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Liu H, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Mu X, Zhang L, Zhu S, Wang K, Yu B, Jiang Y, Zhou J, Yang F. Unveiling Atomic-Scaled Local Chemical Order of High-Entropy Intermetallic Catalyst for Alkyl-Substitution-Dependent Alkyne Semihydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39004825 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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High-entropy intermetallic (HEI) nanocrystals, composed of multiple elements with an ordered structure, are of immense interest in heterogeneous catalysis due to their unique geometric and electronic structures and the cocktail effect. Despite tremendous efforts dedicated to regulating the metal composition and structures with advanced synthetic methodologies to improve the performance, the surface structure, and local chemical order of HEI and their correlation with activity at the atomic level remain obscure yet challenging. Herein, by determining the three-dimensional (3D) atomic structure of quinary PdFeCoNiCu (PdM) HEI using atomic-resolution electron tomography, we reveal that the local chemical order of HEI regulates the surface electronic structures, which further mediates the alkyl-substitution-dependent alkyne semihydrogenation. The 3D structures of HEI PdM nanocrystals feature an ordered (intermetallic) core enclosed by a disordered (solid-solution) shell rather than an ordered surface. The lattice mismatch between the core and shell results in apparent near-surface distortion. The chemical order of the intermetallic core increases with annealing temperature, driving the electron redistribution between Pd and M at the surface, but the surface geometrical (chemically disordered) configurations and compositions are essentially unchanged. We investigate the catalytic performance of HEI PdM with different local chemical orders toward semihydrogenation across a broad range of alkynes, finding that the electron density of surface Pd and the hindrance effect of alkyl substitutions on alkynes are two key factors regulating selective semihydrogenation. We anticipate that these findings on surface atomic structure will clarify the controversy regarding the geometric and/or electronic effects of HEI catalysts and inspire future studies on tuning local chemical order and surface engineering toward enhanced catalysts.
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- Haojie Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Jing Z, Guo Y, Wang Q, Yan X, Yue G, Li Z, Liu H, Qin R, Zhong C, Li M, Xu D, Yao Y, Yao Y, Shuai M. Ambient hydrogenation of solid aromatics enabled by a high entropy alloy nanocatalyst. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5806. [PMID: 38987569 PMCID: PMC11236972 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50009-5] [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: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Hydrogenation is a versatile chemical process with significant applications in various industries, including food production, petrochemical refining, pharmaceuticals, and hydrogen carriers/safety. Traditional hydrogenation of aromatics, hindered by the stable π-conjugated phenyl ring structures, typically requires high temperatures and pressures, making ambient hydrogenation a grand challenge. Herein, we introduce a PdPtRuCuNi high entropy alloy (HEA) nanocatalyst, achieving an exceptional 100% hydrogenation of carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, including alkynyl and phenyl groups, in solid 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (DEB) at 25 °C under ≤1 bar H2 and solventless condition. This results in a threefold higher hydrogen uptake for DEB-contained composites compared to conventional Pd catalysts, which can only hydrogenate the alkynyl groups with a ~ 27% conversion of DEB. Our experimental results, complemented by theoretical calculations, reveal that PdPtRu alloy is highly active and crucial in enabling the hydrogenation of phenyl groups, while all five elements work synergistically to regulate the reaction rate. Remarkably, this newly developed catalyst also achieves nearly 100% reactivity for ambient hydrogenation of a broad range of aromatics, suggesting its universal effectiveness. Our research uncovers a novel material platform and catalyst design principle for efficient and general hydrogenation. The multi-element synergy in HEA also promises unique catalytic behaviors beyond hydrogenation applications.
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- Zekun Jing
- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou, 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou, 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou, 621908, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621907, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou, 621908, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621907, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Jiangyou, 621908, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China.
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621907, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621907, China.
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Wang L, Ma Z, Xue J, Dong Y, Chen LW, Gu Y, Shi H. Structure evolution and specific effects for the catalysis of atomically ordered intermetallic compounds. NANOSCALE 2024. [PMID: 38979693 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01939c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Atomically ordered intermetallic compounds (IMCs) have been extensively studied for exploring catalysts with high activity, selectivity, and longevity. Compared to random alloys, IMCs present a more pronounced geometric and electronic effect with desirable catalytic performance. Their well-defined structure makes IMCs ideal model catalysts for studying the catalytic mechanism. This review focuses especially on elemental composition, electron transfer, and structure/phase evolution under high temperature treatment conditions, providing direct evidence for the migration and rearrangement of metal atoms through electron microscopy. We then present the outstanding applications of IMCs in growing single-walled nanotubes, hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions, and electrocatalysis from the perspective of electronic, geometric, strain, and bifunctional effects of ordered IMCs. Finally, the current obstacles associated with the use of in situ techniques are proposed, as well as future research possibilities.
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- Lei Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- School of Pharmacy & Institute of Pharmaceutics, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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Liu S, Li Y, Wang D, Xi S, Xu H, Wang Y, Li X, Zang W, Liu W, Su M, Yan K, Nielander AC, Wong AB, Lu J, Jaramillo TF, Wang L, Canepa P, He Q. Alkali cation-induced cathodic corrosion in Cu electrocatalysts. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5080. [PMID: 38871724 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49492-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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The reconstruction of Cu catalysts during electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a widely known but poorly understood phenomenon. Herein, we examine the structural evolution of Cu nanocubes under CO2 reduction reaction and its relevant reaction conditions using identical location transmission electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, in situ X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulation. Our results suggest that Cu catalysts reconstruct via a hitherto unexplored yet critical pathway - alkali cation-induced cathodic corrosion, when the electrode potential is more negative than an onset value (e.g., -0.4 VRHE when using 0.1 M KHCO3). Having alkali cations in the electrolyte is critical for such a process. Consequently, Cu catalysts will inevitably undergo surface reconstructions during a typical process of CO2 reduction reaction, resulting in dynamic catalyst morphologies. While having these reconstructions does not necessarily preclude stable electrocatalytic reactions, they will indeed prohibit long-term selectivity and activity enhancement by controlling the morphology of Cu pre-catalysts. Alternatively, by operating Cu catalysts at less negative potentials in the CO electrochemical reduction, we show that Cu nanocubes can provide a much more stable selectivity advantage over spherical Cu nanoparticles.
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- Shikai Liu
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, E5 #02-29, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, Singapore, 627833, Singapore.
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, E5 #02-29, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
- Centre for Hydrogen Innovations, National University of Singapore, E8, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117580, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Hydrogen Innovations, National University of Singapore, E8, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117580, Singapore
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, E5 #02-29, Singapore, 117585, Singapore.
- Centre for Hydrogen Innovations, National University of Singapore, E8, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117580, Singapore.
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, E5 #02-29, Singapore, 117585, Singapore.
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.
- Centre for Hydrogen Innovations, National University of Singapore, E8, 1 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117580, Singapore.
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Feng H, Liu W, Wang L, Xu E, Pang D, Ren Z, Wang S, Zhao S, Deng Y, Liu T, Yang Y, Zhang X, Li F, Wei M. Rational Design and Precise Synthesis of Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2304908. [PMID: 38600652 PMCID: PMC11187892 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Single-atom alloys (SAAs) have gained increasing prominence in the field of selective hydrogenation reactions due to their uniform distribution of active sites and the unique host-guest metal interactions. Herein, 15 SAAs are constructed to comprehensively elucidate the relationship between host-guest metal interaction and catalytic performance in the selective hydrogenation of 4-nitrostyrene (4-NS) by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results demonstrate that the SAAs with strong host-guest metal interactions exhibit a preference for N─O bond cleavage, and the reaction energy barrier of the hydrogenation process is primarily influenced by the host metal. Among them, Ir1Ni SAA stands out as the prime catalyst candidate, showcasing exceptional activity and selectivity. Furthermore, the Ir1Ni SAA is subsequently prepared through precise synthesis techniques and evaluated in the selective hydrogenation of 4-NS to 4-aminostyrene (4-AS). As anticipated, the Ir1Ni SAA demonstrates extraordinary catalytic performance (yield > 96%). In situ FT-IR experiments and DFT calculations further confirmed that the unique host-guest metal interaction at the Ir-Ni interface site of Ir1Ni SAA endows it with excellent 4-NS selective hydrogenation ability. This work provides valuable insights into enhancing the performance of SAAs catalysts in selective hydrogenation reactions by modulating the host-guest metal interactions.
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- Haisong Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical EngineeringQuzhou324000P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical EngineeringQuzhou324000P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource EngineeringBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical EngineeringQuzhou324000P. R. China
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Liang J, Wan Y, Lv H, Liu X, Lv F, Li S, Xu J, Deng Z, Liu J, Zhang S, Sun Y, Luo M, Lu G, Han J, Wang G, Huang Y, Guo S, Li Q. Metal bond strength regulation enables large-scale synthesis of intermetallic nanocrystals for practical fuel cells. NATURE MATERIALS 2024:10.1038/s41563-024-01901-4. [PMID: 38769206 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01901-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Structurally ordered L10-PtM (M = Fe, Co, Ni and so on) intermetallic nanocrystals, benefiting from the chemically ordered structure and higher stability, are one of the best electrocatalysts used for fuel cells. However, their practical development is greatly plagued by the challenge that the high-temperature (>600 °C) annealing treatment necessary for realizing the ordered structure usually leads to severe particle sintering, morphology change and low ordering degree, which makes it very difficult for the gram-scale preparation of desirable PtM intermetallic nanocrystals with high Pt content for practical fuel cell applications. Here we report a new concept involving the low-melting-point-metal (M' = Sn, Ga, In)-induced bond strength weakening strategy to reduce Ea and promote the ordering process of PtM (M = Ni, Co, Fe, Cu and Zn) alloy catalysts for a higher ordering degree. We demonstrate that the introduction of M' can reduce the ordering temperature to extremely low temperatures (≤450 °C) and thus enable the preparation of high-Pt-content (≥40 wt%) L10-Pt-M-M' intermetallic nanocrystals as well as ten-gram-scale production. X-ray spectroscopy studies, in situ electron microscopy and theoretical calculations reveal the fundamental mechanism of the Sn-facilitated ordering process at low temperatures, which involves weakened bond strength and consequently reduced Ea via Sn doping, the formation and fast diffusion of low-coordinated surface free atoms, and subsequent L10 nucleation. The developed L10-Ga-PtNi/C catalysts display outstanding performance in H2-air fuel cells under both light- and heavy-duty vehicle conditions. Under the latter condition, the 40% L10-Pt50Ni35Ga15/C catalyst delivers a high current density of 1.67 A cm-2 at 0.7 V and retains 80% of the current density after extended 90,000 cycles, which exceeds the United States Department of Energy performance metrics and represents among the best cathodic electrocatalysts for practical proton-exchange membrane fuel cells.
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- Jiashun Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Shen T, Xiao D, Deng Z, Wang S, An L, Song M, Zhang Q, Zhao T, Gong M, Wang D. Stabilizing Diluted Active Sites of Ultrasmall High-Entropy Intermetallics for Efficient Formic Acid Electrooxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202403260. [PMID: 38503695 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403260] [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: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The poisoning of undesired intermediates or impurities greatly hinders the catalytic performances of noble metal-based catalysts. Herein, high-entropy intermetallics i-(PtPdIrRu)2FeCu (HEI) are constructed to inhibit the strongly adsorbed carbon monoxide intermediates (CO*) during the formic acid oxidation reaction. As probed by multiple-scaled structural characterizations, HEI nanoparticles are featured with partially negative Pt oxidation states, diluted Pt/Pd/Ir/Ru atomic sites and ultrasmall average size less than 2 nm. Benefiting from the optimized structures, HEI nanoparticles deliver more than 10 times promotion in intrinsic activity than that of pure Pt, and well-enhanced mass activity/durability than that of ternary i-Pt2FeCu intermetallics counterpart. In situ infrared spectroscopy manifests that both bridge and top CO* are favored on pure Pt but limited on HEI. Further theoretical elaboration indicates that HEI displayed a much weaker binding of CO* on Pt sites and sluggish diffusion of CO* among different sites, in contrast to pure Pt that CO* bound more strongly and was easy to diffuse on larger Pt atomic ensembles. This work verifies that HEIs are promising catalysts via integrating the merits of intermetallics and high-entropy alloys.
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- Tao Shen
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Lu S, Hu Y, Xia F, Yang S, Jiang S, Zhou Y, Ma D, Zhang W, Li J, Wu J, Rao D, Yue Q. Simultaneously Geometrical and Electronic Modulation of L 10-PtZn by Trace Ge Boosts High-performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305296. [PMID: 38010122 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Developing a highly active, durable, and low-platinum-based electrocatalyst for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is for breaking the bottleneck of large-scale applications of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Herein, ultrafine PtZn intermetallic nanoparticles with low Pt-loading and trace germanium (Ge) involvement confined in the nitrogen-doped porous carbon (Ge-L10-PtZn@N-C) are reported. The Ge-L10-PtZn@N-C exhibit superior ORR activity with a mass activity of 3.04 A mg-1 Pt and specific activity of 4.69 mA cm-2, ≈12.2- and 10.2-times improvement compared to the commercial Pt/C (20%) at 0.90 V in 0.1 m KOH. The cathodic catalyst Ge-L10-PtZn@N-C assembled in the PEMFC shows encouraging peak power densities of 316.5 (at 0.86 V) and 417.2 mW cm-2 (at 0.91 V) in alkaline and acidic fuel-cell, respectively. The combination of experiment and density functional theory calculations (DFT) results robustly reveal that the participation of trace Ge can not only trigger a "growth site locking effect" to effectively inhibit nanoparticle growth, bring miniature nanoparticles, enhance dispersion uniformity, and achieve the exposure of the more electrochemical active site, but also effectively modulates the electronic structure, hence optimizing the adsorption/desorption of the oxygen intermediates.
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- Shaojie Lu
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, NRC (Nanostructure Research Centre) Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Department School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- Department School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, NRC (Nanostructure Research Centre) Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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Guan S, Yuan Z, Zhuang Z, Zhang H, Wen H, Fan Y, Li B, Wang D, Liu B. Why do Single-Atom Alloys Catalysts Outperform both Single-Atom Catalysts and Nanocatalysts on MXene? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316550. [PMID: 38038407 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Single-atom alloys (SAAs), combining the advantages of single-atom and nanoparticles (NPs), play an extremely significant role in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Nevertheless, understanding the catalytic mechanism of SAAs in catalysis reactions remains a challenge compared with single atoms and NPs. Herein, ruthenium-nickel SAAs (RuNiSAAs ) synthesized by embedding atomically dispersed Ru in Ni NPs are anchored on two-dimensional Ti3 C2 Tx MXene. The RuNiSAA-3 -Ti3 C2 Tx catalysts exhibit unprecedented activity for hydrogen evolution from ammonia borane (AB, NH3 BH3 ) hydrolysis with a mass-specific activity (rmass ) value of 333 L min-1 gRu -1 . Theoretical calculations reveal that the anchoring of SAAs on Ti3 C2 Tx optimizes the dissociation of AB and H2 O as well as the binding ability of H* intermediates during AB hydrolysis due to the d-band structural modulation caused by the alloying effect and metal-supports interactions (MSI) compared with single atoms and NPs. This work provides useful design principles for developing and optimizing efficient hydrogen-related catalysts and demonstrates the advantages of SAAs over NPs and single atoms in energy catalysis.
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- Shuyan Guan
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, 454000, Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, 454000, Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, 454000, Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, 450001, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, 454000, Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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- Research Center of Green Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, 450001, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 2001 Century Avenue, 454000, Jiaozuo, P. R. China
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Li R, Zhao J, Liu B, Wang D. Atomic Distance Engineering in Metal Catalysts to Regulate Catalytic Performance. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308653. [PMID: 37779465 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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It is very important to understand the structure-performance relationship of metal catalysts by adjusting the microstructure of catalysts at the atomic scale. The atomic distance has an essential influence on the composition of the environment of active metal atom, which is a key factor for the design of targeted catalysts with desired function. In this review, we discuss and summarize strategies for changing the atomic distance from three aspects and relate their effects on the reactivity of catalysts. First, the effects of regulating bond length between metal and coordination atom at one single-atom site on the catalytic performance are introduced. The bond lengths are affected by the strain effect of the support and high-shell doping and can evolve during the reaction. Next, the influence of the distance between single-atom sites on the catalytic performance is discussed. Due to the space matching of adsorption and electron transport, the catalytic performance can be adjusted with the shortening of site distance. In addition, the effect of the arrangement spacing of the surface metal active atoms on the catalytic performance of metal nanocatalysts is studied. Finally, a comprehensive summary and outlook of the relationship between atomic distance and catalytic performance is given.
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- Runze Li
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Henan Polytechnic University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2001 Century Ave, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, 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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Lv H, Wang Y, Sun L, Yamauchi Y, Liu B. A general protocol for precise syntheses of ordered mesoporous intermetallic nanoparticles. Nat Protoc 2023; 18:3126-3154. [PMID: 37710021 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00872-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Intermetallic nanomaterials consist of two or more metals in a highly ordered atomic arrangement. There are many possible combinations and morphologies, and exploring their properties is an important research area. Their strict stoichiometry requirement and well-defined atom binding environment make intermetallic compounds an ideal research platform to rationally optimize catalytic performance. Making mesoporous intermetallic materials is a further advance; crystalline mesoporosity can expose more active sites, facilitate the mass and electron transfer, and provide the distinguished mesoporous nanoconfinement environment. In this Protocol, we describe how to prepare ordered mesoporous intermetallic nanomaterials with controlled compositions, morphologies/structures and phases by a general concurrent template strategy. In this approach, the concurrent template used is a hybrid of mesoporous platinum or palladium and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology-6 (KIT-6) (meso-Pt/KIT-6 or meso-Pd/KIT-6) that can be transformed by the second precursors under reducing conditions. The second precursor can either be a second metal or a metalloid/non-metal, e.g., boron/phosphorus. KIT-6 is a silica scaffold that is removed using NaOH or HF to form the mesoporous product. Procedures for example catalytic applications include the 3-nitrophenylacetylene semi-hydrogenation reaction, p-nitrophenol reduction reaction and electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. The synthetic strategy for preparation of ordered mesoporous intermetallic nanoparticles would take almost 5 d; the physical characterization by electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry takes ~2 days and the function characterization depends on the research question, but for catalysis it takes 1-5 h.
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- Hao Lv
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Xie M, Tang S, Li Z, Wang M, Jin Z, Li P, Zhan X, Zhou H, Yu G. Intermetallic Single-Atom Alloy In-Pd Bimetallene for Neutral Electrosynthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37335563 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Harvesting recyclable ammonia (NH3) from the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate (NO3RR) offers a sustainable strategy to close the ecological nitrogen cycle from nitration contamination in an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manner. The emerging intermetallic single-atom alloys (ISAAs) are recognized to achieve the highest site density of single atoms by isolating contiguous metal atoms into single sites stabilized by another metal within the intermetallic structure, which holds promise to couple the catalytic benefits from intermetallic nanocrystals and single-atom catalysts for promoting NO3RR. Herein, ISAA In-Pd bimetallene, in which the Pd single atoms are isolated by surrounding In atoms, is reported to boost neutral NO3RR with a NH3 Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 87.2%, a yield rate of 28.06 mg h-1 mgPd-1, and an exceptional electrocatalytic stability with increased activity/selectivity over 100 h and 20 cycles. The ISAA structure induces substantially diminished overlap of Pd d-orbitals and narrowed p-d hybridization of In-p and Pd-d states around the Fermi level, resulting in a stronger NO3- adsorption and a depressed energy barrier of the potential-determining step for NO3RR. Further integrating the NO3RR catalyst into a Zn-NO3- flow battery as the cathode delivers a power density of 12.64 mW cm-2 and a FE of 93.4% for NH3 production.
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- Minghao Xie
- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Chang X, Zhao ZJ, Lu Z, Chen S, Luo R, Zha S, Li L, Sun G, Pei C, Gong J. Designing single-site alloy catalysts using a degree-of-isolation descriptor. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 18:611-616. [PMID: 36973396 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01344-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Geometrically isolated metal atoms in alloy catalysts can target efficient and selective catalysis. However, the geometric and electronic disturbance between the active atom and its neighbouring atoms, that is, diverse microenvironments, makes the active site ambiguous. Herein, we demonstrate a methodology to describe the microenvironment and determine the effectiveness of active sites in single-site alloys. A simple descriptor, degree-of-isolation, is proposed, considering both electronic regulation and geometric modulation within a PtM ensemble (M = transition metal). The catalytic performance of PtM single-site alloy is examined thoroughly using this descriptor for an industrially important reaction, propane dehydrogenation. The volcano-shaped isolation-selectivity plot reveals a Sabatier-type principle for designing selective single-site alloys. Specifically, for a single-site alloy with a high degree-of-isolation, alternation of the active centre has a great impact on tuning selectivity, validated by the outstanding consistency between experimental propylene selectivity and the computational descriptor.
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- Xin Chang
- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China
- National Industry-Education Platform of Energy Storage, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, Fuzhou, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemical Science & Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China.
- National Industry-Education Platform of Energy Storage, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, Fuzhou, China.
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Fang J, Chen Q, Li Z, Mao J, Li Y. The synthesis of single-atom catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:2854-2868. [PMID: 36752217 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06406e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Heterogeneous catalysis is an important class of reactions in industrial production, especially in green chemical synthesis, and environmental and organic catalysis. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as promising candidates for heterogeneous catalysis, due to their outstanding catalytic activity, high selectivity, and maximum atomic utilization efficiency. The high specific surface energy of SACs, however, results in the migration and aggregation of isolated atoms under typical reaction conditions. The controllable preparation of highly efficient and stable SACs has been a serious challenge for applications. Herein, we summarize the recent progress in the precise synthesis of SACs and their different heterogeneous catalyses, especially involving the oxidation and reduction reactions of small organic molecules. At the end of this review, we also introduce the challenges confronted by single-atom materials in heterogeneous catalysis. This review aims to promote the generation of novel high-efficiency SACs by providing an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the current development in this research field.
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- Jiaojiao Fang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, P. R. China. .,Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China. .,College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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Zhong Y, Liao P, Kang J, Liu Q, Wang S, Li S, Liu X, Li G. Locking Effect in Metal@MOF with Superior Stability for Highly Chemoselective Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:4659-4666. [PMID: 36791392 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) show high catalytic activity in heterogeneous catalysis but are prone to reunion and loss during the catalytic process, resulting in low chemoselectivity and poor efficiency. Herein, a locking effect strategy is proposed to synthesize high-loading and ultrafine metal NPs in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for efficient chemoselective catalysis with high stability. Briefly, the MOF ZIF-90 with aldehyde groups cooperating with diamine chains via aldimine condensation was interlocked, which was employed to confine in situ formation of Au NPs, denoted as Au@L-ZIF-90. The optimized Au@La-ZIF-90 has highly dispersed Au NPs (2.60 ± 0.81 nm) with a loading amount around 22 wt % and shows a great performance toward 3-aminophenylacetylene (3-APA) from the selective hydrogenation of 3-nitrophenylacetylene (3-NPA) with a high yield (99%) and excellent durability (over 20 cycles), far superior to contrast catalysts without chains locking and other reported catalysts. In addition, experimental characterization and systematic density functional theory calculations further demonstrate that the locked MOF modulates the charge of Au nanoparticles, making them highly specific for nitro group hydrogenation to obtain 3-APA with high selectivity (99%). Furthermore, this locking effect strategy is also applicable to other metal nanoparticles confined in a variety of MOFs, and all of these catalysts locked with chains show great selectivity (≥90%) of 3-APA. The proposed strategy in this work provides a novel and universal method for precise control of the inherent activity of accessible metal nanoparticles with a programmable MOF microenvironment toward highly specific catalysis.
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- Yicheng Zhong
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China
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Liu Q, Wen Y, Xiao JZ, Luo SZ, Wang GE, Tang PY, Ye XL, Xu G. Enhanced Room Temperature Gas Sensing Performance of ZnO with Atomic-Level Pt Catalysts Facilitated by the Polydopamine Mediator. CHINESE JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Zhang Y, Zhou J, Wang F, Lv M, Li K. Metal-metal oxide synergistic catalysis: Pt nanoparticles anchored on mono-layer dispersed ZrO2 in SBA-15 for high efficiency selective hydrogenation. J Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Carbon dots-incorporated CuSeO3 rationally regulates activity and selectivity of the hydrogen species via light-converted electrons. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Zhang H, Li Y, Cheng C, Zhou J, Yin P, Wu H, Liang Z, Zhang J, Yun Q, Wang AL, Zhu L, Zhang B, Cao W, Meng X, Xia J, Yu Y, Lu Q. Isolated Electron-Rich Ruthenium Atoms in Intermetallic Compounds for Boosting Electrochemical Nitric Oxide Reduction to Ammonia. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202213351. [PMID: 36357325 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The direct electrochemical nitric oxide reduction reaction (NORR) is an attractive technique for converting NO into NH3 with low power consumption under ambient conditions. Optimizing the electronic structure of the active sites can greatly improve the performance of electrocatalysts. Herein, we prepare body-centered cubic RuGa intermetallic compounds (i.e., bcc RuGa IMCs) via a substrate-anchored thermal annealing method. The electrocatalyst exhibits a remarkable NH4 + yield rate of 320.6 μmol h-1 mg-1 Ru with the corresponding Faradaic efficiency of 72.3 % at very low potential of -0.2 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in neutral media. Theoretical calculations reveal that the electron-rich Ru atoms in bcc RuGa IMCs facilitate the adsorption and activation of *HNO intermediate. Hence, the energy barrier of the potential-determining step in NORR could be greatly reduced.
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- Huaifang Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of New Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of New Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- College of Energy Material and Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, 100192, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.,Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Foshan, Beijing, 528399, China
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Ji Y, Liu S, Song S, Xu W, Li L, Zhang Y, Chen W, Li H, Jiang J, Zhu T, Li Z, Zhong Z, Wang D, Xu G, Su F. Negatively Charged Single-Atom Pt Catalyst Shows Superior SO 2 Tolerance in NO x Reduction by CO. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04918] [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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- Yongjun Ji
- School of Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing100048, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing102249, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihaer University, Qiqihaer, 161006Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Institute of Education and Talent, CNPC Managers Training Institute, Beijing100096, China
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- Energy and Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai200062, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing102249, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), 241 Daxue Road, Shantou515063, China
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100190, China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang110142, China
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Ji Y, Liu S, Zhu H, Xu W, Jiang R, Zhang Y, Yu J, Chen W, Jia L, Jiang J, Zhu T, Zhong Z, Wang D, Xu G, Su F. Isolating Contiguous Ir Atoms and Forming Ir-W Intermetallics with Negatively Charged Ir for Efficient NO Reduction by CO. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2205703. [PMID: 36153834 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202205703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The lack of efficient catalysts with a wide working temperature window and vital O2 and SO2 resistance for selective catalytic reduction of NO by CO (CO-SCR) largely hinders its implementation. Here, a novel Ir-based catalyst with only 1 wt% Ir loading is reported for efficient CO-SCR. In this catalyst, contiguous Ir atoms are isolated into single atoms, and Ir-W intermetallic nanoparticles are formed, which are supported on ordered mesoporous SiO2 (KIT-6). Notably, this catalyst enables complete NO conversion to N2 at 250 °C in the presence of 1% O2 and has a wide temperature window (250-400 °C), outperforming the comparison samples with Ir isolated-single-atomic-sites and Ir nanoparticles, respectively. Also, it possesses a high SO2 tolerance. Both experimental results and theoretical calculations reveal that single Ir atoms are negatively charged, dramatically enhancing the NO dissociation, while the Ir-W intermetallic nanoparticles accelerate the reduction of the N2 O and NO2 intermediates by CO.
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- Yongjun Ji
- School of Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihaer University, Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihaer, 161006, China
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- Institute of Education & Talent, CNPC Managers Training Institute, Beijing, 100096, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qiqihaer University, Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihaer, 161006, China
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- Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), 241 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, China
- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Energy Technology, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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Zhang K, Wang C, Gao F, Guo S, Zhang Y, Wang X, Hata S, Shiraishi Y, Du Y. Recent progress in ultrafine 3D Pd-based nanocubes with multiple structures for advanced fuel cells electrocatalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Pu J, Liu C, Shi S, Yun J. Hydrogenation of MTHPA to MHHPA over Ni-based catalysts: Al 2O 3 coating, Ru incorporation and kinetics. RSC Adv 2022; 12:34268-34281. [PMID: 36545590 PMCID: PMC9709665 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06738b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Because of its excellent performance, methyl hexahydrophthalic anhydride (MHHPA) is a new anhydride-based epoxy resin curing agent after methyl tetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA). To improve the activity and stability of conventional RANEY® nickel catalysts in the catalytic hydrogenation of MTHPA to MHHPA reaction, RANEY® nickel encapsulated with porous Al2O3 and alumina-supported Ni-Ru bimetallic catalysts were designed and synthesized in this study. The physicochemical properties and surface reactions over the catalysts were characterized by N2 adsorption and desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), hydrogen temperature-programmed reduction/desorption (H2-TPR/TPD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transformations spectroscopy (DRIFTS). The kinetic model of MTHPA hydrogenation over NiRu/Al was established and the parameters were estimated using the least-square method. The results showed that the encapsulation of porous Al2O3 on the surface of RANEY® nickel enhanced the stability of the Ni skeleton and the adsorption ability of the reactant molecules, which improved its activity for the hydrogenation reaction. The introduction of Ru improved the dispersion and stability of metallic Ni, which greatly increased the conversion ability towards MTHPA hydrogenation, but it had a trend to cause C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond transfer at lower temperatures, increasing the hydrogenation difficulties. The kinetic results based on Ni-Ru bimetallic catalyst showed that the MTHPA hydrogenation reaction rate was first-order with respect to MTHPA concentration and 0.5-order with respect to hydrogen partial pressure, and the apparent activation energy of the hydrogenation reaction was 37.02 ± 2.62 kJ mol-1.
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- Jianglong Pu
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyChangwang Road 18Hangzhou 310032China,College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University118 Jiahang RoadJiaxing 314001China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University118 Jiahang RoadJiaxing 314001China
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- Zhejiang ZhengDa New Materials Technology Co., Ltd228 Mingxin RoadJiaxing 314006China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyChangwang Road 18Hangzhou 310032China
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Feng S, Geng Y, Liu H, Li H. Targeted Intermetallic Nanocatalysts for Sustainable Biomass and CO 2 Valorization. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shumei Feng
- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Tianjin300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Tianjin300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Tianjin300130, China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Energy Conservation in Chemical Process Integration and Resources Utilization, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, 8 Guangrong Road, Tianjin300130, China
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Sarma BB, Maurer F, Doronkin DE, Grunwaldt JD. Design of Single-Atom Catalysts and Tracking Their Fate Using Operando and Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Tools. Chem Rev 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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Liu Q, Wu J, Kang J, Liu Q, Liao P, Li G. Inert metal induces the modulation of unsaturated aldehyde absorption mode for enhanced selective hydrogenation. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:15462-15467. [PMID: 36226441 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03608h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes to obtain a high yield of unsaturated alcohols is important in industrial production. This is still a great challenge because it is thermally more favorable for the hydrogenation of CC than for the CO bond. Various strategies have been developed to optimize the catalysts for improving selectivity but are usually accompanied by the sacrifice of catalytic activity. Herein, we adopt the inert metal inducement strategy to synthesize a series of Ir-M alloy nanoparticle catalysts. The optimal catalyst IrCd5 exhibits impressive catalytic performance in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde, achieving 96.7% conversion with 94.3% selectivity for cinnamal alcohol, which is far superior to that of the Ir counterpart. Furthermore, the H2 temperature-programmed desorption (H2-TPD) test, styrene-TPD test, surface valence band test and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the adsorption mode of cinnamaldehyde shifted from parallel to vertical configurations after introducing an inert metal. Compared to Ir, the weaker adsorption of alkene and stronger adsorption of the substrate for IrCd5 lead to the prior adsorption and hydrogenation of the CO bond, thus elevating the selectivity of the cinnamal alcohol. This strategy disperses precious metal nanoparticles effectively, maximizes atomic utilization, and improves the selectivity, which provides a new avenue to design bimetal alloy catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
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- Qinglin Liu
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
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Ge X, Dou M, Cao Y, Liu X, Yuwen Q, Zhang J, Qian G, Gong X, Zhou X, Chen L, Yuan W, Duan X. Mechanism driven design of trimer Ni 1Sb 2 site delivering superior hydrogenation selectivity to ethylene. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5534. [PMID: 36131070 PMCID: PMC9492709 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33250-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mechanism driven catalyst design with atomically uniform ensemble sites is an important yet challenging issue in heterogeneous catalysis associated with breaking the activity-selectivity trade-off. Herein, a trimer Ni1Sb2 site in NiSb intermetallic featuring superior selectivity is elaborated for acetylene semi-hydrogenation via a theoretical guidance with a precise synthesis strategy. The trimer Ni1Sb2 site in NiSb intermetallic is predicted to endow acetylene reactant with an adequately but not excessively strong σ-adsorption mode while ethylene product with a weak π-adsorption one, where such compromise delivers higher ethylene formation rate. An in-situ trapping of molten Sb by Ni strategy is developed to realize the construction of Ni1Sb2 site in the intermetallic P63/mmc NiSb catalysts. Such catalyst exhibits ethylene selectivity up to 93.2% at 100% of acetylene conversion, significantly prevailing over the referred Ni catalyst. These insights shed new lights on rational catalyst design by taming active sites to energetically match targeted reaction pathway. Designing atomically uniform ensemble sites for matching targeted reaction pathway is important yet challenging in heterogeneous catalysis. Here, the authors fabricate a trimer Ni1Sb2 site featuring superior selectivity for acetylene semi-hydrogenation via a mechanism-driven design strategy.
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- Xiaohu Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, In-situ Center for Physical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, In-situ Center for Physical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Jiao M, Zhang Q, Ye C, Gao R, Dai L, Zhou G, Cheng HM. Isolating Contiguous Fe Atoms by Forming a Co-Fe Intermetallic Catalyst from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries to Regulate Activity for Zinc-Air Batteries. ACS NANO 2022; 16:13223-13231. [PMID: 35948069 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c06826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has become a necessity for recovering valuable resources and protecting the environment to support sustainable development. We report the design of a highly efficient CoFe/C catalyst by combining the Co and Fe wastes from spent LIBs with sawdust-derived carbon, which were cathode materials in zinc-air batteries (ZABs). As a result of the electrostatic attraction between the Co3+/Fe3+ cations and the hydroxyl groups in sawdust, CoFe nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed in the CoFe/C catalyst after annealing. The Fe atoms in the CoFe nanoparticles are all isolated into single sites by the Co atoms, which redistribute the electrons in the CoFe/C catalyst. The catalyst produced a Pt-like dissociative mechanism, contributing to an excellent oxygen reduction reaction performance. After assembly in ZABs, the CoFe/C catalyst cathode exhibits a long cycling stability of 350 h and an impressive power density of 199.2 mW cm-2. The CoFe/C catalyst cathode has also been used in flexible ZABs to power LEDs or charge a mobile phone. The work combines spent LIBs with sawdust to fabricate high-performance catalysts, which could reduce environmental pollution and realize high economic value.
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- Miaolun Jiao
- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Zhu J, Xia L, Yu R, Lu R, Li J, He R, Wu Y, Zhang W, Hong X, Chen W, Zhao Y, Zhou L, Mai L, Wang Z. Ultrahigh Stable Methanol Oxidation Enabled by a High Hydroxyl Concentration on Pt Clusters/MXene Interfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:15529-15538. [PMID: 35943197 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Anchoring platinum catalysts on appropriate supports, e.g., MXenes, is a feasible pathway to achieve a desirable anode for direct methanol fuel cells. The authentic performance of Pt is often hindered by the occupancy and poisoning of active sites, weak interaction between Pt and supports, and the dissolution of Pt. Herein, we construct three-dimensional (3D) crumpled Ti3C2Tx MXene balls with abundant Ti vacancies for Pt confinement via a spray-drying process. The as-prepared Pt clusters/Ti3C2Tx (Ptc/Ti3C2Tx) show enhanced electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) activity, including a relatively low overpotential, high tolerance to CO poisoning, and ultrahigh stability. Specifically, it achieves a high mass activity of up to 7.32 A mgPt-1, which is the highest value reported to date in Pt-based electrocatalysts, and 42% of the current density is retained on Ptc/Ti3C2Tx even after the 3000 min operative time. In situ spectroscopy and theoretical calculations reveal that an electric field-induced repulsion on the Ptc/Ti3C2Tx interface accelerates the combination of OH- and CO adsorption intermediates (COads) in kinetics and thermodynamics. Besides, this Ptc/Ti3C2Tx also efficiently electrocatalyze ethanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol oxidation reactions with comparable activity and stability to commercial Pt/C.
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- Jiexin Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.,International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Ferro & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, P. R. China
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- International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China.,Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, P. R. China.,Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Govindarajan R, Deolka S, Khaskin E, Fayzullin RR, Pal S, Vasylevskyi S, Khusnutdinova JR. H 2 , B-H, and Si-H Bond Activation and Facile Protonolysis Driven by Pt-Base Metal Cooperation. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201639. [PMID: 35676220 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report a series of heterobimetallic Pt/Zn and Pt/Ca complexes to study the effect of proximity of a dicationic base metal on the organometallic Pt species. Varying degrees of Pt⋅⋅⋅Zn and Zn interaction with the bridging Me group are achieved, showcasing snapshots of a hypothetical process of retrotransmetalation from Pt to Zn. In contrast, only weak interactions were observed for Ca with a Pt-bound Me group. Activation of H2 , B-H and Si-H bonds leads to the formation of hydride-bridged Pt-H-Zn complexes, which is not observed in the absence of Zn, pointing out the importance of metal-metal cooperation. Reactivity of PtMe2 /M2+ with terminal acetylene, water and methanol is also studied, leading to facile protonation of one of the Me groups at the Pt center only when Zn is present. This study sheds light on various ways in which the presence of a 2+ metal cation significantly affects the reactivity of a common organoplatinum complex.
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- Ramadoss Govindarajan
- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Arbuzov Street, Kazan, 420088, Russian Federation
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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Zhang L, Pan J, Liu L, Zhang S, Wang X, Song S, Zhang H. Photothermal-Driven High-Performance Selective Hydrogenation System Enabled by Delicately Designed IrCo Nanocages. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2201271. [PMID: 35726120 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The incorporation of a transition metal into a noble metal for the formation of nanoalloys paves a potential way to modulate the electronic structures and spatial arrangement modes, thereby manipulating the target catalysis under the desired reaction pathways. Herein, a top-down synthetic route to fabricate IrCo nanoalloys with delicately designed compositions and morphologies at an extremely low calcination temperature of 200 °C is reported, which efficiently breaks through the thermodynamic limitations caused by the large atomic radii and electronegativity discrepancies between Co and Ir. A high-performance selective hydrogenation system enabled by the synthesized IrCo nanoalloys and the light irradiation is further established. Significantly, the unique properties of IrCo alloy, involving the special capability of generating local heating rather than hot electrons under light irradiation (the hot-electron effect was considered detrimental to hydrogenation reactions), as well as the highly polarized surface which aids in the hydrogen transfer from borane-ammonia complex (AB) to 4-nitrostyrene (4-NS) are discovered.
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- Lingling Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Dai C, Zhang Y, Chen J, Zhong X, Zhang L, Zhang B. Support Morphology Effect on Selective Hydrogenation of 3-Nitrostyrene to 3-Vinylaniline over Pt/α-Fe 2 O 3 Catalysts. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200199. [PMID: 35543283 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Selective hydrogenation of substituted nitroaromatic compounds is an extremely important and challenging reaction. Supported metal catalysts attract much attention in this reaction because the properties of metal nanoparticles (NPs) can be modified by the nature of the support. Herein, the support morphology on the catalytic performance of selective hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene to 3-vinylaniline was investigated. Pt NPs supported on octadecahedral α-Fe2 O3 supports with a truncated hexagonal bipyramid shape (Pt/α-Fe2 O3 -O) and rod-shaped α-Fe2 O3 supports (Pt/α-Fe2 O3 -R) were prepared by glycol reduction method. Detailed characterizations reveal that the electronic structure and dispersion of Pt NPs can be modified by the supports. The Pt/α-Fe2 O3 -O catalyst exhibited superior catalytic performance for hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene because of its low coordinated Pt sites and the small Pt NPs size, which is benefit from the high-index exposed surfaces of truncated hexagonal bipyramid-shaped α-Fe2 O3 support. The structural evolution during the catalytic reaction was investigated in detail by identical location transmission electron microscopy (IL-TEM) method, which found that the high cycling activity of Pt/α-Fe2 O3 -O catalyst during the cycle experiment results from the stability of Pt NPs.
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- Chengshan Dai
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China.,School of Petrochemical Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, 1 Dandong Road, Wanghua District, Fushun, 113001, P. R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, 57 Jingxuan Road, Qufu, 273165, P. R. China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P. R. China
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Hong W, Swann WA, Yadav V, Li CW. Haptophilicity and Substrate-Directed Reactivity in Diastereoselective Heterogeneous Hydrogenation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02028] [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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- Wei Hong
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Highly-efficient RuNi single-atom alloy catalysts toward chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3188. [PMID: 35676245 PMCID: PMC9178046 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30536-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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AbstractThe design and exploitation of high-performance catalysts have gained considerable attention in selective hydrogenation reactions, but remain a huge challenge. Herein, we report a RuNi single atom alloy (SAA) in which Ru single atoms are anchored onto Ni nanoparticle surface via Ru–Ni coordination accompanied with electron transfer from sub-surface Ni to Ru. The optimal catalyst 0.4% RuNi SAA exhibits simultaneously improved activity (TOF value: 4293 h–1) and chemoselectivity toward selective hydrogenation of 4-nitrostyrene to 4-aminostyrene (yield: >99%), which is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest level compared with reported heterogeneous catalysts. In situ experiments and theoretical calculations reveal that the Ru–Ni interfacial sites as intrinsic active centers facilitate the preferential cleavage of N–O bond with a decreased energy barrier by 0.28 eV. In addition, the Ru–Ni synergistic catalysis promotes the formation of intermediates (C8H7NO* and C8H7NOH*) and accelerates the rate-determining step (hydrogenation of C8H7NOH*).
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Ma Y, He D, Borjigin B, Yang X, Wang X, Bai F. Precisely tailoring selectivity via target group’s steered adsorption on Cu2O/tantalate catalysts for hydrogenation of 3‐nitrostyrene. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200254] [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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- Yuxuan Ma
- Inner Mongolia University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Inner Mongolia University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Inner Mongolia University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Inner Mongolia University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Daxue West Rd. 235 010021 Hohhot CHINA
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- Inner Mongolia University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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Lv H, Qin H, Sun M, Jia F, Huang B, Liu B. Mesoporosity‐Enabled Selectivity of Mesoporous Palladium‐Based Nanocrystals Catalysts in Semihydrogenation of Alkynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114539] [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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- Hao Lv
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong SAR
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong SAR
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu 610064 China
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Recent advances in one-dimensional noble-metal-based catalysts with multiple structures for efficient fuel-cell electrocatalysis. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Liu H, Li X, Ma Z, Sun M, Li M, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Tang Z, Yao Y, Huang B, Guo S. Atomically Dispersed Cu Catalyst for Efficient Chemoselective Hydrogenation Reaction. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:10284-10291. [PMID: 34882416 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The Cu-based nanocatalysts have shown a high selectivity toward selective hydrogenation reaction, but the underlying catalytic mechanism is still murky. Herein, we report a new gram-scale strategy for realizing the single atom Cu site incorporated into the melem ring of graphitic carbon nitride (Cu1/CN) for understanding the catalytic mechanism of a hydrogenation reaction. The as-synthesized Cu1/CN exhibits unprecedented selectivity (100%), high activity (TOF = 2.9 × 103 h-1), and outstanding stability for selective hydrogenation of 4-nitrostyrene. We reveal that the presence of hydroxymethyl from trimethylolmelamine is beneficial to atomically disperse Cu atoms in the CN. X-ray absorption fine structure tests reveal that the Cu atom of Cu1/CN is dominated by the quaternary coordination way (Cu-N4) in the melem ring of CN. Density functional theory calculations confirm that the high reactivity and selectivity originate from the anchored Cu sites creating the optimal chemical environment for the highly efficient hydrogenation reaction.
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- Hu Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P.R. China
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Technology and Business University, 100048, Beijing, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Lv H, Qin H, Sun M, Jia F, Huang B, Liu B. Mesoporosity-Enabled Selectivity of Mesoporous Palladium-Based Nanocrystals Catalysts in Semihydrogenation of Alkynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114539. [PMID: 34913234 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We reported mesoporosity engineering as a general strategy to promote semihydrogenation selectivity of palladium (Pd)-based nanobundles catalysts. The best mesoporous PdP displayed full conversion, remarkable activity, excellent selectivity, and high stability in semihydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1-propyne, all of which are remarkably better than commercial Lindlar catalysts. Mechanistic investigations ascribed high semihydrogenation selectivity to continuous crystalline framework and penetrated mesoporous channel of catalysts that weakened the adsorption and interaction capacity of alkenes and thus inhibited over-hydrogenation of alkenes to industrially unfavorable alkanes. Density functional theory calculations further demonstrated that convex crystalline mesoporosity of nanobundles catalysts electronically optimized the coordination environment of Pd active sites and energetically changed hydrogenation trends, resulting in a superior semihydrogenation selectivity to targeted alkenes.
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- Hao Lv
- Sichuan University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, College of Chemistry, CHINA
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- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, School of Chemistry, 29 Wangjiang Road, 610064, Chengdu, CHINA
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Chen X, Jia Z, Huang F, Diao J, Liu H. Atomically dispersed metal catalysts on nanodiamond and its derivatives: synthesis and catalytic application. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:11591-11603. [PMID: 34657938 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05202k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have attracted increasing interest in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. As sub-nanometric catalysts, ADMCs have exhibited remarkable catalytic performance in many reactions. ADMCs are classified into two categories: single atom catalysts (SACs) and atomically dispersed clusters with a few atoms. To stabilize the highly active ADMCs, nanodiamond (ND) and its derivatives (NDDs) are promising supports. In this Feature Article, we have introduced the advantages of NDDs with a highly curved surface and tunable surface properties. The controllable defective sites and oxygen functional groups are known as the anchoring sites for ADMCs. Tunable surface acid-base properties enable ADMCs supported on NDDs to exhibit unique selectivity towards target products and an extended lifetime in many reactions. In addition, we have firstly overviewed the recent advances in the synthesis strategies for effectively fabricating ADMCs on NDDs, and further discussed how to achieve the atomic dispersion of metal precursors and stabilize the as-formed metal atoms against migration and agglomeration based on NDDs. And then, we have also systematically summarized the advantages of ADMCs supported on NDDs in reactions, including hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, aerobic oxidation and electrochemical reaction. These reactions can also effectively guide the design of ADMCs. The recent progress in understanding the effect of structure of active centers and metal-support interactions (MSIs) on the catalytic performance of ADMCs is particularly highlighted. At last, the possible research directions in ADMCs are forecasted.
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- Xiaowen Chen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.,Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.,Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.,Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China.
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Liu Y, Ye W, Lin H, Song C, Rong Z, Lu R, Zhang H, Huang H, Tang Z, Zhang S. Embedding
Pd‐Cu
Alloy Nanoparticles in Shell of
Surface‐Porous N‐Doped
Carbon Nanosphere for Selective Hydrogenation of
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. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100261] [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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- Yingcen Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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Qiu Y, Zhang J, Jin J, Sun J, Tang H, Chen Q, Zhang Z, Sun W, Meng G, Xu Q, Zhu Y, Han A, Gu L, Wang D, Li Y. Construction of Pd-Zn dual sites to enhance the performance for ethanol electro-oxidation reaction. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5273. [PMID: 34489455 PMCID: PMC8421426 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25600-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rational design and synthesis of superior electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation is crucial to practical applications of direct ethanol fuel cells. Here, we report that the construction of Pd-Zn dual sites with well exposure and uniformity can significantly improve the efficiency of ethanol electro-oxidation. Through synthetic method control, Pd-Zn dual sites on intermetallic PdZn nanoparticles, Pd-Pd sites on Pd nanoparticles and individual Pd sites are respectively obtained on the same N-doped carbon coated ZnO support. Compared with Pd-Pd sites and individual Pd sites, Pd-Zn dual sites display much higher activity for ethanol electro-oxidation, exceeding that of commercial Pd/C by a factor of ~24. Further computational studies disclose that Pd-Zn dual sites promote the adsorption of ethanol and hydroxide ion to optimize the electro-oxidation pathway with dramatically reduced energy barriers, leading to the superior activity. This work provides valuable clues for developing high-performance ethanol electro-oxidation catalysts for fuel cells.
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- Yajun Qiu
- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- grid.412899.f0000 0000 9117 1462College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.48166.3d0000 0000 9931 8406State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, Shanxi China
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- grid.162110.50000 0000 9291 3229State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- grid.440646.40000 0004 1760 6105Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- grid.22935.3f0000 0004 0530 8290College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- grid.412899.f0000 0000 9117 1462College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- grid.43555.320000 0000 8841 6246Research Center of Materials Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- grid.48166.3d0000 0000 9931 8406State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- grid.12527.330000 0001 0662 3178Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Jin Y, Wang P, Mao X, Liu S, Li L, Wang L, Shao Q, Xu Y, Huang X. A Top‐Down Strategy to Realize Surface Reconstruction of Small‐Sized Platinum‐Based Nanoparticles for Selective Hydrogenation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202106459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yu Jin
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou Guangdong China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology 510006 Guangzhou Guangdong China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University 215123 Suzhou Jiangsu China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Clarysse J, Moser A, Yarema O, Wood V, Yarema M. Size- and composition-controlled intermetallic nanocrystals via amalgamation seeded growth. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabg1934. [PMID: 34321206 PMCID: PMC8318362 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg1934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Intermetallic nanocrystals are a large family of emerging materials with extensive applications in many fields. Yet, a generalized synthetic method for intermetallic nanocrystals is lacking. Here, we report the development of a colloidal synthesis method based on amalgamation of monometallic nanocrystal seeds with low-melting point metals. We use this approach to achieve crystalline and compositionally uniform intermetallic nanocrystals of Au-Ga, Ag-Ga, Cu-Ga, Ni-Ga, Pd-Ga, Pd-In, and Pd-Zn compounds. We demonstrate both compositional tunability across the phase spaces (e.g., AuGa2, AuGa, Au7Ga2, and Ga-doped Au), size tunability (e.g., 14.0-, 7.6-, and 3.8-nm AuGa2), and size uniformity (e.g., 5.4% size deviations). This approach makes it possible to systematically achieve size- and composition-controlled intermetallic nanocrystals, opening up a multitude of possibilities for these materials.
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- Jasper Clarysse
- Institute for Electronics, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Electronics, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Electronics, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Electronics, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Electronics, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Jin Y, Wang P, Mao X, Liu S, Li L, Wang L, Shao Q, Xu Y, Huang X. A Top-Down Strategy to Realize Surface Reconstruction of Small-Sized Platinum-Based Nanoparticles for Selective Hydrogenation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17430-17434. [PMID: 34050593 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Over the past decades, despite the substantial efforts that have been devoted to the modifications of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) to tailor their selectivities for hydrogenation reactions, there are still a lack of facile strategies for precisely regulation of the surface properties of NPs, especially for those with small sizes. In this work, we propose a top-down thermal annealing strategy for tuning the surface properties of Pt-based NPs (≈4 nm) without the occurrence of aggregation. Compared to conventional bottom-up methods, the present top-down strategy can precisely regulate the surface compositions of Pt-Cd NPs and other ternary Pt-Cd-M NPs (M=Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, and Sn). The optimized Pt-Cd NPs exhibit excellent selectivity toward phenylacetylene and 4-nitrostyrene hydrogenations with a styrene selectivity and 4-aminophenyl styrene selectivity of 95.2 % and 94.5 %, respectively. This work provides a general strategy for the surface reconstructions of Pt-based NPs, and promotes fundamental research on catalyst design for heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Yu Jin
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, 510006, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, 510006, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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Sun D, Bi Q, Deng M, Jia B, Huang F. Atomically dispersed Pd-Ru dual sites in an amorphous matrix towards efficient phenylacetylene semi-hydrogenation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5670-5673. [PMID: 33977994 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00923k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Optimizing the active sites to balance the conversion and selectivity of the target reaction has long been a challenging quest in developing noble metal-based catalysts. By dispersing Pd and Ru in an amorphous zirconium hydrogen phosphate matrix cross-linked by ionic inorganic oligomers, highly diluted noble metal (<0.2 mol%) can be utilized as dual single-atom sites in oxides for the semi-hydrogenation of phenylacetylene with optimized conversion and selectivity (both >90%) to styrene. In situ DRIFT-IR results suggested the fast generation of surface hydroxyl groups during the catalytic reaction, indicating the high efficiency of the single-atom sites to dissociate bound H2. This work provides an easily scaled-up method for the production of cost-effective single-atom catalysts extendable to various oxide matrices.
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- Du Sun
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China. and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Jing KQ, Fu YQ, Chen ZN, Zhang T, Sun J, Xu ZN, Guo GC. Boosting Interfacial Electron Transfer between Pd and ZnTi-LDH via Defect Induction for Enhanced Metal-Support Interaction in CO Direct Esterification Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:24856-24864. [PMID: 34009944 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Strong metal-support interaction is crucial to the stability of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. However, reports on boosting interfacial electron transfer between metal and support via defect induction for enhanced metal-support interaction are limited. In this work, ultrathin reducible ZnTi-layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets with rich oxygen defects were synthesized to stabilize Pd clusters, and the rich oxygen defects promoted Pd cluster bonding with Zn and Ti atoms in supports, thereby forming a metal-metal bond. Electron spin resonance (ESR), X-ray absorption fine spectra (XAFS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate remarkable interfacial electron transfer (0.62 e). The Pd/ZnTi-LDH catalyst shows superior catalytic stability for CO direct esterification to dimethyl oxalate. By contrast, the nonreducible Pd/ZnAl-LDH catalyst with a few oxygen defects shows minimal interfacial electron transfer (0.08 e), which leads to relatively poor catalytic stability. This work provides a deep insight into promoting the stability of catalysts by boosting interfacial electron transfer via defect induction.
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- Kai-Qiang Jing
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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Zheng W, Ma L, Wang B, Wang J, Zhang R. C2H2 selective hydrogenation over the CuxMy or PdxNy intermetallic compounds: The influences of partner metal type and ratio on the catalytic performance. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zhang B, Li G, Zhai Z, Chen D, Tian Y, Yang R, Wang L, Zhang X, Liu G. PtZn
intermetallic nanoalloy encapsulated in silicalite‐1 for propane dehydrogenation. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Bofeng Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Henan University Kaifeng China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang National Lab Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University Tianjin China
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Liu K, Qin R, Zheng N. Insights into the Interfacial Effects in Heterogeneous Metal Nanocatalysts toward Selective Hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:4483-4499. [PMID: 33724821 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterogeneous metal catalysts are distinguished by their structure inhomogeneity and complexity. The chameleonic nature of heterogeneous metal catalysts have prevented us from deeply understanding their catalytic mechanisms at the molecular level and thus developing industrial catalysts with perfect catalytic selectivity toward desired products. This Perspective aims to summarize recent research advances in deciphering complicated interfacial effects in heterogeneous hydrogenation metal nanocatalysts toward the design of practical heterogeneous catalysts with clear catalytic mechanism and thus nearly perfect selectivity. The molecular insights on how the three key components (i.e., catalytic metal, support, and ligand modifier) of a heterogeneous metal nanocatalyst induce effective interfaces determining the hydrogenation activity and selectivity are provided. The interfaces influence not only the H2 activation pathway but also the interaction of substrates to be hydrogenated with catalytic metal surface and thus the hydrogen transfer process. As for alloy nanocatalysts, together with the electronic and geometric ensemble effects, spillover hydrogenation occurring on catalytically "inert" metal by utilizing hydrogen atom spillover from active metal is highlighted. The metal-support interface effects are then discussed with emphasis on the molecular involvement of ligands located at the metal-support interface as well as cationic species from the support in hydrogenation. The mechanisms of how organic modifiers, with the ability to induce both 3D steric and electronic effects, on metal nanocatalysts manipulate the hydrogenation pathways are demonstrated. A brief summary is finally provided together with a perspective on the development of enzyme-like heterogeneous hydrogenation metal catalysts.
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- Kunlong Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361005, China
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