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Wang K, Cheng M, Xia F, Cao N, Zhang F, Ni W, Yue X, Yan K, He Y, Shi Y, Dai W, Xie P. Atomically Dispersed Electron Traps in Cu Doped BiOBr Boosting CO 2 Reduction to Methanol by Pure H 2 O. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207581. [PMID: 36651007 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Overall photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and pure H2 O driven by solar irradiation into methanol provides a sustainable approach for extraterrestrial synthesis. However, few photocatalysts exhibit efficient production of CH3 OH. Here, BiOBr nanosheets supporting atomic Cu catalysts for CO2 reduction are reported. The investigation of charge dynamics demonstrates a strong built-in electric field established by isolated Cu sites as electron traps to facilitate charge transfer and stabilize charge carriers. As result, the catalysts exhibit a substantially high catalytic performance with methanol productivity of 627.66 µmol gcatal -1 h-1 and selectivity of ≈90% with an apparent quantum efficiency of 12.23%. Mechanism studies reveal that the high selectivity of methanol can be ascribed to energy-favorable hydrogenation of *CO intermediate giving rise to *CHO. The unfavorable adsorption on Cu1 @BiOBr prevents methanol from being oxidized by photogenerated holes. This work highlights the great potential of single-atom photocatalysts in chemical transformation and energy storage reactions.
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- Ke Wang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan, 030032, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan, 030032, China
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Sengupta T, Khanna SN. Converting CO 2 to formic acid by tuning quantum states in metal chalcogenide clusters. Commun Chem 2023; 6:53. [PMID: 36941466 PMCID: PMC10027883 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-00851-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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The catalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals is an effective strategy for reducing its adverse impact on the environment. In this work, the formation of formic acid via CO2 hydrogenation on bare and ligated Ti6Se8 clusters is investigated with gradient-corrected density functional theory. It is shown that attaching suitable ligands (i.e., PMe3, CO) to a metal-chalcogenide cluster transforms it into an effective donor/acceptor enabling it to serve as an efficient catalyst. Furthermore, by controlling the ratio of the attached donor/acceptor ligands, it is possible to predictably alter the barrier heights of the CO2 hydrogenation reaction and, thereby, the rate of CO2 conversion. Our calculation further reveals that by using this strategy, the barrier heights of CO2 hydrogenation can be reduced to ~0.12 eV or possibly even lower, providing unique opportunities to control the reaction rates by using different combinations of donor/acceptor ligands.
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- Turbasu Sengupta
- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284-2000, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284-2000, USA.
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Li B, Xia F, Liu Y, Tan H, Gao S, Kaelin J, Liu Y, Lu K, Marks TJ, Cheng Y. Co 2Mo 6S 8 Catalyzes Nearly Exclusive Electrochemical Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia with Enzyme-like Activity. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1459-1466. [PMID: 36758173 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrate to ammonia conversion is a key reaction for energy and environmental sustainability. This reaction involves complex multi electron and proton transfer steps, and is impeded by the lack of catalyst for promoting both reactivity and ammonia selectivity. Here, we demonstrate active motifs based on the Chevrel phase Co2Mo6S8 exhibit an enzyme-like high turnover frequency of ∼95.1 s-1 for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia. We reveal strong synergy of multiple binding sites on this catalyst, such that the ligand effect of Co steers Had* toward hydrogenation other than hydrogen evolution, the ensemble effect of Co, and the spatial confinement effect that promote the full hydrogenation of NOx to ammonia without N-N coupling. The catalyst exhibits almost exclusive ammonia conversion with a Faradaic efficiency of 97.1% and ammonia yielding rate of 115.5 mmol·gcat-1·h-1 in neutral electrolytes. The high activity was also confirmed in electrolytes with dilute nitrate and high chloride concentrations.
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- Bomin Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, Untied States
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- Institute of Material Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, Untied States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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Selective CO 2 electroreduction to methanol via enhanced oxygen bonding. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7768. [PMID: 36522322 PMCID: PMC9755525 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35450-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The reduction of carbon dioxide using electrochemical cells is an appealing technology to store renewable electricity in a chemical form. The preferential adsorption of oxygen over carbon atoms of intermediates could improve the methanol selectivity due to the retention of C-O bond. However, the adsorbent-surface interaction is mainly related to the d states of transition metals in catalysts, thus it is difficult to promote the formation of oxygen-bound intermediates without affecting the carbon affinity. This paper describes the construction of a molybdenum-based metal carbide catalyst that promotes the formation and adsorption of oxygen-bound intermediates, where the sp states in catalyst are enabled to participate in the bonding of intermediates. A high Faradaic efficiency of 80.4% for methanol is achieved at -1.1 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode.
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Competing mechanisms of CO hydrogenation to ethanol over TM/Mo6S8 catalysts. Polyhedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2022.116031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sengupta T, Khanna SN. Rational Design of Bimetallic Metal Chalcogenide Clusters for CO 2 Dissociation. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:5702-5710. [PMID: 35973159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c03560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Thermochemical dissociation of CO2 on pure, ligated, and mixed transition metal (W, Cu) chalcogenide clusters are investigated using the first-principles gradient-corrected density functional approach. It is shown that although the pure and ligated metal chalcogenide clusters exhibit significantly high barriers for CO2 dissociation, the computed barriers for the mixed clusters are relatively lower. The lowest barrier is obtained for the Cu3W3Se8 cluster, which shows a dramatically reduced barrier height of only 0.41 eV. Detailed analysis reveals that the substitution of W by Cu sites leads to a charge transfer from Cu to W sites, resulting in locally active W sites. The lowering of the CO2 dissociation barriers can be attributed to the facile transfer of charge from the locally active W sites and also due to the alteration of the binding energy of CO2 to the charged W sites. Our studies provide an alternate strategy to design novel thermochemical catalysts for CO2 adsorption and subsequent dissociation.
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- Turbasu Sengupta
- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000, United States
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000, United States
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Wang L, Etim UJ, Zhang C, Amirav L, Zhong Z. CO2 Activation and Hydrogenation on Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 Nanorod Catalysts: An In Situ FTIR Study. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12152527. [PMID: 35893495 PMCID: PMC9331868 DOI: 10.3390/nano12152527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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CuZnO/Al2O3 is the industrial catalyst used for methanol synthesis from syngas (CO + H2) and is also promising for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. In this work, we synthesized Al2O3 nanorods (n-Al2O3) and impregnated them with the CuZnO component. The catalysts were evaluated for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol in a fixed-bed reactor. The support and the catalysts were characterized, including via in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The study of the CO2 adsorption, activation, and hydrogenation using in situ DRIFT spectroscopy revealed the different roles of the catalyst components. CO2 mainly adsorbed on the n-Al2O3 support, forming carbonate species. Cu was found to facilitate H2 dissociation and further reacted with the adsorbed carbonates on the n-Al2O3 support, transforming them to formate or additional intermediates. Like the n-Al2O3 support, the ZnO component contributed to improving the CO2 adsorption, facilitating the formation of more carbonate species on the catalyst surface and enhancing the efficiency of the CO2 activation and hydrogenation into methanol. The synergistic interaction between Cu and ZnO was found to be essential to increase the space–time yield (STY) of methanol but not to improve the selectivity. The 3% CuZnO/n-Al2O3 displayed improved catalytic performance compared to 3% Cu/n-Al2O3, reaching a CO2 conversion rate of 19.8% and methanol STY rate of 1.31 mmolgcat−1h−1 at 300 °C. This study provides fundamental and new insights into the distinctive roles of the different components of commercial methanol synthesis catalysts.
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- Letian Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China; (L.W.); (U.J.E.); (C.Z.)
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China; (L.W.); (U.J.E.); (C.Z.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China; (L.W.); (U.J.E.); (C.Z.)
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa 32000, Israel
- Correspondence: (L.A.); (Z.Z.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China; (L.W.); (U.J.E.); (C.Z.)
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion (MATEC), Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, China
- Correspondence: (L.A.); (Z.Z.)
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Naimatullah, Li D, Gahungu G, Li W, Zhang J. First-principles calculations on CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid over a metal-doped boron phosphide. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Liu R, Chen C, Chu W, Sun W. Unveiling the Origin of Alkali Metal (Na, K, Rb, and Cs) Promotion in CO 2 Dissociation over Mo 2C Catalysts. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15113775. [PMID: 35683074 PMCID: PMC9181518 DOI: 10.3390/ma15113775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) is a promising and low-cost catalyst for the reverse water−gas shift (RWGS) reaction. Doping the Mo2C surface with alkali metals can improve the activity of CO2 conversion, but the effect of these metals on CO2 conversion to CO remains poorly understood. In this study, the energies of CO2 dissociation and CO desorption on the Mo2C surface in the presence of different alkali metals (Na, K, Rb, and Cs) are calculated using density functional theory (DFT). Alkali metal doping results in increasing electron density on the Mo atoms and promotes the adsorption and activation of CO2 on Mo2C; the dissociation barrier of CO2 is decreased from 12.51 on Mo2C surfaces to 9.51−11.21 Kcal/mol on alkali metal-modified Mo2C surfaces. Energetic and electronic analyses reveal that although the alkali metals directly bond with oxygen atoms of the oxides, the reduction in the energy of CO2 dissociation can be attributed to the increased interaction between CO/O fragments and Mo in the transition states. The abilities of four alkali metals (Na, K, Rb, and Cs) to promote CO2 dissociation increase in the order Na (11.21 Kcal/mol) < Rb (10.54 Kcal/mol) < Cs (10.41 Kcal/mol) < K (9.51 Kcal/mol). Through electronic analysis, it is found that the increased electron density on the Mo atoms is a result of the alkali metal, and a greater negative charge on Mo results in a lower energy barrier for CO2 dissociation.
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- Renmin Liu
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;
- China-America Cancer Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China
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- National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen (Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center), Shenzhen 518055, China;
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;
- Correspondence: (W.C.); (W.S.)
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- China-America Cancer Research Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China
- Correspondence: (W.C.); (W.S.)
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Hill CM, Mendoza-Cortes JL, Velázquez JM, Whittaker-Brooks L. Multi-dimensional designer catalysts for negative emissions science (NES): bridging the gap between synthesis, simulations, and analysis. iScience 2022; 25:103700. [PMID: 35036879 PMCID: PMC8749188 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Negative emissions technologies will play a critical role in limiting global warming to sustainable levels. Electrocatalytic and/or photocatalytic CO2 reduction will likely play an important role in this field moving forward, but efficient, selective catalyst materials are needed to enable the widespread adoption of these processes. The rational design of such materials is highly challenging, however, due to the complexity of the reactions involved as well as the large number of structural variables which can influence behavior at heterogeneous interfaces. Currently, there is a significant disconnect between the complexity of materials systems that can be handled experimentally and those that can be modeled theoretically with appropriate rigor and bridging these gaps would greatly accelerate advancements in the field of Negative Emissions Science (NES). Here, we present a perspective on how these gaps between materials design/synthesis, characterization, and theory can be resolved, enabling the rational development of improved materials for CO2 conversion and other NES applications.
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- Caleb M. Hill
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Lu K, Xia F, Li B, Liu Y, Abdul Razak IB, Gao S, Kaelin J, Brown DE, Cheng Y. Synergistic Multisites Fe 2Mo 6S 8 Electrocatalysts for Ambient Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia. ACS NANO 2021; 15:16887-16895. [PMID: 34612041 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c07771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Electrochemical hydrogenation of N2 under ambient conditions is attractive for sustainable and distributable NH3 production but is limited by the lack of selective electrocatalysts. Herein, we describe active site motifs based on the Chevrel phase chalcogenide Fe2Mo6S8 that exhibit intrinsic activities for converting N2 to NH3 in aqueous electrolytes. Despite having a very low specific surface area of ∼2 m2/g, this catalyst exhibited a Faradaic efficiency of 12.5% and an average rate of 70 μg h-1 mgcat-1 for NH3 production at -0.20 V vs RHE. Such activities were attributed to the unique composition and structure of Fe2Mo6S8 that provide synergistic multisites for activating and associating key reaction intermediates. Specifically, Fe/Mo sites assist adsorption and activation of N2, whereas S sites stabilize hydrogen intermediate Had* for N2 hydrogenation. Fe in Fe2Mo6S8 enhances binding of S with Had* and thus inhibits the competing hydrogen evolution reaction. The spatial geometry of Fe, Mo, and S sites in Fe2Mo6S8 promotes conversion of N2-Had* association intermediates, reaching a turnover frequency of ∼0.23 s-1 for NH3 production.
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- Ke Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Center of Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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Cao A, Wang Z, Li H, Elnabawy AO, Nørskov JK. New insights on CO and CO2 hydrogenation for methanol synthesis: The key role of adsorbate-adsorbate interactions on Cu and the highly active MgO-Cu interface. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wang YY, Ding XL, Israel Gurti J, Chen Y, Li W, Wang X, Wang WJ, Deng JJ. Non-Dissociative Activation of Chemisorbed Dinitrogen on One or Two Vanadium Atoms Supported by a Mo 6 S 8 Cluster. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:1645-1654. [PMID: 34050588 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Adsorption of N2 on Mo6 S8 q _Vx clusters (x=0, 1, 2; q=0, ±1) were systematically studied by density functional theory calculations with dispersion corrections. It was found that the N2 can be chemisorbed and undergo non-dissociative activation on single or double metal atoms. The adsorption and activation are influenced by metal types (V or Mo), N2 coordination modes and charge states of the clusters. Particularly, anionic Mo6 S8 - _V2 clusters have remarkable ability to fix and activate N2 . In Mo6 S8 - _V2 , two V atoms prefer to adsorb on two adjacent S-Mo-S hollow sites, leading to the formation of a supported V…V unit. The N2 is bridged side-on coordinated with these two V atoms with high adsorption energy and significant charge transfer. The bond order, bond length and vibration frequency of the adsorbed N2 are close to those of a N-N single bond.
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- Ya-Ya Wang
- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,School of New Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China.,Institute of Clusters and Low Dimensional Nanomaterials, North China Electric Power University, Beinong Road 2, Huilongguan, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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Singstock NR, Ortiz-Rodríguez JC, Perryman JT, Sutton C, Velázquez JM, Musgrave CB. Machine Learning Guided Synthesis of Multinary Chevrel Phase Chalcogenides. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:9113-9122. [PMID: 34107683 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Chevrel phase (CP) is a class of molybdenum chalcogenides that exhibit compelling properties for next-generation battery materials, electrocatalysts, and other energy applications. Despite their promise, CPs are underexplored, with only ∼100 compounds synthesized to date due to the challenge of identifying synthesizable phases. We present an interpretable machine-learned descriptor (Hδ) that rapidly and accurately estimates decomposition enthalpy (ΔHd) to assess CP stability. To develop Hδ, we first used density functional theory to compute ΔHd for 438 CP compositions. We then generated >560 000 descriptors with the new machine learning method SIFT, which provides an easy-to-use approach for developing accurate and interpretable chemical models. From a set of >200 000 compositions, we identified 48 501 CPs that Hδ predicts are synthesizable based on the criterion that ΔHd < 65 meV/atom, which was obtained as a statistical boundary from 67 experimentally synthesized CPs. The set of candidate CPs includes 2307 CP tellurides, an underexplored CP subset with a predicted preference for channel site occupation by cation intercalants that is rare among CPs. We successfully synthesized five of five novel CP tellurides attempted from this set and confirmed their preference for channel site occupation. Our joint computational and experimental approach for developing and validating screening tools that enable the rapid identification of synthesizable materials within a sparse class is likely transferable to other materials families to accelerate their discovery.
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- Nicholas R Singstock
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States.,Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States.,Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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Giuffredi G, Asset T, Liu Y, Atanassov P, Di Fonzo F. Transition Metal Chalcogenides as a Versatile and Tunable Platform for Catalytic CO 2 and N 2 Electroreduction. ACS MATERIALS AU 2021; 1:6-36. [PMID: 36855615 PMCID: PMC9888655 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Group VI transition metal chalcogenides are the subject of increasing research interest for various electrochemical applications such as low-temperature water electrolysis, batteries, and supercapacitors due to their high activity, chemical stability, and the strong correlation between structure and electrochemical properties. Particularly appealing is their utilization as electrocatalysts for the synthesis of energy vectors and value-added chemicals such as C-based chemicals from the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2R) or ammonia from the nitrogen fixation reaction (NRR). This review discusses the role of structural and electronic properties of transition metal chalcogenides in enhancing selectivity and activity toward these two key reduction reactions. First, we discuss the morphological and electronic structure of these compounds, outlining design strategies to control and fine-tune them. Then, we discuss the role of the active sites and the strategies developed to enhance the activity of transition metal chalcogenide-based catalysts in the framework of CO2R and NRR against the parasitic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); leveraging on the design rules applied for HER applications, we discuss their future perspective for the applications in CO2R and NRR. For these two reactions, we comprehensively review recent progress in unveiling reaction mechanisms at different sites and the most effective strategies for fabricating catalysts that, by exploiting the structural and electronic peculiarities of transition metal chalcogenides, can outperform many metallic compounds. Transition metal chalcogenides outperform state-of-the-art catalysts for CO2 to CO reduction in ionic liquids due to the favorable CO2 adsorption on the metal edge sites, whereas the basal sites, due to their conformation, represent an appealing design space for reduction of CO2 to complex carbon products. For the NRR instead, the resemblance of transition metal chalcogenides to the active centers of nitrogenase enzymes represents a powerful nature-mimicking approach for the design of catalysts with enhanced performance, although strategies to hinder the HER must be integrated in the catalytic architecture.
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- Giorgio Giuffredi
- Center
for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT@Polimi), Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy,Department
of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and National Fuel Cell
Research Center, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2580, United States
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- Department
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and National Fuel Cell
Research Center, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2580, United States
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- Department
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and National Fuel Cell
Research Center, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2580, United States
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- Center
for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT@Polimi), Via Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy,
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Jiang F, Wang S, Liu B, Liu J, Wang L, Xiao Y, Xu Y, Liu X. Insights into the Influence of CeO2 Crystal Facet on CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Pd/CeO2 Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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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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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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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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Podrojková N, Sans V, Oriňak A, Oriňaková R. Recent Developments in the Modelling of Heterogeneous Catalysts for CO
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Conversion to Chemicals. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Natalia Podrojková
- Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of ScienceP.J. Šafárik University Moyzesova 11 Košice 041 54 Slovakia
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM)Universitat Jaume I Avda. Sos Baynat s/n Castellón de la Plana 12006 Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of ScienceP.J. Šafárik University Moyzesova 11 Košice 041 54 Slovakia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of ScienceP.J. Šafárik University Moyzesova 11 Košice 041 54 Slovakia
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Liao W, Liu P. Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Hydrogenation over a Potassium-Promoted CuxO/Cu(111) (x ≤ 2) Model Surface: Rationalizing the Potential of Potassium in Catalysis. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b05226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Wenjie Liao
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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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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Hao Z, Han Y, Guo S, Zhang Q, Guo L. A Comparative Study on C2 Hydrocarbons and Methanol Synthesis from CO Hydrogenation Catalyzed by M1/W6S8 (M = Ir and Ca) Single-Atom Catalysts. Catal Letters 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-019-03007-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Zhang HT, Liu C, Liu P, Hu YH. Mo6S8-based single-metal-atom catalysts for direct methane to methanol conversion. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:024304. [PMID: 31301699 DOI: 10.1063/1.5110875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Hao-Tian Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering College, Yangzhou University, 196 Huayang West Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, People’s Republic of China
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- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA
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Yan T, Wang L, Liang Y, Makaremi M, Wood TE, Dai Y, Huang B, Jelle AA, Dong Y, Ozin GA. Polymorph selection towards photocatalytic gaseous CO 2 hydrogenation. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2521. [PMID: 31175311 PMCID: PMC6555785 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10524-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Titanium dioxide is the only known material that can enable gas-phase CO2 photocatalysis in its anatase and rutile polymorphic forms. Materials engineering of polymorphism provides a useful strategy for optimizing the performance metrics of a photocatalyst. In this paper, it is shown that the less well known rhombohedral polymorph of indium sesquioxide, like its well-documented cubic polymorph, is a CO2 hydrogenation photocatalyst for the production of CH3OH and CO. Significantly, the rhombohedral polymorph exhibits higher activity, superior stability and improved selectivity towards CH3OH over CO. These gains in catalyst performance originate in the enhanced acidity and basicity of surface frustrated Lewis pairs in the rhombohedral form. Polymorphs, compounds with identical chemical stoichiometries yet different atomic configurations, expand the range of potential chemical properties and new applications. Here, authors show rhombohedral indium oxides to be highly active and selective for photocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation.
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- Tingjiang Yan
- The Key Laboratory of Life-Organic Analysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, 273165, P. R. China. .,Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China.
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
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Perryman JT, Hyler FP, Ortiz-Rodríguez JC, Mehta A, Kulkarni AR, Velázquez JM. X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the electronic structure and local coordination of 1st row transition metal-promoted Chevrel-phase sulfides. J COORD CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2019.1613532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Joseph T. Perryman
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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A review of research progress on heterogeneous catalysts for methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Catal Today 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Baloglou A, Ončák M, Grutza ML, van der Linde C, Kurz P, Beyer MK. Structural Properties of Gas Phase Molybdenum Sulfide Clusters [Mo 3S 13] 2-, [HMo 3S 13] -, and [H 3Mo 3S 13] + as Model Systems of a Promising Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:8177-8186. [PMID: 30984322 PMCID: PMC6453024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Amorphous molybdenum sulfide (MoS x ) is a potent catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Since mechanistic investigations on amorphous solids are particularly difficult, we use a bottom-up approach and study the [Mo3S13]2- nanocluster and its protonated forms. The mass selected pure [Mo3S13]2- as well as singly and triply protonated [HMo3S13]- and [H3Mo3S13]+ ions, respectively, were investigated by a combination of collision induced dissociation (CID) experiments and quantum chemical calculations. A rich variety of H x S y elimination channels was observed, giving insight into the structural flexibility of the clusters. In particular, it was calculated that the observed clusters tend to keep the Mo3 ring structure found in the bulk and that protons adsorb primarily on terminal disulfide units of the cluster. Mo-H bonds are formed only for quasi-linear species with Mo centers featuring empty coordination sites. Protonation leads to increased cluster stability against CID. The rich variety of CID dissociation products for the triply protonated [H3Mo3S13]+ ion, however, suggests that it has a large degree of structural flexibility, with roaming H/SH moieties, which could be a key feature of MoS x to facilitate HER catalysis via a Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism.
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- Aristeidis Baloglou
- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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CO hydrogenation on M1/W6S8 (M = Co and Ni) single-atom catalysts: Competition between C2 hydrocarbons and methanol synthesis pathways. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Arvidsson AA, Taifan W, Hellman A, Baltrusaitis J. First-principles microkinetic study of methane and hydrogen sulfide catalytic conversion to methanethiol/dimethyl sulfide on Mo6S8 clusters: activity/selectivity of different promoters. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00375d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A large fraction of the global natural gas reserves is in the form of sour gas, i.e. contains hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2), and needs to be sweetened before utilization.
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- Adam A. Arvidsson
- Department of Physics
- Chalmers University of Technology
- 412 96 Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Chalmers University of Technology
- 412 96 Gothenburg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem
- USA
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Zhang Q, Guo L, Zheng X, Xing M, Hao Z. Insight into the reaction mechanism of ethanol steam reforming catalysed by Co–Mo6S8. Mol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1521011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Qian Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
- The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, People’s Republic of China
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Computational investigation of M1/W6S8 (M = Fe, Ru, and Os) single-atom catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation. CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10563-018-9252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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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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Nie X, Jiang X, Wang H, Luo W, Janik MJ, Chen Y, Guo X, Song C. Mechanistic Understanding of Alloy Effect and Water Promotion for Pd-Cu Bimetallic Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b04150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xiaowa Nie
- School of Chemical Engineering, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- EMS Energy Institute, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, People’s Republic of China
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- PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research and Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Network and Informationization Center, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
- EMS Energy Institute, PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- PSU-DUT Joint Center for Energy Research and Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Zhang Q, Guo L. Mechanism of the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction Catalyzed by Cu12TM Bimetallic Nanocluster: A Density Functional Theory Study. J CLUST SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-018-1346-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Baloglou A, Ončák M, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. Gas-Phase Reactivity Studies of Small Molybdenum Cluster Ions with Dimethyl Disulfide. Top Catal 2018; 61:20-27. [PMID: 31258300 PMCID: PMC6566215 DOI: 10.1007/s11244-017-0864-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Molybdenum sulfide is a potent hydrogen evolution catalyst, and is discussed as a replacement of platinum in large-scale electrochemical hydrogen production. To learn more about the elementary steps of MoS2 production by sputtering in the presence of dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), the reactions of Mox+, x = 1–3, with DMDS are studied by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculations. A rich variety of products composed of molybdenum, sulfur, carbon and hydrogen was observed. MoxSy+ species are formed in the first reaction step, together with products containing carbon and hydrogen. The calculations indicate that the strong Mo-S bonds are formed preferentially, followed by Mo–C bonds. Hydrogen is exclusively bound to carbon atoms, i.e. no insertion of a molybdenum atom into a C–H bond is observed. The reactions are efficient and highly exothermic, explaining the rich chemistry observed in the experiment.
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- Aristeidis Baloglou
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Insight into the Mechanism of Reverse Water-gas Shift Reaction and Ethanol Formation Catalyzed by Mo 6 S 8 -TM Clusters. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2017.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tu W, Li Y, Kuai L, Zhou Y, Xu Q, Li H, Wang X, Xiao M, Zou Z. Construction of unique two-dimensional MoS 2-TiO 2 hybrid nanojunctions: MoS 2 as a promising cost-effective cocatalyst toward improved photocatalytic reduction of CO 2 to methanol. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:9065-9070. [PMID: 28639671 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr03238b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Two-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets were in situ grown on TiO2 nanosheets to form two-dimensional (2D) hybrid nanojunctions, with which MoS2 nanosheets compactly contact with TiO2 to increase the interfacial area. MoS2 was identified as a promising cost-effective substitute for noble metal cocatalysts such as Pt, Au, and Ag, and shows superior activity and selectivity for reducing CO2 to CH3OH in aqueous solution to these metal cocatalysts under UV-vis light irradiation. The photo-luminescence (PL) spectra and transient time-resolved PL decay measurements reveal that the fast electron transfer from TiO2 to MoS2 can minimize charge recombination losses to improve the conversion efficiency of photoreduction. It reveals that Mo-terminated edges of MoS2 nanosheets possess the metallic character and a high d-electron density, and the Mo cation sites may benefit the stabilization of CHxOy intermediates via electrostatic attraction to enhance the CH3OH formation from the reduction of CO2 in aqueous solution.
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- Wenguang Tu
- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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Taifan W, Arvidsson AA, Nelson E, Hellman A, Baltrusaitis J. CH4 and H2S reforming to CH3SH and H2 catalyzed by metal-promoted Mo6S8 clusters: a first-principles micro-kinetic study. Catal Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cy00857k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density Functional Theory (DFT) and microkinetic modelling of CH4 and H2S reactions to form CH3SH and H2 as a first step in elucidating complex pathways in oxygen-free sour gas reforming was performed.
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- William Taifan
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Chalmers University of Technology
- SE-421 96 Göteborg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Chalmers University of Technology
- SE-421 96 Göteborg
- Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Lehigh University
- Bethlehem
- USA
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Kattel S, Yan B, Yang Y, Chen JG, Liu P. Optimizing Binding Energies of Key Intermediates for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Oxide-Supported Copper. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:12440-50. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 386] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Shyam Kattel
- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chemistry
Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Avila JR, Emery JD, Pellin MJ, Martinson ABF, Farha OK, Hupp JT. Porphyrins as Templates for Site-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition: Vapor Metalation and in Situ Monitoring of Island Growth. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:19853-19859. [PMID: 27454741 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Examinations of enzymatic catalysts suggest one key to efficient catalytic activity is discrete size metallo clusters. Mimicking enzymatic cluster systems is synthetically challenging because conventional solution methods are prone to aggregation or require capping of the cluster, thereby limiting its catalytic activity. We introduce site-selective atomic layer deposition (ALD) on porphyrins as an alternative approach to grow isolated metal oxide islands that are spatially separated. Surface-bound tetra-acid free base porphyrins (H2TCPP) may be metalated with Mn using conventional ALD precursor exposure to induce homogeneous hydroxide synthetic handles which acts as a nucleation point for subsequent ALD MnO island growth. Analytical fitting of in situ QCM mass uptake reveals island growth to be hemispherical with a convergence radius of 1.74 nm. This growth mode is confirmed with synchrotron grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) measurements. Finally, we extend this approach to other ALD chemistries to demonstrate the generality of this route to discrete metallo island materials.
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- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah 21577, Saudi Arabia
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- Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Cao Z, Guo L, Liu N, Zheng X, Li W, Shi Y, Guo J, Xi Y. Theoretical study on the reaction mechanism of reverse water–gas shift reaction using a Rh–Mo6S8 cluster. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra23855f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction catalyzed by a Rh–Mo6S8 cluster is investigated using density functional theory calculations.
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- Zhaoru Cao
- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- Modern College of Arts and Sciences
- Shanxi Normal University
- Linfen 041004
- China
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Ohtsu H, Tsuge K, Tanaka K. Remarkable accelerating and decelerating effects of the bases on CO2 reduction using a ruthenium NADH model complex. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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An W, Xu F, Stacchiola D, Liu P. Potassium-Induced Effect on the Structure and Chemical Activity of the CuxO/Cu(1 1 1) (x≤ 2) Surface: A Combined Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study. ChemCatChem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201500719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wei An
- Chemistry Department; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Upton New York 11973 USA
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shanghai University of Engineering Science; Shanghai 201620 P.R. China
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- Chemistry Department; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook New York 11794 USA
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- Chemistry Department; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Upton New York 11973 USA
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- Chemistry Department; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Upton New York 11973 USA
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- Stefan Vajda
- Materials
Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Nanoscience
and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Institute
for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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