dalal NS, Fan FR, Filippetti A, Fiorentini V, Foppa L, Franchini C, Geisler B, Ghiringhelli LM, Groß A, Hu S, Íñiguez J, Kauwe SK, Musfeldt JL, Nicolini P, Pentcheva R, Polcar T, Ren W, Ricci F, Ricci F, Sen HS, Skelton JM, Sparks TD, Stroppa A, Urru A, Vandichel M, Vavassori P, Wu H, Yang K, Zhao HJ, Puggioni D, Cortese R, Cammarata A. Viewpoint: Atomic-Scale Design Protocols toward Energy, Electronic, Catalysis, and Sensing Applications. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:14939-14980. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Florian Belviso
- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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- National High Magnet Field Lab, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Laboratory for Computational Physical Sciences (MOE), State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Physics at University of Cagliari, and CNR-IOM, UOS Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Department of Physics at University of Cagliari, and CNR-IOM, UOS Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, Duisburg 47057, Germany
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- Electrochemical Energy Storage, Helmholtz Institut Ulm, Ulm 89069, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm 89069, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute, and International Center of Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux 5, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
- Physics and Materials Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Rue du Brill 41, Belvaux L-4422, Luxembourg
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- Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Utah, 122 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 1, Duisburg 47057, Germany
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- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute, and International Center of Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Physique Theorique des Materiaux, Universite de Liege, Sart-Tilman B-4000, Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Chemin des Etoiles 8, Louvain-la-Neuve B-1348, Belgium
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- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Utah, 122 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- CNR-SPIN, Department of Physical Sciences and Chemistry, Universita degli Studi dell’Aquila, Via Vetoio, Coppito (AQ) 67010, Italy
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- Department of Physics at University of Cagliari, and CNR-IOM, UOS Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, Limerick University, Limerick, Ireland
- Department of Chemistry and Material Science and Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo 02150, Finland
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- CIC nanoGUNE, San Sebastian E-20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
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- Laboratory for Computational Physical Sciences (MOE), State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Laboratory for Computational Physical Sciences (MOE), State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux 5, L-4362 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
- Physics Department and Institute for Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701,United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed. 17, Palermo 90128, Italy
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- Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Wang J, Tang C, Li G, Han Z, Li Z, Liu H, Cheng F, Li C. High-Performance MaZrOx (Ma = Cd, Ga) Solid-Solution Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Jijie Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- Inorganic Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, People’s Republic of China
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Tabacchi G, Fabbiani M, Mino L, Martra G, Fois E. The Case of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO 2 (101): Where is the Acid Proton? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12431-12434. [PMID: 31310450 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201906709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Carboxylic-acid adsorption on anatase TiO2 is a relevant process in many technological applications. Yet, despite several decades of investigations, the acid-proton localization-either on the molecule or on the surface-is still an open issue. By modeling the adsorption of formic acid on top of anatase(101) surfaces, we highlight the formation of a short strong hydrogen bond. In the 0 K limit, the acid-proton behavior is ruled by quantum delocalization effects in a single potential well, while at ambient conditions, the proton undergoes a rapid classical shuttling in a shallow two-well free-energy profile. This picture, supported by agreement with available experiments, shows that the anatase surface acts like a protecting group for the carboxylic acid functionality. Such a new conceptual insight might help rationalize chemical processes involving carboxylic acids on oxide surfaces.
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- Gloria Tabacchi
- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria and INSTM, via Valleggio 9, I-22100, Como, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria and INSTM, via Valleggio 9, I-22100, Como, Italy
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Tabacchi G, Fabbiani M, Mino L, Martra G, Fois E. The Case of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO
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(101): Where is the Acid Proton? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201906709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Gloria Tabacchi
- Department of Science and High TechnologyUniversity of Insubria and INSTM via Valleggio 9 I-22100 Como Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Science and High TechnologyUniversity of Insubria and INSTM via Valleggio 9 I-22100 Como Italy
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Holdren S, Tsyshevsky R, Fears K, Owrutsky J, Wu T, Wang X, Eichhorn BW, Kuklja MM, Zachariah MR. Adsorption and Destruction of the G-Series Nerve Agent Simulant Dimethyl Methylphosphonate on Zinc Oxide. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Scott Holdren
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, United States
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- Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Grajciar L, Heard CJ, Bondarenko AA, Polynski MV, Meeprasert J, Pidko EA, Nachtigall P. Towards operando computational modeling in heterogeneous catalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:8307-8348. [PMID: 30204184 PMCID: PMC6240816 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00398j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An increased synergy between experimental and theoretical investigations in heterogeneous catalysis has become apparent during the last decade. Experimental work has extended from ultra-high vacuum and low temperature towards operando conditions. These developments have motivated the computational community to move from standard descriptive computational models, based on inspection of the potential energy surface at 0 K and low reactant concentrations (0 K/UHV model), to more realistic conditions. The transition from 0 K/UHV to operando models has been backed by significant developments in computer hardware and software over the past few decades. New methodological developments, designed to overcome part of the gap between 0 K/UHV and operando conditions, include (i) global optimization techniques, (ii) ab initio constrained thermodynamics, (iii) biased molecular dynamics, (iv) microkinetic models of reaction networks and (v) machine learning approaches. The importance of the transition is highlighted by discussing how the molecular level picture of catalytic sites and the associated reaction mechanisms changes when the chemical environment, pressure and temperature effects are correctly accounted for in molecular simulations. It is the purpose of this review to discuss each method on an equal footing, and to draw connections between methods, particularly where they may be applied in combination.
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- Lukáš Grajciar
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry
, Faculty of Science
, Charles University in Prague
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128 43 Prague 2
, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry
, Faculty of Science
, Charles University in Prague
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128 43 Prague 2
, Czech Republic
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- TheoMAT group
, ITMO University
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Lomonosova 9
, St. Petersburg
, 191002
, Russia
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- TheoMAT group
, ITMO University
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Lomonosova 9
, St. Petersburg
, 191002
, Russia
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- Inorganic Systems Engineering group
, Department of Chemical Engineering
, Faculty of Applied Sciences
, Delft University of Technology
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Van der Maasweg 9
, 2629 HZ Delft
, The Netherlands
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- TheoMAT group
, ITMO University
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Lomonosova 9
, St. Petersburg
, 191002
, Russia
- Inorganic Systems Engineering group
, Department of Chemical Engineering
, Faculty of Applied Sciences
, Delft University of Technology
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Van der Maasweg 9
, 2629 HZ Delft
, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry
, Faculty of Science
, Charles University in Prague
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128 43 Prague 2
, Czech Republic
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Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation by Means of Plasmonic Resonance Activation in Silica Aerogel Media. MATERIALS 2018; 11:ma11112134. [PMID: 30380725 PMCID: PMC6267461 DOI: 10.3390/ma11112134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Surface Plasmon Resonance can be used to activate zinc oxide/copper catalysts in order to perform the carbon dioxide hydrogenation reaction by means of light energy, avoiding high-temperature processes. The synthesis and impregnation methods have been designed to fill glass microreactors with ZnO/Cu nanoparticles supported on transparent silica aerogels to maximize the light absorbed by the catalyst. A LED device surrounding the glass microreactors provided white light to activate the catalyst homogeneously throughout the reactor. Temperature, pressure, amount of catalyst and gases flow were studied as possible variables to enhance the process trying to maximize CO2 conversion rates, achieving the best results working at high pressures. The use of transparent SiO2 Aerogels as supports for photocatalytic gas phase reactions even under high-pressure conditions is demonstrated.
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Dou M, Zhang M, Chen Y, Yu Y. Mechanistic Insight into the Modification of the Surface Stability of In2O3 Catalyst Through Metal Oxide Doping. Catal Letters 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-018-2577-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Foppa L, Iannuzzi M, Copéret C, Comas-Vives A. Adlayer Dynamics Drives CO Activation in Ru-Catalyzed Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lucas Foppa
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Chemical reactor modelling based on insights and data on a molecular level has become reality over the last few years. Multiscale models describing elementary reaction steps and full microkinetic schemes, pore structures, multicomponent adsorption and diffusion inside pores, and entire reactors have been presented. Quantum mechanical (QM) approaches, molecular simulations (Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics), and continuum equations have been employed for this purpose. Some recent developments in these approaches are presented, in particular time-dependent QM methods, calculation of van der Waals forces, new approaches for force field generation, automatic setup of reaction schemes, and pore modelling. Multiscale simulations are discussed. Applications of these approaches to heterogeneous catalysis are demonstrated for examples that have found growing interest over the last few years, such as metal-support interactions, influence of pore geometry on reactions, noncovalent bonding, reaction dynamics, dynamic changes in catalyst nanoparticle structure, electrocatalysis, solvent effects in catalysis, and multiscale modelling.
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- Frerich J. Keil
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany
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Jena P, Sun Q. Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials. Chem Rev 2018; 118:5755-5870. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Puru Jena
- Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000, United States
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- Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000, United States
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Duan M, Yu J, Meng J, Zhu B, Wang Y, Gao Y. Reconstruction of Supported Metal Nanoparticles in Reaction Conditions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:6464-6469. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Manyi Duan
- College of Physics and Electronic EngineeringSichuan Normal University Chengdu 610101 China
- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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Chen ZW, Gao W, Zheng WT, Jiang Q. Steric Hindrance in Sulfur Vacancy of Monolayer MoS 2 Boosts Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Monoxide to Methane. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:1455-1459. [PMID: 29569851 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201702262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The efficient generation of methane by total electroreduction of carbon monoxide (CO) could be of benefit for a more sustainable society. However, a highly efficient and selective catalyst for this process remains to be developed. In this study, density functional theory calculations indicate that steric hindrance in monolayer molybdenum sulfide with 2 S vacancies (DV-MoS2 ) can facilitate the conversion of CO into CH4 with high activity and selectivity under electrochemical reduction at a low potential of -0.53 V vs. RHE and ambient conditions. The potential is a significant improvement on the state-of-the-art Cu electrode (-0.74 V vs. RHE), with less electrical energy. Moreover, the results suggest that such steric hindrance effects are important for structure-sensitive catalytic reactions.
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- Zhi Wen Chen
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 130022, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 130022, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 130022, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, and, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 130022, Changchun, China
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Duan M, Yu J, Meng J, Zhu B, Wang Y, Gao Y. Reconstruction of Supported Metal Nanoparticles in Reaction Conditions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201800925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Manyi Duan
- College of Physics and Electronic EngineeringSichuan Normal University Chengdu 610101 China
- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- Center of Electron Microscopy and State Key Laboratory of Silicon MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringZhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Division of Interfacial Water and Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and TechnologyShanghai Institute of Applied PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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Reichenbach T, Mondal K, Jäger M, Vent-Schmidt T, Himmel D, Dybbert V, Bruix A, Krossing I, Walter M, Moseler M. Ab initio study of CO2 hydrogenation mechanisms on inverse ZnO/Cu catalysts. J Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Luk HT, Mondelli C, Ferré DC, Stewart JA, Pérez-Ramírez J. Status and prospects in higher alcohols synthesis from syngas. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:1358-1426. [PMID: 28009907 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00324a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Higher alcohols are important compounds with widespread applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical and energy sectors. Currently, they are mainly produced by sugar fermentation (ethanol and isobutanol) or hydration of petroleum-derived alkenes (heavier alcohols), but their direct synthesis from syngas (CO + H2) would comprise a more environmentally-friendly, versatile and economical alternative. Research efforts in this reaction, initiated in the 1930s, have fluctuated along with the oil price and have considerably increased in the last decade due to the interest to exploit shale gas and renewable resources to obtain the gaseous feedstock. Nevertheless, no catalytic system reported to date has performed sufficiently well to justify an industrial implementation. Since the design of an efficient catalyst would strongly benefit from the establishment of synthesis-structure-function relationships and a deeper understanding of the reaction mechanism, this review comprehensively overviews syngas-based higher alcohols synthesis in three main sections, highlighting the advances recently made and the challenges that remain open and stimulate upcoming research activities. The first part critically summarises the formulations and methods applied in the preparation of the four main classes of materials, i.e., Rh-based, Mo-based, modified Fischer-Tropsch and modified methanol synthesis catalysts. The second overviews the molecular-level insights derived from microkinetic and theoretical studies, drawing links to the mechanisms of Fischer-Tropsch and methanol syntheses. Finally, concepts proposed to improve the efficiency of reactors and separation units as well as to utilise CO2 and recycle side-products in the process are described in the third section.
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- Ho Ting Luk
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, HCI E125, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, HCI E125, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Total Research & Technology Feluy, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, B-7181 Seneffe, Belgium
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- Total Research & Technology Feluy, Zone Industrielle Feluy C, B-7181 Seneffe, Belgium
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, HCI E125, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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DFT comparison of the performance of bare Cu and Cu-alloyed Co single-atom catalyst for CO2 synthesizing of methanol. Theor Chem Acc 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-018-2196-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cu-MFI zeolite supported on paper-like sintered stainless fiber for catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of phenol in a batch reactor. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Katea SN, Hajduk Š, Orel ZC, Westin G. Low Cost, Fast Solution Synthesis of 3D Framework ZnO Nanosponges. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:15150-15158. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sarmad Naim Katea
- Department of Chemistry-Ångström,
Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI - 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI - 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström,
Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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Hellström M, Behler J. Surface phase diagram prediction from a minimal number of DFT calculations: redox-active adsorbates on zinc oxide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:28731-28748. [PMID: 29044257 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05182d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) is routinely used to calculate the adsorption energies of molecules on solid surfaces, which can be employed to derive surface phase diagrams. Such calculations become computationally expensive if the number of substrate atoms is large, which happens whenever the adsorbate coverage is small. Here, we propose an efficient method for calculating surface phase diagrams for redox-active adsorbates on semiconductors, that we apply to the important example of proton (H+) and hydride (H-) adsorbates on a ZnO surface. We identify the leading cause for the coverage dependence of the adsorption energies to be the filling and depletion of the disperse substrate conduction band. From only four DFT calculations, coupled with an analysis of the substrate electronic band structure and changes in the electrostatic potential within the substrate upon adsorption, we derive a phenomenological model that well describes the coverage-dependent adsorption energies. Moreover, our model allows us to extrapolate to the "infinite" supercell limit, where additional H adsorption leads to an arbitrarily small increase of the surface coverage. With this tool we are able to derive a surface phase diagram containing structures with extremely small H coverages (<0.002 ML), that have so far been unattainable. We expect that such models can be applied to a wide range of semiconductor substrates and redox-active adsorbates.
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- Matti Hellström
- Universität Göttingen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Wang J, Li G, Li Z, Tang C, Feng Z, An H, Liu H, Liu T, Li C. A highly selective and stable ZnO-ZrO 2 solid solution catalyst for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701290. [PMID: 28989964 PMCID: PMC5630239 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Although methanol synthesis via CO hydrogenation has been industrialized, CO2 hydrogenation to methanol still confronts great obstacles of low methanol selectivity and poor stability, particularly for supported metal catalysts under industrial conditions. We report a binary metal oxide, ZnO-ZrO2 solid solution catalyst, which can achieve methanol selectivity of up to 86 to 91% with CO2 single-pass conversion of more than 10% under reaction conditions of 5.0 MPa, 24,000 ml/(g hour), H2/CO2 = 3:1 to 4:1, 320° to 315°C. Experimental and theoretical results indicate that the synergetic effect between Zn and Zr sites results in the excellent performance. The ZnO-ZrO2 solid solution catalyst shows high stability for at least 500 hours on stream and is also resistant to sintering at higher temperatures. Moreover, no deactivation is observed in the presence of 50 ppm SO2 or H2S in the reaction stream.
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- Jijie Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- Catalysis Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Van Oder Massage 9, 2629 HZ Delft, Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- Corresponding author.
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Frenzel J, Meyer B, Marx D. Bicanonical ab Initio Molecular Dynamics for Open Systems. J Chem Theory Comput 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Johannes Frenzel
- Lehrstuhl für
Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres
Zentrum für Molekulare Materialien (ICMM) and Computer-Chemie-Centrum
(CCC), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für
Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Reaction mechanisms of methanol synthesis from CO/CO 2 hydrogenation on Cu 2 O(111): Comparison with Cu(111). J CO2 UTIL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2017.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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