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Li M, Sun G, Wang Z, Zhang X, Peng J, Jiang F, Li J, Tao S, Liu Y, Pan Y. Structural Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for Enhancing Petrochemical Catalytic Reaction Process. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2313661. [PMID: 38499342 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Petroleum, as the "lifeblood" of industrial development, is the important energy source and raw material. The selective transformation of petroleum into high-end chemicals is of great significance, but still exists enormous challenges. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with 100% atom utilization and homogeneous active sites, promise a broad application in petrochemical processes. Herein, the research systematically summarizes the recent research progress of SACs in petrochemical catalytic reaction, proposes the role of structural design of SACs in enhancing catalytic performance, elucidates the catalytic reaction mechanisms of SACs in the conversion of petrochemical processes, and reveals the high activity origins of SACs at the atomic scale. Finally, the key challenges are summarized and an outlook on the design, identification of active sites, and the appropriate application of artificial intelligence technology is provided for achieving scale-up application of SACs in petrochemical process.
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- Min Li
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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Xu W, Liu HX, Hu Y, Wang Z, Huang ZQ, Huang C, Lin J, Chang CR, Wang A, Wang X, Zhang T. Metal-Oxo Electronic Tuning via In Situ CO Decoration for Promoting Methane Conversion to Oxygenates over Single-Atom Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315343. [PMID: 38425130 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Direct methane conversion (DMC) to oxygenates at low temperature is of great value but remains challenging due to the high energy barrier for C-H bond activation. Here, we report that in situ decoration of Pd1-ZSM-5 single atom catalyst (SAC) by CO molecules significantly promoted the DMC reaction, giving the highest turnover frequency of 207 h-1 ever reported at room temperature and ~100 % oxygenates selectivity with H2O2 as oxidant. Combined characterizations and DFT calculations illustrate that the C-atom of CO prefers to coordinate with Pd1, which donates electrons to the Pd1-O active center (L-Pd1-O, L=CO) generated by H2O2 oxidation. The correspondingly improved electron density over Pd-O pair renders a favorable heterolytic dissociation of C-H bond with low energy barrier of 0.48 eV. Applying CO decoration strategy to M1-ZSM-5 (M=Pd, Rh, Ru, Fe) enables improvement of oxygenates productivity by 3.2-11.3 times, highlighting the generalizability of this method in tuning metal-oxo electronic structure of SACs for efficient DMC process.
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- Weibin Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi An Shi, Xi'an, 710049, 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
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, 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
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi An Shi, Xi'an, 710049, 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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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi An Shi, Xi'an, 710049, 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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Qin Y, Li L, Liu H, Han J, Wang H, Zhu X, Ge Q. Anionic oxyl radical formed on CrVI-oxo anchored on the defect site of the UiO-66 node facilitates methane to methanol conversion. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:134701. [PMID: 38557845 DOI: 10.1063/5.0201753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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The direct conversion of methane to methanol has attracted increasing interest due to abundant and low-cost natural gas resources. Herein, by anchoring Cr-oxo/-oxyhydroxides on UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks, we demonstrate that reactive anionic oxyl radicals can be formed by controlling the coordination environment based on the results of density functional theory calculations. The anionic oxyl radicals produced at the completely oxidized CrVI site acted as the active species for facile methane activation. The thermodynamically stable CrVI-oxo/-oxyhydroxides with the anionic oxyl radicals catalyze the activation of the methane C-H bond through a homolytic mechanism. An analysis of the results showed that the catalytic performance of the active oxyl species correlates with the reaction energy of methane activation and H adsorption energies. Following methanol formation, N2O can regenerate the active sites on the most stable CrVI oxyhydroxides, i.e., the Cr(O)4Hf species. The present study demonstrated that the anionic oxyl radicals formed on the anchored CrVI oxyhydroxides by tuning the coordination environment enabled facile methane activation and facilitated methanol production.
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- Yuyao Qin
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA
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Chen Z, Gulam Rabbani SM, Liu Q, Bi W, Duan J, Lu Z, Schweitzer NM, Getman RB, Hupp JT, Chapman KW. Atomically Precise Single-Site Catalysts via Exsolution in a Polyoxometalate-Metal-Organic-Framework Architecture. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7950-7955. [PMID: 38483267 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Single-site catalysts (SSCs) achieve a high catalytic performance through atomically dispersed active sites. A challenge facing the development of SSCs is aggregation of active catalytic species. Reducing the loading of these sites to very low levels is a common strategy to mitigate aggregation and sintering; however, this limits the tools that can be used to characterize the SSCs. Here we report a sintering-resistant SSC with high loading that is achieved by incorporating Anderson-Evans polyoxometalate clusters (POMs, MMo6O24, M = Rh/Pt) within NU-1000, a Zr-based metal-organic framework (MOF). The dual confinement provided by isolating the active site within the POM, then isolating the POMs within the MOF, facilitates the formation of isolated noble metal sites with low coordination numbers via exsolution from the POM during activation. The high loading (up to 3.2 wt %) that can be achieved without sintering allowed the local structure transformation in the POM cluster and the surrounding MOF to be evaluated using in situ X-ray scattering with pair distribution function (PDF) analysis. Notably, the Rh/Pt···Mo distance in the active catalyst is shorter than the M···M bond lengths in the respective bulk metals. Models of the active cluster structure were identified based on the PDF data with complementary computation and X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis.
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- Zhihengyu Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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Wang Y, Zhao W, Chen X, Ji Y, Zhu X, Chen X, Mei D, Shi H, Lercher JA. Methane-H 2S Reforming Catalyzed by Carbon and Metal Sulfide Stabilized Sulfur Dimers. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:8630-8640. [PMID: 38488522 PMCID: PMC10979457 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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H2S reforming of methane (HRM) provides a potential strategy to directly utilize sour natural gas for the production of COx-free H2 and sulfur chemicals. Several carbon allotropes were found to be active and selective for HRM, while the additional presence of transition metals led to further rate enhancements and outstanding stability (e.g., Ru supported on carbon black). Most metals are transformed to sulfides, but the carbon supports prevent sintering under the harsh reaction conditions. Supported by theoretical calculations, kinetic and isotopic investigations with representative catalysts showed that H2S decomposition and the recombination of surface H atoms are quasi-equilibrated, while the first C-H bond scission is the kinetically relevant step. Theory and experiments jointly establish that dynamically formed surface sulfur dimers are responsible for methane activation and catalytic turnovers on sulfide and carbon surfaces that are otherwise inert without reaction-derived active sites.
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- Yong Wang
- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong
University, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Institute
for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Tiangong
University, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou
University, Yangzhou 225002, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Institute
for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Haider SNUZ, Qureshi WA, Ali RN, Shaosheng R, Naveed A, Ali A, Yaseen M, Liu Q, Yang J. Contemporary advances in photocatalytic CO 2 reduction using single-atom catalysts supported on carbon-based materials. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 323:103068. [PMID: 38101149 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.103068] [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: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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The persistent issue of CO2 emissions and their subsequent impact on the Earth's atmosphere can be effectively addressed through the utilization of efficient photocatalysts. Employing a sustainable carbon cycle via photocatalysis presents a promising technology for simultaneously managing the greenhouse effect and the energy dilemma. However, the efficiency of energy conversion encounters limitations due to inadequate carrier utilization and a deficiency of reactive sites. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have demonstrated exceptional performance in efficiently addressing the aforementioned challenges. This review article commences with an overview of SAC types, structures, fundamentals, synthesis strategies, and characterizations, providing a logical foundation for the design and properties of SACs based on the correlation between their structure and efficiency. Additionally, we delve into the general mechanism and the role of SACs in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Furthermore, we furnish a comprehensive survey of the latest advancements in SACs concerning their capacity to enhance efficiency, long-term stability, and selectivity in CO2 reduction. Carbon-structured support materials such as covalent organic frameworks (COFs), graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs), and graphene-based photocatalysts have garnered significant attention due to their substantial surface area, superior conductivity, and chemical stability. These carbon-based materials are frequently chosen as support matrices for anchoring single metal atoms, thereby enhancing catalytic activity and selectivity. The motivation behind this review article lies in evaluating recent developments in photocatalytic CO2 reduction employing SACs supported on carbon substrates. In conclusion, we highlight critical issues associated with SACs, potential prospects in photocatalytic CO2 reduction, and existing challenges. This review article is dedicated to providing a comprehensive and organized compilation of recent research findings on carbon support materials for SACs in photocatalytic CO2 reduction, with a specific focus on materials that are environmentally friendly, readily accessible, cost-effective, and exceptionally efficient. This work offers a critical assessment and serves as a systematic reference for the development of SACs supported on MOFs, COFs, g-C3N4, graphene, and CTFs support materials to enhance photocatalytic CO2 conversion.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China; Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, Katowice 40-600, Poland
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, PR China.
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Song X, Basheer C, Zare RN. Water Microdroplets-Initiated Methane Oxidation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:27198-27204. [PMID: 38054976 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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The special redox reactivity of water microdroplets causes "mild ignition" of methane gas to form methane oxygenates. The C(sp3)-H bond of methane can be activated by the hydroxyl radical (OH·) or the hydrogen radical (H·) across the air-water interface (AWI) of microdroplets to generate the methyl radical (CH3·). Once CH3· is formed, it undergoes free-radical reactions with O2 in the air, excessive OH· and H· across the AWI, and H2O2 present at the AWI and generated CH3· itself to produce methanol and other species. Production of the methanol and other oxygenates was confirmed by gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and 1H- and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance. Formic acid, acetic acid, ethanol, carbon dioxide, and methyl peroxide were also detected as methane oxidation byproducts. This water microdroplet-initiated oxidation process can be further enhanced under ultrasonication to yield 2.66 ± 0.77 mM methanol conversion from the methane gas in a single spray run for 30 min, with a selectivity of 19.2% compared with all other oxygenated species.
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- Xiaowei Song
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Kishore MA, Lee S, Yoo JS. Fundamental Limitation in Electrochemical Methane Oxidation to Alcohol: A Review and Theoretical Perspective on Overcoming It. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2301912. [PMID: 37740423 PMCID: PMC10625077 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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The direct conversion of gaseous methane to energy-dense liquid derivatives such as methanol and ethanol is of profound importance for the more efficient utilization of natural gas. However, the thermo-catalytic partial oxidation of this simple alkane has been a significant challenge due to the high C-H bond energy. Exploiting electrocatalysis for methane activation via active oxygen species generated on the catalyst surface through electrochemical water oxidation is generally considered as economically viable and environmentally benign compared to energy-intensive thermo-catalysis. Despite recent progress in electrochemical methane oxidation to alcohol, the competing oxygen evolution reaction (OER) still impedes achieving high faradaic efficiency and product selectivity. In this review, an overview of current progress in electrochemical methane oxidation, focusing on mechanistic insights on methane activation, catalyst design principles based on descriptors, and the effect of reaction conditions on catalytic performance are provided. Mechanistic requirements for high methanol selectivity, and limitations of using water as the oxidant are discussed, and present the perspective on how to overcome these limitations by employing carbonate ions as the oxidant.
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- M.R. Ashwin Kishore
- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of SeoulSeoul02504Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of SeoulSeoul02504Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of SeoulSeoul02504Republic of Korea
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Nie S, Wu L, Wang X. Electron-Delocalization-Stabilized Photoelectrocatalytic Coupling of Methane by NiO-Polyoxometalate Sub-1 nm Heterostructures. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:23681-23690. [PMID: 37861371 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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The oxidative coupling of methane to C2 oxygenates merits great scientific and technological potential yet remains a challenge due to its inferior selectivity. Subnanomaterials (SNMs) with "p-n-p-n"-type heteroconstructions feature enhanced external field coupling properties and tunable electronic structures, serving as promising catalysts for the selective partial oxidation of methane. Here we develop NiO-polyoxometalate (POM) subnanocoils with a thickness of 1.8 nm, showing excellent catalytic activity toward photoelectrochemical coupling of methane into a C2 product under mild conditions (1 bar, 25 °C) with a notable productivity (up to 4.48 mmol gcat-1 h-1) and a high selectivity (>99%). Under photoelectrochemical coupling, C-H bonds can be activated by NiO, and the resulted *COOH intermediates are stabilized by the delocalized electrons in POM clusters. The contiguous active sites of NiO and POM at the molecular level allow the in situ coupling of *COOH into oxalate. This work points out an economic way for the oxidation of methane under mild conditions and may enlighten the design of functional SNMs from fundamental standpoints.
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- Siyang Nie
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Vali SA, Markeb AA, Moral-Vico J, Font X, Sánchez A. Recent Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Methanol: From the Challenges of Traditional Catalysts to the Use of Nanomaterials and Metal-Organic Frameworks. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2754. [PMID: 37887905 PMCID: PMC10609106 DOI: 10.3390/nano13202754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Methane and carbon dioxide are the main contributors to global warming, with the methane effect being 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Although the sources of methane are diverse, it is a very volatile and explosive gas. One way to store the energy content of methane is through its conversion to methanol. Methanol is a liquid under ambient conditions, easy to transport, and, apart from its use as an energy source, it is a chemical platform that can serve as a starting material for the production of various higher-value products. Accordingly, the transformation of methane to methanol has been extensively studied in the literature, using traditional catalysts as different types of zeolites. However, in the last few years, a new generation of catalysts has emerged to carry out this transformation with higher conversion and selectivity, and more importantly, under mild temperature and pressure conditions. These new catalysts typically involve the use of a highly porous supporting material such as zeolite, or more recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and graphene, and metallic nanoparticles or a combination of different types of nanoparticles that are the core of the catalytic process. In this review, recent advances in the porous supports for nanoparticles used for methane oxidation to methanol under mild conditions are discussed.
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- Composting Research Group (GICOM), Department of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Huang E, Liu P. Theoretical Perspective of Promoting Direct Methane-to-Methanol Conversion at Complex Metal Oxide-Metal Interfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:6556-6563. [PMID: 37458591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Direct methane conversion to methanol has been considered as an effective and economic way to address greenhouse effects and the current high demand for methanol in industry. However, the process has long been challenging due to lack of viable catalysts to compromise the activation of methane that typically occurs at high temperatures and retaining of produced methanol that requires mild conditions. This Perspective demonstrates an effective strategy to promote direct methane to methanol conversion by engineering the active sites and chemical environments at complex metal oxide - copper oxide - copper interfaces. Such effort strongly depends on extensive theoretical studies by combining density functional theory (DFT) calculations and kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations to provide in-depth understanding of reaction mechanism and active sites, which build a strong basis to enable the identification of design principles and advance the catalyst optimization for selective CH4-to-CH3OH conversion.
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- Erwei Huang
- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Chemistry Division, 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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Li H, Xiong C, Fei M, Ma L, Zhang H, Yan X, Tieu P, Yuan Y, Zhang Y, Nyakuchena J, Huang J, Pan X, Waegele MM, Jiang DE, Wang D. Selective Formation of Acetic Acid and Methanol by Direct Methane Oxidation Using Rhodium Single-Atom Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:11415-11419. [PMID: 37172099 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Atomically dispersed catalysts such as single-atom catalysts have been shown to be effective in selectively oxidizing methane, promising a direct synthetic route to value-added oxygenates such as acetic acid or methanol. However, an important challenge of this approach has been that the loading of active sites by single-atom catalysts is low, leading to a low overall yield of the products. Here, we report an approach that can address this issue. It utilizes a metal-organic framework built with porphyrin as the linker, which provides high concentrations of binding sites to support atomically dispersed rhodium. It is shown that up to 5 wt% rhodium loading can be achieved with excellent dispersity. When used for acetic acid synthesis by methane oxidation, a new benchmark performance of 23.62 mmol·gcat-1·h-1 was measured. Furthermore, the catalyst exhibits a unique sensitivity to light, producing acetic acid (under illumination, up to 66.4% selectivity) or methanol (in the dark, up to 65.0% selectivity) under otherwise identical reaction conditions.
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- Haoyi Li
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
- Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
- Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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Luo L, Han X, Wang K, Xu Y, Xiong L, Ma J, Guo Z, Tang J. Nearly 100% selective and visible-light-driven methane conversion to formaldehyde via. single-atom Cu and W δ. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2690. [PMID: 37165020 PMCID: PMC10172301 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38334-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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Direct solar-driven methane (CH4) reforming is highly desirable but challenging, particularly to achieve a value-added product with high selectivity. Here, we identify a synergistic ensemble effect of atomically dispersed copper (Cu) species and partially reduced tungsten (Wδ+), stabilised over an oxygen-vacancy-rich WO3, which enables exceptional photocatalytic CH4 conversion to formaldehyde (HCHO) under visible light, leading to nearly 100% selectivity, a very high yield of 4979.0 μmol·g-1 within 2 h, and the normalised mass activity of 8.5 × 106 μmol·g-1Cu·h-1 of HCHO at ambient temperature. In-situ EPR and XPS analyses indicate that the Cu species serve as the electron acceptor, promoting the photo-induced electron transfer from the conduction band to O2, generating reactive •OOH radicals. In parallel, the adjacent Wδ+ species act as the hole acceptor and the preferred adsorption and activation site of H2O to produce hydroxyl radicals (•OH), and thus activate CH4 to methyl radicals (•CH3). The synergy of the adjacent dual active sites boosts the overall efficiency and selectivity of the conversion process.
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- Lei Luo
- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, The Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, 710127, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, 116023, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, The Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, 710127, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, The Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, 710127, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, 999077, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK.
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Harrath K, Yao Z, Jiang YF, Wang YG, Li J. Activity Origin of the Nickel Cluster on TiC Support for Nonoxidative Methane Conversion. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:4033-4041. [PMID: 37093648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Designing an active and selective catalyst for nonoxidative conversion of methane under mild conditions is critical for natural gas utilization as a chemical feedstock. Here, we demonstrate that the origin of the selective nonoxidative conversion of methane by the titanium carbide supported nickel cluster arises from the formation of a nickel carbide site under the reaction conditions, which could stabilize the CHx intermediate to facilitate the C-C coupling, but further coking is rather limited. The reaction mechanism reveals that the C2 products can be formed via a key -CHx-CH3 intermediate. In addition, we demonstrate that boration of the nickel cluster site can improve the methane conversion toward C2 products. That higher activity and selectivity from the moderate rise in d orbital energy levels can therefore be considered as a descriptor of the catalyst effectiveness. These findings provide an understanding of the dynamic behavior of the single nickel cluster toward methane conversion to C2 products and guidance for their future rational design.
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- Karim Harrath
- Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Dong H, Zhao Z, Wu Z, Cheng C, Luo X, Li S, Ma T. Metal-oxo Cluster Mediated Atomic Rh with High Accessibility for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207527. [PMID: 36651013 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Achieving single-atom catalysts (SACs) with high metal content and outstanding performance as well as robust stability is critically needed for clean and sustainable energy. However, most of the synthesized SACs are undesired on the loading content of the metal due to the anchored metals and the supports as well as the synthesizing methods. Herein, a Rh-SAC with high accessibility by loading it on the metal nodes of metal-porphyrin-based PCN MOFs (PCN-224) as supporting material is reported. Significantly, the PCN-Rh15.9 /KB catalyst with a high Rh content of 15.9 wt% exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution activity with a low overpotential of 25 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 and a mass activity of 7.7 A mg-1 Rh at overpotential of 150 mV, which is much better than that of the commercial Rh/C. Various characterizations reveal the Rh species is stabilized by the metal nodes bearing -O/OHx in MOFs, which is of importance for the high loading amount and the good activity. This work establishes an efficient approach to synthesize high content SACs on the nodes of MOFs for wide catalyst design.
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- Hai Dong
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Ultrasound, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Tao S, Yang D, Wang M, Sun G, Xiong G, Gao W, Zhang Y, Pan Y. Single-atom catalysts for hydroformylation of olefins. iScience 2023; 26:106183. [PMID: 36922997 PMCID: PMC10009200 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Hydroformylation is one of the most significant homogeneous reactions. Compared with homogeneous catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts are easy to be separated from the system. However, heterogeneous catalysis faces the problems of low activity and poor chemical/regional selectivity. Therefore, there are theoretical and practical significance to develop efficient heterogeneous catalysts. SACs can be widely applied in hydroformylation in the future, due to the high atom utilization efficiency, stable active sites, easy separation, and recovery. In this review, the recent advances of SACs for hydroformylation are summarized. The regulation of microstructure affected on the reactivity, stability of SACs, and chem/regioselectivity of SACs for hydroformylation are discussed. The support effect, ligand effect, and electron effect on the performance of SACs are proposed, and the catalytic mechanism of SACs is elaborated. Finally, we summarize the current challenges in this field, and propose the design and research ideas of SACs for hydroformylation of olefins.
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- Shu Tao
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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Jurado L, Esvan J, Luque-Álvarez LA, Bobadilla LF, Odriozola JA, Posada-Pérez S, Poater A, Comas-Vives A, Axet MR. Highly dispersed Rh single atoms over graphitic carbon nitride as a robust catalyst for the hydroformylation reaction. Catal Sci Technol 2023; 13:1425-1436. [PMID: 36895514 PMCID: PMC9986719 DOI: 10.1039/d2cy02094g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation, effective tool in bulk and fine-chemical synthesis, predominantly uses soluble metal complexes. For that reason, the metal leaching and the catalyst recycling are still the major drawbacks of this process. Single-atom catalysts have emerged as a powerful tool to combine the advantages of both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Since using an appropriate support material is key to create stable, finely dispersed, single-atom catalysts, here we show that Rh atoms anchored on graphitic carbon nitride are robust catalysts for the hydroformylation reaction of styrene.
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- Lole Jurado
- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse 205 Route de Narbonne F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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- CIRIMAT, CNRS-INPT-UPS, Université de Toulouse 4 Allée Emile Monso 31030 Toulouse France
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Centro Mixto CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Av. Américo Vespucio 49 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Centro Mixto CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Av. Américo Vespucio 49 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Centro Mixto CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Av. Américo Vespucio 49 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona c/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona c/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69 17003 Girona Catalonia Spain
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien 1060 Vienna Austria.,Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Catalonia Spain
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- CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), UPS, INPT, Université de Toulouse 205 Route de Narbonne F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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Ru single-atom catalyst anchored on sulfated zirconia for direct methane conversion to methanol. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64191-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Wang Q, Yu G, Yang E, Chen W. Through the Self-Optimization process to achieve high OER activity of SAC catalysts within the framework of TMO 3@G and TMO 4@G: A High-Throughput theoretical study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 640:405-414. [PMID: 36867937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.122] [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: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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High-throughput DFT calculations are performed to explore the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activity of a series of 2D graphene-based systems with TMO3 or TMO4 functional units. By screening the 3d/4d/5d transition metal (TM) atoms, a total of twelve TMO3@G or TMO4@G systems had extremely low overpotential of 0.33 ∼ 0.59 V, in which the V/Nb/Ta atom in VB group and Ru/Co/Rh/Ir atom in VIII group served as the active sites. The mechanism analysis reveals that the filling of outer electrons of TM atom can play an important role in determining the overpotential value by affecting the ΔGO* value as an effective descriptor. Especially, in addition to the general situation of OER on the clean surface of the systems containing the Rh/Ir metal centers, the self-optimization process of TM-sites was carried out, and it made most of these single-atom catalysts (SAC) systems to have high OER catalytic activity. All these fascinating findings can contribute to an in-depth understanding of the OER catalytic activity and mechanism of the excellent graphene-based SAC systems. This work will facilitate the design and implementation of non-precious and highly efficient OER catalysts in the near future.
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- Qingxian Wang
- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fujian-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fujian-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fujian-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Industrial Biocatalysis, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fujian-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Academy of Carbon Neutrality of Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Yan Z, Xu H, Huang L, Fu H, Li S. Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol on the M-O-Ag/Graphene (M = Ag, Cu) Composite Catalyst: A DFT Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:2422-2434. [PMID: 36734609 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Partial oxidation of methane (CH4) to methanol (CH3OH) remains a great challenge in the field of catalysis due to its low selectivity and productivity. Herein, Ag-O-Ag/graphene and Cu-O-Ag/graphene composite catalysts are proposed to oxidize methane (CH4) to methanol (CH3OH) by using the first-principles calculations. It is shown that reactive oxygen species (μ-O) on both catalysts can activate the C-H bond of CH4, and in addition to CH4 activation, the catalytic activity follows the order of Ag-O-Ag/graphene (singlet) > Ag-O-Ag/graphene (triplet) ≈ Cu-O-Ag/graphene (triplet) > Cu-O-Ag/graphene (singlet). For CH3OH* formation, the catalytic activity follows the order of Cu-O-Ag/graphene (triplet) > Ag-O-Ag/graphene (triplet) > Ag-O-Ag/graphene (singlet) > Cu-O-Ag/graphene (singlet). It can be inferred that the introduction of Cu not only reduces the use of noble metal Ag but also exhibits a catalytic effect comparable to that of the Ag-O-Ag/graphene catalyst. Our findings will provide a new avenue for understanding and designing highly effective catalysts for the direct conversion of CH4 to CH3OH.
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- Zhiguo Yan
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology of Hubei Province, Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan430205, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology of Hubei Province, Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan430205, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology of Hubei Province, Engineering Research Center of Phosphorus Resources Development and Utilization of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan430205, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510641, P. R. China
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- Hubei Three Gorges Laboratory, Yichang443007, China
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Li S, Xu Y, Wang H, Teng B, Liu Q, Li Q, Xu L, Liu X, Lu J. Tuning the CO 2 Hydrogenation Selectivity of Rhodium Single-Atom Catalysts on Zirconium Dioxide with Alkali Ions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218167. [PMID: 36573769 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218167] [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: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Tuning the coordination environments of metal single atoms (M1 ) in single-atom catalysts has shown large impacts on catalytic activity and stability but often barely on selectivity in thermocatalysis. Here, we report that simultaneously regulating both Rh1 atoms and ZrO2 support with alkali ions (e.g., Na) enables efficient switching of the reaction products from nearly 100 % CH4 to above 99 % CO in CO2 hydrogenation in a wide temperature range (240-440 °C) along with a record high activity of 9.4 molCO gRh -1 h-1 at 300 °C and long-term stability. In situ spectroscopic characterization and theoretical calculations unveil that alkali ions on ZrO2 change the surface intermediate from formate to carboxy species during CO2 activation, thus leading to exclusive CO formation. Meanwhile, alkali ions also reinforce the electronic Rh1 -support interactions, endowing the Rh1 atoms more electron deficient, which improves the stability against sintering and inhibits deep hydrogenation of CO to CH4 .
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- Shang Li
- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brine Chemical Engineering and Resource Eco-utilization, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Opalade AA, Tang Y, Tao FF. Integrated in situ spectroscopic studies on syngas production from partial oxidation of methane catalyzed by atomically dispersed rhodium cations on ceria. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:4070-4080. [PMID: 36651173 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03216c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Catalytic reforming of methane to produce syngas is an important strategy for producing value-added chemicals. The conventional reforming catalyst relies on supported nickel nanoparticles. In this work, we investigated singly dispersed Rh cations anchored on a CeO2 catalyst (Rh1/CeO2) for high activity and selectivity towards the production of syngas via partial oxidation of methane (POM) in the temperature range of 600-700 °C. The yields of H2 and CO at 700 °C are 83% and 91%, respectively. The anchored Rh1 atoms on CeO2 of Rh1/CeO2 are in the cationic state, and on an average each Rh1 atom coordinates with 4-5 surface lattice oxygen atoms of CeO2. Compared to inert CeO2 for POM, via the incorporation of single-atom sites, Rh1 modifies the electronic state of oxygen atoms proximal to the Rh1 atoms and thus triggers the catalytic activity of CeO2. The high activity of single-atom catalyst Rh1/CeO2 suggests that the incorporation of single atoms of transition metals to the surface of a reducible oxide can modulate the electronic state of proximal anions of the oxide support toward forming an electronic state favorable for the selective formation of ideal products.
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- Adedamola A Opalade
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, KS 66045, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, KS 66045, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, KS 66045, USA.
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Nkinahamira F, Yang R, Zhu R, Zhang J, Ren Z, Sun S, Xiong H, Zeng Z. Current Progress on Methods and Technologies for Catalytic Methane Activation at Low Temperatures. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2204566. [PMID: 36504369 PMCID: PMC9929156 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Methane (CH4 ) is an attractive energy source and important greenhouse gas. Therefore, from the economic and environmental point of view, scientists are working hard to activate and convert CH4 into various products or less harmful gas at low-temperature. Although the inert nature of CH bonds requires high dissociation energy at high temperatures, the efforts of researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of catalysts to activate CH4 at low temperatures. In this review, the efficient catalysts designed to reduce the CH4 oxidation temperature and improve conversion efficiencies are described. First, noble metals and transition metal-based catalysts are summarized for activating CH4 in temperatures ranging from 50 to 500 °C. After that, the partial oxidation of CH4 at relatively low temperatures, including thermocatalysis in the liquid phase, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and nonthermal plasma technologies, is briefly discussed. Finally, the challenges and perspectives are presented to provide a systematic guideline for designing and synthesizing the highly efficient catalysts in the complete/partial oxidation of CH4 at low temperatures.
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- François Nkinahamira
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentShenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and ControlSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringCity University of Hong Kong83 Tat Chee AvenueKowloonHong Kong999077P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentShenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and ControlSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentShenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and ControlSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentShenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and ControlSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and EnvironmentShenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Prevention and ControlSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringHarbin Institute of Technology ShenzhenShenzhen518055P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid SurfacesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringCity University of Hong Kong83 Tat Chee AvenueKowloonHong Kong999077P. R. China
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Li H, Fei M, Troiano JL, Ma L, Yan X, Tieu P, Yuan Y, Zhang Y, Liu T, Pan X, Brudvig GW, Wang D. Selective Methane Oxidation by Heterogenized Iridium Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:769-773. [PMID: 36594824 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Oxidative methane (CH4) carbonylation promises a direct route to the synthesis of value-added oxygenates such as acetic acid (CH3COOH). Here, we report a strategy to realize oxidative CH4 carbonylation through immobilized Ir complexes on an oxide support. Our immobilization approach not only enables direct CH4 activation but also allows for easy separation and reutilization of the catalyst. Furthermore, we show that a key step, methyl migration, that forms a C-C bond, is sensitive to the electrophilicity of carbonyl, which can be tuned by a gentle reduction to the Ir centers. While the as-prepared catalyst that mainly featured Ir(IV) preferred CH3COOH production, a reduced catalyst featuring predominantly Ir(III) led to a significant increase of CH3OH production at the expense of the reduced yield of CH3COOH.
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- Haoyi Li
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States.,Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, the United States
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States.,Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, the United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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Valente JS, Quintana-Solórzano R, Armendáriz-Herrera H, Millet JMM. Decarbonizing Petrochemical Processes: Contribution and Perspectives of the Selective Oxidation of C 1–C 3 Paraffins. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Jaime S. Valente
- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon, IRCELYON, Lyon I, 2 Avenue A. Einstein, F-69626, Villeurbanne, France
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In aqua dual selective photocatalytic conversion of methane to formic acid and methanol with oxygen and water as oxidants without overoxidation. iScience 2023; 26:105942. [PMID: 36711239 PMCID: PMC9876743 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.105942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The direct and selective transformation of naturally abundant methane (CH4) into high-value-added oxygenates, e.g., methanol, ethanol, and formic acid, is one of the "Holy Grails" in chemistry and chemical productions. However, complex mixtures of products, often due to over-oxidations, make such transformations highly challenging. Herein, gallium nitride (GaN), a methane-active semiconductor, catalyzes the photooxidation of methane and empowers the fine-controlling of chemoselectivity toward methanol and formic acids, simply by regulating the O2 content in water. In contrast to previous methods, no overoxidation products (CO2 and CO) were observed in this process. Mechanistic investigations and the corresponding quantitative experiments indicated that the controllable generation of moderately reactive oxygen radicals (•OOH and •OH) in combination with the direct methane activation triggered by GaN is responsible for the highly selective reactivity and tunability through a photo-generated radical process.
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Li H, Shen Y, Xiao X, Jiang H, Gu Q, Zhang Y, Lin L, Luo W, Zhou S, Zhao J, Wang A, Zhang T, Yang B. Controlled-Release Mechanism Regulates Rhodium Migration and Size Redistribution Boosting Catalytic Methane Conversion. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Hong Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Dalian116024, China
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- Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang110034, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Dalian116024, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Dalian116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Dalian116024, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, China
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Regulating local coordination environment of rhodium single atoms in Rh/CeO2 catalysts for N2O decomposition. J RARE EARTH 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hydroperoxyl-mediated C-H bond activation on Cr single atom catalyst: An alternative to the Fenton mechanism. J Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Doping low amount of Zirconium in Rh-LTO to prepare durable catalysts for dry reforming of methane. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Embedding Group VIII Elements into a 2D Rigid pc-C 3N 2 Monolayer to Achieve Single-Atom Catalysts with Excellent OER Activity: A DFT Theoretical Study. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 28:molecules28010254. [PMID: 36615448 PMCID: PMC9821954 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Under DFT calculations, a systematic investigation is carried out to explore the structures and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic activities of a series of 2D single-atom catalyst (SAC) systems, which are constructed by doping the transition metal (TM) atoms in group VIII into the cavities of rigid phthalocyanine carbide (pc-C3N2). We can find that when Co, Rh, Ir and Ru atoms are doped in the small or large cavities of a pc-C3N2 monolayer, they can be used as high-activity centers of OER. All these four new TM@C3N2 nanostructures can exhibit very low overpotential values in the range of 0.33~0.48 V, even smaller than the state-of-the-art IrO2 (0.56 V), which indicates considerably high OER catalytic activity. In particular, the Rh@C3N2 system can show the best OER performance, given that doped Rh atoms can uniformly serve as high-OER-active centers, regardless of the size of cavity. In addition, a detailed mechanism analysis was carried out. It is found that in these doped pc-C3N2 systems, the number of outer electrons, the periodic number of doped TM atoms and the size of the embedded cavity can be considered the key factors affecting the OER catalytic activity, and excellent OER catalytic performance can be achieved through their effective cooperation. These fascinating findings can be advantageous for realizing low-cost and high-performance SAC catalysts for OER in the near future.
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Zhang T, Li M, Zheng P, Li J, Gao J, He H, Gu F, Chen W, Ji Y, Zhong Z, Bai D, Xu G, Su F. Highly Efficient Hydrosilylation of Ethyne over Pt/ZrO 2 Catalysts with Size-Dependent Metal–Support Interactions. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Tengfei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology, China Three Gorges Corporation, Beijing100049, China
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- A*STAR, Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island627833, Singapore
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- School of Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing100048, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou515063, China
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa32000, Israel
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials, Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, P. R. China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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Dramatic Size‐dependence of Rh
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Dummer NF, Willock DJ, He Q, Howard MJ, Lewis RJ, Qi G, Taylor SH, Xu J, Bethell D, Kiely CJ, Hutchings GJ. Methane Oxidation to Methanol. Chem Rev 2022; 123:6359-6411. [PMID: 36459432 PMCID: PMC10176486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The direct transformation of methane to methanol remains a significant challenge for operation at a larger scale. Central to this challenge is the low reactivity of methane at conditions that can facilitate product recovery. This review discusses the issue through examination of several promising routes to methanol and an evaluation of performance targets that are required to develop the process at scale. We explore the methods currently used, the emergence of active heterogeneous catalysts and their design and reaction mechanisms and provide a critical perspective on future operation. Initial experiments are discussed where identification of gas phase radical chemistry limited further development by this approach. Subsequently, a new class of catalytic materials based on natural systems such as iron or copper containing zeolites were explored at milder conditions. The key issues of these technologies are low methane conversion and often significant overoxidation of products. Despite this, interest remains high in this reaction and the wider appeal of an effective route to key products from C-H activation, particularly with the need to transition to net carbon zero with new routes from renewable methane sources is exciting.
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- Nicholas F. Dummer
- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan430071, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan430071, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, LiverpoolL69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania18015, United States
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- Max Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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Liu B, Huang M, Fang Z, Kong L, Xu Y, Li Z, Liu X. Breaking the scaling relationship in selective oxidation of methane via dynamic Metal-Intermediate Coordination-Induced modulation of reactivity descriptors on an atomically dispersed Rh/ZrO2 catalyst. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.10.012] [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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Sarma BB, Maurer F, Doronkin DE, Grunwaldt JD. Design of Single-Atom Catalysts and Tracking Their Fate Using Operando and Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Tools. Chem Rev 2022; 123:379-444. [PMID: 36418229 PMCID: PMC9837826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The potential of operando X-ray techniques for following the structure, fate, and active site of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is highlighted with emphasis on a synergetic approach of both topics. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and related X-ray techniques have become fascinating tools to characterize solids and they can be applied to almost all the transition metals deriving information about the symmetry, oxidation state, local coordination, and many more structural and electronic properties. SACs, a newly coined concept, recently gained much attention in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. In this way, one can achieve a minimum use of the metal, theoretically highest efficiency, and the design of only one active site-so-called single site catalysts. While single sites are not easy to characterize especially under operating conditions, XAS as local probe together with complementary methods (infrared spectroscopy, electron microscopy) is ideal in this research area to prove the structure of these sites and the dynamic changes during reaction. In this review, starting from their fundamentals, various techniques related to conventional XAS and X-ray photon in/out techniques applied to single sites are discussed with detailed mechanistic and in situ/operando studies. We systematically summarize the design strategies of SACs and outline their exploration with XAS supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and recent machine learning tools.
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- Bidyut Bikash Sarma
- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany,
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany,
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Hamadi H, Shakerzadeh E, Esrafili MD. Exploring the potential use of Fe-decorated B40 borospherene as a prospective catalyst for oxidation of methane to methanol. J Mol Graph Model 2022; 118:108369. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Liu Y, Wang R, Russell CK, Jia P, Yao Y, Huang W, Radosz M, Gasem KA, Adidharma H, Fan M. Mechanisms for direct methane conversion to oxygenates at low temperature. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Machado R, Dimitrakopoulou M, Girgsdies F, Löser P, Xie J, Wittich K, Weber M, Geske M, Glaum R, Karbstein A, Rosowski F, Titlbach S, Skorupska K, Tarasov AV, Schlögl R, Schunk SA. Platinum Group Metal-Doped Tungsten Phosphates for Selective C–H Activation of Lower Alkanes. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rhea Machado
- BasCat-UniCat BASF JointLab, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- BasCat-UniCat BASF JointLab, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- hte GmbH, Kurpfalzring 104, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- BasCat-UniCat BASF JointLab, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- BasCat-UniCat BASF JointLab, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- BASF SE, Process Research and Chemical Engineering, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- BASF SE, Process Research and Chemical Engineering, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- hte GmbH, Kurpfalzring 104, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany
- BASF SE, Process Research and Chemical Engineering, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Institute of Chemical Technology, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstraße 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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One-step direct conversion of methane to methanol with water in non-thermal plasma. Commun Chem 2022; 5:124. [PMID: 36698023 PMCID: PMC9814404 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00735-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Achieving methane-to-methanol is challenging under mild conditions. In this study, methanol is synthesized by one-step direction conversion of CH4 with H2O at room temperature under atmospheric pressure in non-thermal plasma (NTP). This route is characterized by the use of methane and liquid water as the reactants, which enables the transfer of the methanol product to the liquid phase in time to inhibit its further decomposition and conversion. Therefore, the obtained product is free of carbon dioxide. The reaction products include gas and liquid-phase hydrocarbons, CO, CH3OH, and C2H5OH. The combination of plasma and semiconductor materials increases the production rate of methanol. In addition, the addition of Ar or He considerably increases the production rate and selectivity of methanol. The highest production rate of methanol and selectivity in liquid phase can reach 56.7 mmol gcat-1 h-1 and 93%, respectively. Compared with the absence of a catalyst and added gas, a more than 5-fold increase in the methanol production rate is achieved.
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Kinetically rate-determining step modulation by metal—support interactions for CO oxidation on Pt/CeO2. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1361-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Fang G, Hu J, Tian L, Liang J, Lin J, Li L, Zhu C, Wang X. Zirconium‐oxo Nodes of MOFs with Tunable Electronic Properties Provide Effective ⋅OH Species for Enhanced Methane Hydroxylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205077. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Geqian Fang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 19A Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road 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 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guizhou University Guiyang 550025 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116023 China
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Advanced Strategies for Stabilizing Single-Atom Catalysts for Energy Storage and Conversion. ELECTROCHEM ENERGY R 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s41918-022-00169-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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AbstractWell-defined atomically dispersed metal catalysts (or single-atom catalysts) have been widely studied to fundamentally understand their catalytic mechanisms, improve the catalytic efficiency, increase the abundance of active components, enhance the catalyst utilization, and develop cost-effective catalysts to effectively reduce the usage of noble metals. Such single-atom catalysts have relatively higher selectivity and catalytic activity with maximum atom utilization due to their unique characteristics of high metal dispersion and a low-coordination environment. However, freestanding single atoms are thermodynamically unstable, such that during synthesis and catalytic reactions, they inevitably tend to agglomerate to reduce the system energy associated with their large surface areas. Therefore, developing innovative strategies to stabilize single-atom catalysts, including mass-separated soft landing, one-pot pyrolysis, co-precipitation, impregnation, atomic layer deposition, and organometallic complexation, is critically needed. Many types of supporting materials, including polymers, have been commonly used to stabilize single atoms in these fabrication techniques. Herein, we review the stabilization strategies of single-atom catalyst, including different synthesis methods, specific metals and carriers, specific catalytic reactions, and their advantages and disadvantages. In particular, this review focuses on the application of polymers in the synthesis and stabilization of single-atom catalysts, including their functions as carriers for metal single atoms, synthetic templates, encapsulation agents, and protection agents during the fabrication process. The technical challenges that are currently faced by single-atom catalysts are summarized, and perspectives related to future research directions including catalytic mechanisms, enhancement of the catalyst loading content, and large-scale implementation are proposed to realize their practical applications.
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Single-atom catalysts are characterized by high metal dispersibility, weak coordination environments, high catalytic activity and selectivity, and the highest atom utilization. However, due to the free energy of the large surface area, individual atoms are usually unstable and are prone to agglomeration during synthesis and catalytic reactions. Therefore, researchers have developed innovative strategies, such as soft sedimentation, one-pot pyrolysis, coprecipitation, impregnation, step reduction, atomic layer precipitation, and organometallic complexation, to stabilize single-atom catalysts in practical applications. This article summarizes the stabilization strategies for single-atom catalysts from the aspects of their synthesis methods, metal and support types, catalytic reaction types, and its advantages and disadvantages. The focus is on the application of polymers in the preparation and stabilization of single-atom catalysts, including metal single-atom carriers, synthetic templates, encapsulation agents, and the role of polymers as protection agents in the manufacturing process. The main feature of polymers and polymer-derived materials is that they usually contain abundant heteroatoms, such as N, that possess lone-pair electrons. These lone-pair electrons can anchor the single metal atom through strong coordination interactions. The coordination environment of the lone-pair electrons can facilitate the formation of single-atom catalysts because they can enlarge the average distance of a single precursor adsorbed on the polymer matrix. Polymers with nitrogen groups are favorable candidates for dispersing active single atoms by weakening the tendency of metal aggregation and redistributing the charge densities around single atoms to enhance the catalytic performance. This review provides a summary and analysis of the current technical challenges faced by single-atom catalysts and future research directions, such as the catalytic mechanism of single-atom catalysts, sufficiently high loading, and large-scale implementation.
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Tran NQ, Le BTN, Le TNM, Duy LT, Phan TB, Hong Y, Truong TK, Doan TLH, Yu J, Lee H. Coupling Amorphous Ni Hydroxide Nanoparticles with Single-Atom Rh on Cu Nanowire Arrays for Highly Efficient Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8192-8199. [PMID: 36005807 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Exploring efficient catalysts for alkaline seawater electrolysis is highly desired yet challenging. Herein, coupling single-atom rhodium with amorphous nickel hydroxide nanoparticles on copper nanowire arrays is designed as a new active catalyst for the highly efficient alkaline seawater electrolysis. We found that an amorphous Ni(OH)2 nanoparticle is an effective catalyst to accelerate the water dissociation step. In contrast, the single-atom rhodium is an active site for adsorbed hydrogen recombination to generate H2. The NiRh-Cu NA/CF catalyst shows superior electrocatalytic activity toward HER, surpassing a benchmark Pt@C. In detail, the NiRh-Cu NA/CF catalyst exhibits HER overpotentials as low as 12 and 21 mV with a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in fresh water and seawater, respectively. At high current density, the NiRh-Cu NA/CF catalyst also exhibits an outstanding performance, where 300 mA cm-2 can be obtained at an overpotential of 155 mV and shows a slight fluctuation in the current density over 30 h.
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- Ngoc Quang Tran
- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Information Technology, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Physics, National Institute of Applied Mechanics and Information, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh 710116, Viet Nam
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- Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
- Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Viet Nam
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
- Creative Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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Zhao K, Zhang LX, Xu H, Liu YF, Tang B, Bie LJ. Single-ion chelation strategy for synthesis of monodisperse Pd nanoparticles anchored in MOF-808 for highly efficient hydrogenation and cascade reactions. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:10980-10991. [PMID: 35861189 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02765h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ultrafine Pd nanoparticles are prepared using a single-ion precursor on a MOF-808 carrier. The ligand 2,3-pyrazinedicarboxylic acid (Pza) is dispersed in porous MOF-808 via grafting on formic acid sites, and thus Pd2+ ions are chelated by Pza to form a new single-ion precursor Pd@MOF-808-Pza. Then a Pd-nano@MOF-808-Pza catalyst is prepared by direct reduction of this precursor using NaBH4. Material characterization reveals the homogeneous dispersion of 3-6 nm Pd nanoparticles within the MOF-808 matrix. Pd-nano@MOF-808-Pza exhibits excellent catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of unsaturated nitrogen-containing compounds, and other typical reactions, such as the Knoevenagel condensation, Suzuki/Heck cross-coupling, and hydrogen tandem reactions. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are carried out to elucidate the chelation of Pd2+ ions by Pza on MOF-808 and propose mechanisms of hydrogenation reactions. This work provides an effective reduction catalyst, and more importantly, a single-ion chelation strategy for design and synthesis of metal supported catalysts.
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- Ke Zhao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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Wang Y, Zhang J, Shi WX, Zhuang GL, Zhao QP, Ren J, Zhang P, Yin HQ, Lu TB, Zhang ZM. W Single-Atom Catalyst for CH 4 Photooxidation in Water Vapor. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2204448. [PMID: 35765197 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202204448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solar-driven high-efficiency and direct conversion of methane into high-value-added liquid oxygenates against overoxidation remains a great challenge. Herein, facile and mass fabrication of low-cost tungsten single-atom photocatalysts is achieved by directly calcining urea and sodium tungstate under atmosphere (W-SA-PCN-m, urea amount m = 7.5, 15, 30, and 150 g). The single-atom photocatalysts can manage H2 O2 in situ generation and decomposition into ·OH, thus achieving highly efficient CH4 photooxidation in water vapor under mild conditions. Systematic investigations demonstrate that integration of multifunctions of methane activation, H2 O2 generation, and decomposition into one photocatalyst can dramatically promote methane conversion to C1 oxygenates with a yield as high as 4956 µmol gcat -1 , superior to that of the most reported non-precious photocatalysts. Liquid-solid phase transition can induce the products to facilely switch in from HCOOH to CH3 OH by pulling the catalyst above water with CH3 OH/HCOOH ratio from 10% (in H2 O) to 80% (above H2 O).
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- Ye Wang
- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, P. R. China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy and State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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Shi Y, Zhou Y, Lou Y, Chen Z, Xiong H, Zhu Y. Homogeneity of Supported Single-Atom Active Sites Boosting the Selective Catalytic Transformations. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2201520. [PMID: 35808964 PMCID: PMC9404403 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Selective conversion of specific functional groups to desired products is highly important but still challenging in industrial catalytic processes. The adsorption state of surface species is the key factor in modulating the conversion of functional groups, which is correspondingly determined by the uniformity of active sites. However, the non-identical number of metal atoms, geometric shape, and morphology of conventional nanometer-sized metal particles/clusters normally lead to the non-uniform active sites with diverse geometric configurations and local coordination environments, which causes the distinct adsorption states of surface species. Hence, it is highly desired to modulate the homogeneity of the active sites so that the catalytic transformations can be better confined to the desired direction. In this review, the construction strategies and characterization techniques of the uniform active sites that are atomically dispersed on various supports are examined. In particular, their unique behavior in boosting the catalytic performance in various chemical transformations is discussed, including selective hydrogenation, selective oxidation, Suzuki coupling, and other catalytic reactions. In addition, the dynamic evolution of the active sites under reaction conditions and the industrial utilization of the single-atom catalysts are highlighted. Finally, the current challenges and frontiers are identified, and the perspectives on this flourishing field is provided.
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- Yujie Shi
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological ColloidsMinistry of EducationSchool of Chemical and Material EngineeringJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and MaterialsJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological ColloidsMinistry of EducationSchool of Chemical and Material EngineeringJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and MaterialsJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological ColloidsMinistry of EducationSchool of Chemical and Material EngineeringJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and MaterialsJiangnan UniversityWuxiJiangsu214122P. R. China
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- College of Chemical EngineeringNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing210037P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringXiamen UniversityXiamen361005P. R. China
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- Department of ChemistryTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084P. R. China
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Zhang L, Bao Q, Zhang B, Zhang Y, Wan S, Wang S, Lin J, Xiong H, Mei D, Wang Y. Distinct Role of Surface Hydroxyls in Single-Atom Pt 1/CeO 2 Catalyst for Room-Temperature Formaldehyde Oxidation: Acid-Base Versus Redox. JACS AU 2022; 2:1651-1660. [PMID: 35911462 PMCID: PMC9327081 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The development of highly efficient catalysts for room-temperature formaldehyde (HCHO) oxidation is of great interest for indoor air purification. In this work, it was found that the single-atom Pt1/CeO2 catalyst exhibits a remarkable activity with complete removal of HCHO even at 288 K. Combining density functional theory calculations and in situ DRIFTS experiments, it was revealed that the active OlatticeH site generated on CeO2 in the vicinity of Pt2+ via steam treatment plays a key role in the oxidation of HCHO to formate and its further oxidation to CO2. Such involvement of hydroxyls is fundamentally different from that of cofeeding water which dissociates on metal oxide and catalyzes the acid-base-related chemistry. This study provides an important implication for the design and synthesis of supported Pt catalysts with atom efficiency for a very important practical application-room-temperature HCHO oxidation.
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- Lina Zhang
- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China
- National
Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Voiland
School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Wang Y, Schumann J, Happel EE, Çınar V, Sykes ECH, Stamatakis M, Michaelides A, Hannagan RT. Observation and Characterization of Dicarbonyls on a RhCu Single-Atom Alloy. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:6316-6322. [PMID: 35792939 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Dicarbonyl species are ubiquitous on Rh/oxide catalysts and are known to form on Rh+ centers. However, dicarbonyl species have never been directly observed on single-atom alloys (SAAs) where the active site is metallic. Herein, using surface science and theoretical modeling, we provide evidence of dicarbonyl species at isolated Rh sites on a RhCu(100) SAA. This approach not only enables us to directly visualize dicarbonyl species at Rh sites but also demonstrates that the transition between the mono- and dicarbonyl configuration can be achieved by changing surface temperature and CO pressure. Density functional theory calculations further support the mono- and dicarbonyl assignments and provide evidence that these species should be stable on other SAA combinations. Together, these results provide a picture of the structure and energetics of both the mono- and dicarbonyl configurations on the RhCu(100) SAA surface and should aid with IR assignments on SAA nanoparticle catalysts.
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- Yicheng Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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Fang G, Hu J, Tian L, Liang J, Lin J, Li L, Zhu C, Wang X. Zr‐oxo Nodes of MOFs with Tunable Electronic Properties Provide Effective •OH Species for Enhanced Methane Hydroxylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Geqian Fang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis CHINA
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- Guizhou University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Guizhou University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Guizhou University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis CHINA
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- Guizhou University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian, China 116023 Dalian CHINA
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