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Pu XQ, Shang P, Chen XY, Xiao YQ, Jiang KW, Jiang XF. Palladium-anchored calix[4]arene-derived porous organic polymer towards efficient hydrolytic cleavage of carbon disulfide. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 474:134808. [PMID: 38861903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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The release of carbon disulfide can have adverse effects on our environment and human health. The stability of carbon disulfide and the slow kinetics of hydrolysis can make it challenging to achieve efficient and practical cleavage of the CS bonds. Herein, a calix[4]arene-based porous organic polymer (CPOP-1) is innovatively synthesized through an optimized polycondensation reaction using C-Methylcalix[4]resorcinarene and hexafluoro-hexaazatriphenylene as monomers. Subsequently, palladium-induced calix[4]arene-based porous organic polymer was also synthesized via strong Pd-N coordination bonds to construct the metal-induced porous catalyst (CPOP-2). The polymeric catalyst active center [Pd2+(N^N)(NO3-)2] demonstrated outstanding catalytic hydrolysis performance (11.14 μmol g-1 h-1) in 10.5 h which is significantly enhanced by ca.13.2 times as compared to reported mononuclear Bpy-Pd(NO3)2, and 7.07 times than model trinuclear complex catalyst HATN-Pd-1, respectively. The control experiments revealed that POP catalysts showcased robust stability, prolonged effectiveness, and feasible recyclability during the hydrolytic cleavage of carbon disulfide at room temperature in aqueous solutions. Furthermore, the coordination environment of [Pd2+(N^N)] was validated through XPS, EXAFS, and isotope labeling measurements, and the hydrolysis cleavage products were confirmed e. g. CO2, sulfide, and protons. More importantly, a reaction mechanism was formulated coupled with theoretical calculations, and simulations. The proposed mechanism involves sequential OH- nucleophilic attacks on the carbon atoms of insert-coordinated CS2 and COS, leading to the cleavage of double CS bonds and the formation of CO bonds. The concurrent dissociation of the C-S bond and liberation of CO2 result in an intermediate structure characterized by [(N^N)Pd2+](SH-)2. This intermediate motif serves as the source of the thermodynamic driving force for the reaction.
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- Xiao-Qian Pu
- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, PR China.
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Zhao J, Urrego-Ortiz R, Liao N, Calle-Vallejo F, Luo J. Rationally designed Ru catalysts supported on TiN for highly efficient and stable hydrogen evolution in alkaline conditions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6391. [PMID: 39079996 PMCID: PMC11289485 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50691-5] [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: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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Electrocatalysis holds the key to enhancing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of water splitting devices, thereby contributing to the advancement of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable energy carrier. This study focuses on the rational design of Ru nanoparticle catalysts supported on TiN (Ru NPs/TiN) for the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline conditions. The as designed catalysts exhibit a high mass activity of 20 A mg-1Ru at an overpotential of 63 mV and long-term stability, surpassing the present benchmarks for commercial electrolyzers. Structural analysis highlights the effective modification of the Ru nanoparticle properties by the TiN substrate, while density functional theory calculations indicate strong adhesion of Ru particles to TiN substrates and advantageous modulation of hydrogen adsorption energies via particle-support interactions. Finally, we assemble an anion exchange membrane electrolyzer using the Ru NPs/TiN as the hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst, which operates at 5 A cm-2 for more than 1000 h with negligible degradation, exceeding the performance requirements for commercial electrolyzers. Our findings contribute to the design of efficient catalysts for water splitting by exploiting particle-support interactions.
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- Jia Zhao
- Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Cells, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Efficient Solar Energy Utilization, Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Photoelectronic Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTC), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Department of Advanced Materials and Polymers: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Av. Tolosa 72, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Cells, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Efficient Solar Energy Utilization, Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Photoelectronic Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China
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- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Department of Advanced Materials and Polymers: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Av. Tolosa 72, San Sebastian, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza de Euskadi 5, Bilbao, Spain.
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- Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials and Cells, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Efficient Solar Energy Utilization, Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Photoelectronic Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China.
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Song J, Cai X, Chen Z, Wang T, Xi S, Hu Q, Yan N, Loh KP. Expedient alkyne semi-hydrogenation by using a bimetallic AgCu-C 3N 4 single atom catalyst. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10577-10584. [PMID: 38994434 PMCID: PMC11234819 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02469a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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Metal-catalyzed semi-hydrogenation of alkynes is an important step in organic synthesis to produce diverse chemical compounds. However, conventional noble metal catalysts often suffer from poor selectivity owing to over-hydrogenation. Here, we demonstrate a high-loading bimetallic AgCu-C3N4 single-atom catalyst (SAC) for alkyne semi-hydrogenation. The AgCu-C3N4 SACs exhibit higher activity and selectivity (99%) than their low-loading variants due to the synergistic interaction of heteronuclear Ag-Cu sites at small inter-site distances. Using a combination of techniques such as phenylacetylene-DRIFTS, H2-temperature programmed desorption and DFT calculations, we showed that the cooperative bimetallic interaction during alkyne semi-hydrogenation was achieved by isolated Ag centers as hydrogen activation sites and isolated Cu centers as alkyne activation sites. Our work highlights the importance of achieving high catalyst loading to reduce the inter-site distance in bimetallic SACs for cooperative interactions, which can potentially open new catalytic pathways for synthesizing fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
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- Jingting Song
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Guangdong 518172 China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, 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 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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He B, Cao Y, Lin K, Wang Y, Li Z, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Liu X. Strong Interactions between Au Nanoparticles and BiVO 4 Photoanode Boosts Hole Extraction for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402435. [PMID: 38566410 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402435] [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: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) is widely proposed as a key factor in tuning catalytic performances. Herein, the classical SMSI between Au nanoparticles (NPs) and BiVO4 (BVO) supports (Au/BVO-SMSI) is discovered and used innovatively for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. Owing to the SMSI, the electrons transfer from V4+ to Au NPs, leading to the formation of electron-rich Au species (Auδ-) and strong electronic interaction (i.e., Auδ--Ov-V4+), which readily contributes to extract photogenerated holes and promote charge separation. Benefitted from the SMSI effect, the as-prepared Au/BVO-SMSI photoanode exhibits a superior photocurrent density of 6.25 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode after the deposition of FeOOH/NiOOH cocatalysts. This work provides a pioneering view for extending SMSI effect to bimetal oxide supports for PEC water splitting, and guides the interfacial electronic and geometric structure modulation of photoanodes consisting of metal NPs and reducible oxides for improved solar energy conversion efficiency.
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- Bing He
- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, 430200, Wuhan, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, 430200, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, 430074, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, 430200, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technologies, Wuhan Textile University, 430200, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Shi Y, Tsuji M, Cho H, Ueda S, Kim J, Hosono H. Approach to Low Contact Resistance Formation on Buried Interface in Oxide Thin-Film Transistors: Utilization of Palladium-Mediated Hydrogen Pathway. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9736-9745. [PMID: 38518185 PMCID: PMC10993643 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) with low off-currents and processing temperatures offer promising alternative materials for next-generation high-density memory devices. The complex vertical stacking process of memory devices significantly increases the probability of encountering internal contact issues. Conventional surface treatment methods developed for planar devices necessitate efficient approaches to eliminate contact issues at deep internal interfaces in the nanoscale complex structures of AOS devices. In this work, we report the pioneering use of palladium thin film as a high-efficiency active hydrogen transfer pathway from the outside to the internal contact interface via low-temperature postannealing in the H2 atmosphere, and the formation of highly conductive metallic interlayer effectively solves the contact issues at the deeply buried interfaces in devices. The application of this method reduced the contact resistance of Pd electrodes/amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (a-IGZO) thin-film by 2 orders of magnitude, and thereby the mobility of thin-film transistor was increased from 3.2 cm2 V-1 s-1 to nearly 20 cm2 V-1 s-1, preserving an excellent bias stress stability. This technology has wide applicability for the solution of contact resistance issues in oxide semiconductor devices with complex architectures.
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- Yuhao Shi
- MDX Research
Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- MDX Research
Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- MDX Research
Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Research
Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- MDX Research
Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- Graduate
School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- MDX Research
Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Tiwari A, Monai M, Matveevskii K, Yakunin SN, Mandemaker LDB, Tsvetanova M, Goodwin MJ, Ackermann MD, Meirer F, Makhotkin IA. X-ray standing wave characterization of the strong metal-support interaction in Co/TiO x model catalysts. J Appl Crystallogr 2024; 57:481-491. [PMID: 38596732 PMCID: PMC11001393 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576724001730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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The strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) is a phenomenon observed in supported metal catalyst systems in which reducible metal oxide supports can form overlayers over the surface of active metal nanoparticles (NPs) under a hydrogen (H2) environment at elevated temperatures. SMSI has been shown to affect catalyst performance in many reactions by changing the type and number of active sites on the catalyst surface. Laboratory methods for the analysis of SMSI at the nanoparticle-ensemble level are lacking and mostly based on indirect evidence, such as gas chemisorption. Here, we demonstrate the possibility to detect and characterize SMSIs in Co/TiOx model catalysts using the laboratory X-ray standing wave (XSW) technique for a large ensemble of NPs at the bulk scale. We designed a thermally stable MoNx/SiNx periodic multilayer to retain XSW generation after reduction with H2 gas at 600°C. The model catalyst system was synthesized here by deposition of a thin TiOx layer on top of the periodic multilayer, followed by Co NP deposition via spare ablation. A partial encapsulation of Co NPs by TiOx was identified by analyzing the change in Ti atomic distribution. This novel methodological approach can be extended to observe surface restructuring of model catalysts in situ at high temperature (up to 1000°C) and pressure (≤3 mbar), and can also be relevant for fundamental studies in the thermal stability of membranes, as well as metallurgy.
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- Atul Tiwari
- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Nanolab (NanoLab), University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Nanolab (NanoLab), University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel 7522 NB, The Netherlands
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Lan X, Wang Y, Liu B, Kang Z, Wang T. Thermally induced intermetallic Rh 1Zn 1 nanoparticles with high phase-purity for highly selective hydrogenation of acetylene. Chem Sci 2024; 15:1758-1768. [PMID: 38303947 PMCID: PMC10829007 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05460h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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Ordered M1Zn1 intermetallic phases with structurally isolated atom sites offer unique electronic and geometric structures for catalytic applications, but lack reliable industrial synthesis methods that avoid forming a disordered alloy with ill-defined composition. We developed a facile strategy for preparing well-defined M1Zn1 intermetallic nanoparticle (i-NP) catalysts from physical mixtures of monometallic M/SiO2 (M = Rh, Pd, Pt) and ZnO. The Rh1Zn1 i-NPs with structurally isolated Rh atom sites had a high intrinsic selectivity to ethylene (91%) with extremely low C4 and oligomer formation, outperforming the reported intermetallic and alloy catalysts in acetylene semihydrogenation. Further studies revealed that the M1Zn1 phases were formed in situ in a reducing atmosphere at 400 °C by a Zn atom emitting-trapping-ordering (Zn-ETO) mechanism, which ensures the high phase-purity of i-NPs. This study provides a scalable and practical solution for further exploration of Zn-based intermetallic phases and a new strategy for designing Zn-containing catalysts.
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- Xiaocheng Lan
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Xu M, Peng M, Tang H, Zhou W, Qiao B, Ma D. Renaissance of Strong Metal-Support Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2290-2307. [PMID: 38236140 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Strong metal-support interactions (SMSIs) have emerged as a significant and cutting-edge area of research in heterogeneous catalysis. They play crucial roles in modifying the chemisorption properties, interfacial structure, and electronic characteristics of supported metals, thereby exerting a profound influence on the catalytic properties. This Perspective aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the latest advancements and insights into SMSIs, with a focus on state-of-the-art in situ/operando characterization techniques. This overview also identifies innovative designs and applications of new types of SMSI systems in catalytic chemistry and highlights their pivotal role in enhancing catalytic performance, selectivity, and stability in specific cases. Particularly notable is the discovery of SMSI between active metals and metal carbides, which opens up a new era in the field of SMSI. Additionally, the strong interactions between atomically dispersed metals and supports are discussed, with an emphasis on the electronic effects of the support. The chemical nature of SMSI and its underlying catalytic mechanisms are also elaborated upon. It is evident that SMSI modification has become a powerful tool for enhancing catalytic performance in various catalytic applications.
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- Ming Xu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Ye R, Ma L, Hong X, Reina TR, Luo W, Kang L, Feng G, Zhang R, Fan M, Zhang R, Liu J. Boosting Low-Temperature CO 2 Hydrogenation over Ni-based Catalysts by Tuning Strong Metal-Support Interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317669. [PMID: 38032335 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317669] [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: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Rational design of low-cost and efficient transition-metal catalysts for low-temperature CO2 activation is significant and poses great challenges. Herein, a strategy via regulating the local electron density of active sites is developed to boost CO2 methanation that normally requires >350 °C for commercial Ni catalysts. An optimal Ni/ZrO2 catalyst affords an excellent low-temperature performance hitherto, with a CO2 conversion of 84.0 %, CH4 selectivity of 98.6 % even at 230 °C and GHSV of 12,000 mL g-1 h-1 for 106 h, reflecting one of the best CO2 methanation performance to date on Ni-based catalysts. Combined a series of in situ spectroscopic characterization studies reveal that re-constructing monoclinic-ZrO2 supported Ni species with abundant oxygen vacancies can facilitate CO2 activation, owing to the enhanced local electron density of Ni induced by the strong metal-support interactions. These findings might be of great aid for construction of robust catalysts with an enhanced performance for CO2 emission abatement and beyond.
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- Runping Ye
- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Environment and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Material Sciences Institute of Seville, University of Seville-CSIC, 41092, Seville, Spain
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, P. R. China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Environment and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Environment and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning, P. R. China
- DICP-Surrey Joint Centre for Future Materials, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, and Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, P. R. China
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Xue F, Li Q, Lv M, Song Y, Yang T, Wang X, Li T, Ren Y, Ohara K, He Y, Li D, Li Q, Chen X, Lin K, Xing X. Atomic Three-Dimensional Investigations of Pd Nanocatalysts for Acetylene Semi-hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 38015199 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Deciphering the three-dimensional (3D) insight into nanocatalyst surfaces at the atomic level is crucial to understanding catalytic reaction mechanisms and developing high-performance catalysts. Nevertheless, better understanding the inherent insufficiency of a long-range ordered lattice in nanocatalysts is a big challenge. In this work, we report the local structure of Pd nanocatalysts, which is beneficial for demonstrating the shape-structure-adsorption relationship in acetylene hydrogenation. The 5.27 nm spherical Pd catalyst (Pdsph) shows an ethylene selectivity of 88% at complete acetylene conversion, which is much higher than those of the Pd octahedron and Pd cube and superior to other reported monometallic Pd nanocatalysts so far. By virtue of the local structure revelation combined with the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) and reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulation, the atomic surface distribution of the unique compressed strain of Pd-Pd pairs in Pdsph was revealed. Density functional theory calculations verified the obvious weakening of the ethylene adsorption energy on account of the surface strain of Pdsph. It is the main factor to avoid the over-hydrogenation of acetylene. The present work, entailing shape-induced surface strain manipulation and atomic 3D insight, opens a new path to understand and optimize chemical activity and selectivity in the heterogeneous catalysis process.
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- Fan Xue
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, China
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- X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Faculty of Materials for Energy, Shimane University, 1060, Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
- Diffraction and Scattering Division, Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute of Solid State Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Gao Q, Yan Z, Zhang W, Pillai HS, Yao B, Zang W, Liu Y, Han X, Min B, Zhou H, Ma L, Anaclet B, Zhang S, Xin H, He Q, Zhu H. Atomic Layers of B2 CuPd on Cu Nanocubes as Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19961-19968. [PMID: 37651158 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The search for highly active and selective catalysts with high precious metal atom utilization efficiency has attracted increasing interest in both the fundamental synthesis of materials and important industrial reactions. Here, we report the synthesis of Pd-Cu nanocubes with a Cu core and an ordered B2 intermetallic CuPd shell with controllable atomic layers on the surface (denoted as Cu/B2 CuPd), which can efficiently and robustly catalyze the selective hydrogenation of acetylene (C2H2) to ethylene (C2H4) under mild conditions. The optimized Cu/B2 CuPd with a Pd loading of 9.5 at. % exhibited outstanding performance in the C2H2 semi-hydrogenation with 100% C2H2 conversion and 95.2% C2H4 selectivity at 90 °C. We attributed this outstanding performance to the core/shell structure with a high surface density of active Pd sites isolated by Cu in the B2 intermetallic matrix, representing a structural motif of single-atom alloys (SAAs) on the surface. The combined experimental and computational studies further revealed that the electronic states of Pd and Cu are modulated by SAAs from the synergistic effect between Pd and Cu, leading to enhanced performance compared with pristine Pd and Cu catalysts. This study provides a new synthetic methodology for making single-atom catalysts with high precious metal atom utilization efficiency, enabling simultaneous tuning of both geometric and electronic structures of Pd active sites for enhanced catalysis.
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- Qiang Gao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, 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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- National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Smith PT, Ye Z, Pietryga J, Huang J, Wahl CB, Hedlund Orbeck JK, Mirkin CA. Molecular Thin Films Enable the Synthesis and Screening of Nanoparticle Megalibraries Containing Millions of Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37311072 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Megalibraries are centimeter-scale chips containing millions of materials synthesized in parallel using scanning probe lithography. As such, they stand to accelerate how materials are discovered for applications spanning catalysis, optics, and more. However, a long-standing challenge is the availability of substrates compatible with megalibrary synthesis, which limits the structural and functional design space that can be explored. To address this challenge, thermally removable polystyrene films were developed as universal substrate coatings that decouple lithography-enabled nanoparticle synthesis from the underlying substrate chemistry, thus providing consistent lithography parameters on diverse substrates. Multi-spray inking of the scanning probe arrays with polymer solutions containing metal salts allows patterning of >56 million nanoreactors designed to vary in composition and size. These are subsequently converted to inorganic nanoparticles via reductive thermal annealing, which also removes the polystyrene to deposit the megalibrary. Megalibraries with mono-, bi-, and trimetallic materials were synthesized, and nanoparticle size was controlled between 5 and 35 nm by modulating the lithography speed. Importantly, the polystyrene coating can be used on conventional substrates like Si/SiOx, as well as substrates typically more difficult to pattern on, such as glassy carbon, diamond, TiO2, BN, W, or SiC. Finally, high-throughput materials discovery is performed in the context of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using Au-Pd-Cu nanoparticle megalibraries on TiO2 substrates with 2,250,000 unique composition/size combinations. The megalibrary was screened within 1 h by developing fluorescent thin-film coatings on top of the megalibrary as proxies for catalytic turnover, revealing Au0.53Pd0.38Cu0.09-TiO2 as the most active photocatalyst composition.
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- Peter T Smith
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Hong S, Kim D, Kim KJ, Park JY. Facet-Controlled Cu 2O Support Enhances Catalytic Activity of Pt Nanoparticles for CO Oxidation. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:5241-5248. [PMID: 37263187 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The metal-support interaction plays a crucial role in determining the catalytic activity of supported metal catalysts. Changing the facet of the support is a promising strategy for catalytic control via constructing a well-defined metal-support nanostructure. Herein, we developed cubic and octahedral Cu2O supports with (100) and (111) facets terminated, respectively, and Pt nanoparticles (NPs) were introduced. The in situ characterizations revealed the facet-dependent encapsulation of the Pt NPs by a CuO layer due to the oxidation of the Cu2O support during the CO oxidation reaction. The CuO layer on Pt at cubic Cu2O (Pt/c-Cu2O) significantly enhanced catalytic performance, while the thicker CuO layer on Pt at octahedral Cu2O suppressed CO conversion. The formation of a thin CuO layer is attributed to the dominant Pt-O-Cu bond at the Pt/c-Cu2O interface, which suppresses the adsorption of oxygen molecules. This investigation provides insight into designing high-performance catalysts via engineering the interface interaction.
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- Seunghwa Hong
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline Research Division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL), POSTECH, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Yang R, Bao Z, Sun Y. Probing and Leveraging the Structural Heterogeneity of Nanomaterials for Enhanced Catalysis. ACS NANOSCIENCE AU 2023; 3:140-152. [PMID: 37101590 PMCID: PMC10125369 DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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The marriage between nanoscience and heterogeneous catalysis has introduced transformative opportunities for accessing better nanocatalysts. However, the structural heterogeneity of nanoscale solids stemming from distinct atomic configurations makes it challenging to realize atomic-level engineering of nanocatalysts in the way that is attained for homogeneous catalysis. Here, we discuss recent efforts in unveiling and exploiting the structural heterogeneity of nanomaterials for enhanced catalysis. Size and facet control of nanoscale domains produce well-defined nanostructures that facilitate mechanistic studies. Differentiation of surface and bulk characteristics for ceria-based nanocatalysts guides new thoughts toward lattice oxygen activation. Manipulating the compositional and species heterogeneity between local and average structures allows regulation of catalytically active sites via the ensemble effect. Studies on catalyst restructurings further highlight the necessity to assess the reactivity and stability of nanocatalysts under reaction conditions. These advances promote the development of novel nanocatalysts with expanded functionalities and bring atomistic insights into heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Rui Yang
- Frontiers
Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Biomaterials,
Bioengineering & Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Frontiers
Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Sun Y, Yang Z, Dai S. Nonclassical Strong Metal-Support Interactions for Enhanced Catalysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2364-2377. [PMID: 36848324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Strong metal-support interaction (SMSI), which encompasses reversible encapsulation and de-encapsulation and modulation of surface adsorption properties, imposes great impacts on the performance of heterogeneous catalysts. Recent development of SMSI has surpassed the prototypical encapsulated Pt-TiO2 catalyst, affording a series of conceptually novel and practically advantageous catalytic systems. Here we provide our perspective on recent progress in nonclassical SMSIs for enhanced catalysis. Unravelling the structural complexity of SMSI necessitates the combination of multiple characterization techniques at different scales. Synthesis strategies leveraging chemical, photonic, and mechanochemical driving forces further expand the definition and application scope of SMSI. Exquisite structure engineering permits elucidation of the interface, entropy, and size effect on the geometric and electronic characteristics. Materials innovation places the atomically thin two-dimensional materials at the forefront of interfacial active site control. A broader space is awaiting exploration, where exploitation of metal-support interactions brings compelling catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability.
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- Yifan Sun
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Pu T, Zhang W, Zhu M. Engineering Heterogeneous Catalysis with Strong Metal-Support Interactions: Characterization, Theory and Manipulation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202212278. [PMID: 36287199 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Strong metal-support interactions (SMSI) represent a classic yet fast-growing area in catalysis research. The SMSI phenomenon results in the encapsulation and stabilization of metal nanoparticles (NPs) with the support material that significantly impacts the catalytic performance through regulation of the interfacial interactions. Engineering SMSI provides a promising approach to steer catalytic performance in various chemical processes, which serves as an effective tool to tackle energy and environmental challenges. Our Minireview covers characterization, theory, catalytic activity, dependence on the catalytic structure and inducing environment of SMSI phenomena. By providing an overview and outlook on the cutting-edge techniques in this multidisciplinary research field, we not only want to provide insights into the further exploitation of SMSI in catalysis, but we also hope to inspire rational designs and characterization in the broad field of material science and physical chemistry.
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- Tiancheng Pu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School 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, School 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, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Qu W, Tang Z, Wen H, Luo M, Zhong T, Lian Q, Hu L, Tian S, He C, Shu D. Electron Transfer Trade-offs in MOF-Derived Cobalt-Embedded Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Boost Catalytic Ozonation for Gaseous Sulfur-Containing VOC Elimination. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Wei Qu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, China
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Zhang Y, Ma P, Fu H, Qu X, Zheng S. Effective catalytic hydrodechlorination removal of chloroanisole odorants in water using palladium catalyst confined in zeolite Y. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 309:136551. [PMID: 36152833 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Chloroanisoles is a class of odorous pollutants commonly identified in drinking water. In the present study, we confined noble metal palladium (Pd) in the micropores of zeolite Y (ie-Pd@Y) using an ion exchange method, and applied it for the catalytic hydrodechlorination removal of chloroanisoles (represented by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole/TCA) in water. Pd supported on zeolite Y surface (im-Pd/Y, prepared by conventional impregnation method) was used as the benchmarking catalyst. The characterization results revealed that ie-Pd@Y had smaller Pd particle size and higher Pdn+/Pd0 ratio than im-Pd/Y. The catalytic hydrodechlorination of TCA followed a concerted dechlorination pathway and the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model. The ie-Pd@Y catalysts with different Pd loadings exhibit excellent catalytic activities with more than 95% of TCA removed within 30 min, which is far superior to the im-Pd/Y catalysts (27-70%). Moreover, due to the confinement effect of zeolite Y, ie-Pd@Y displayed enhanced catalytic stability as compared with im-Pd/Y. The initial activity of ie-Pd@Y was more than 20 times higher than that of im-Pd/Y after five reaction cycles. Additionally, with the assistance of sieving effect, ie-Pd@Y displayed much stronger capability against the interference from dissolved organic matter than im-Pd/Y. The present results demonstrate that the confined catalysts ie-Pd@Y can be applied in liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation to effectively eliminate halogenated odorants in waters.
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- Yufan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse/School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210046, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse/School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse/School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210046, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse/School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse/School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210046, China
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He L, He J, Cui P, Feng Y, Hua M, Zhang J, Wu P, Zhu W, Li H, Liu Z, Xu C. Microporous Boron Nitride-based Porous Ionic Liquid for Enhanced Extractive Desulfurization of Fuel. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122781] [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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Zhang Y, Zhang J, Liu Z, Wu Y, Lv Y, Xie Y, Wang H. Alloying Iron into Palladium Nanoparticles for an Efficient Catalyst in Acetylene Dicarbonylation. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:3803. [PMID: 36364580 PMCID: PMC9654269 DOI: 10.3390/nano12213803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Motivated by the prominent catalytic performance and durability of nanoalloy catalysts, the Pd-based bimetallic nanoalloy catalysts were prepared using an aqueous reduction method. The Fe-Pd bimetallic nanoalloy catalyst (nano-Fe/Pd) demonstrated 98.4% yield and 99.7% selectivity for the unsaturated 1,4-dicarboxylic acid diesters. Moreover, the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analysis shows that the Pd leaching of the catalyst can be effectively suppressed by alloying Fe atoms into the Pd crystal lattice for acetylene dicarbonylation. The detailed catalyst structure and morphology characterization demonstrate that introducing Fe into the Pd nanoparticles tunes the electronic-geometrical properties of the catalyst. Theoretical calculations indicate that the electrons of Fe transfer to Pd in the nano-Fe/Pd catalyst, enhancing activation of the C≡C bond in acetylene and weakening CO absorption capacity on catalyst surfaces. Alloying Fe into the Pd nanocatalyst effectively inhibits active metal leaching and improves catalyst activity and stability under high-pressure CO reactions.
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Yan Z, Yao B, Hall C, Gao Q, Zang W, Zhou H, He Q, Zhu H. Metal-Metal Oxide Catalytic Interface Formation and Structural Evolution: A Discovery of Strong Metal-Support Bonding, Ordered Intermetallics, and Single Atoms. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8122-8129. [PMID: 36194541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In-depth investigation of metal-metal oxide interactions and their corresponding evolution is of paramount importance to heterogeneous catalysis as it allows the understanding and maneuvering of the structure of catalytic motifs. Herein, using a series of core/shell metal/iron oxide (M/FeOx, M = Pd, Pt, Au) nanoparticles and through a combination of in situ and ex situ electron and X-ray investigations, we revealed anomalous and dissimilar M-FeOx interactions among different systems under reducing conditions. Pd interacts strongly with FeOx after high-temperature reductive treatment, featured by the formation of Pd single atoms in the FeOx matrix and increased Pd-Fe bonding, while Pt transforms into ordered PtFe intermetallics and Pt single atoms immediately upon the coating of FeOx. In contrast, Au does not manifest strong bonding with FeOx. As a proof of concept of tailoring metal-metal oxide interactions for catalysis, optimized Pd/FeOx demonstrates 100% conversion and 86.5% selectivity at 60 °C for acetylene semihydrogenation.
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- Zihao Yan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Wang X, Chu M, Wang M, Zhong Q, Chen J, Wang Z, Cao M, Yang H, Cheng T, Chen J, Sham TK, Zhang Q. Unveiling the Local Structure and Electronic Properties of PdBi Surface Alloy for Selective Hydrogenation of Propyne. ACS NANO 2022; 16:16869-16879. [PMID: 36250595 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c06834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Building a reliable relationship between the electronic structure of alloyed metallic catalysts and catalytic performance is important but remains challenging due to the interference from many entangled factors. Herein, a PdBi surface alloy structural model, by tuning the deposition rate of Bi atoms relative to the atomic interdiffusion rate at the interface, realizes a continuous modulation of the electronic structure of Pd. Using advanced X-ray characterization techniques, we provide a precise depiction of the electronic structure of the PdBi surface alloy. As a result, the PdBi catalysts show enhanced propene selectivity compared with the pure Pd catalyst in the selective hydrogenation of propyne. The prevented formation of saturated β-hydrides in the subsurface layers and weakened propene adsorption on the surface contribute to the high selectivity. Our work provides in-depth understanding of the electronic properties of surface alloy structure and underlies the study of the electronic structure-performance relationship in bimetallic catalysts.
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- Xuchun Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, OntarioN6A5B7, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, OntarioN6A5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, OntarioN6A5B7, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, OntarioN6A5B7, Canada
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren'Ai Road, Suzhou215123, China
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Che L, Guo J, He Z, Zhang H. Evidence of rate-determining step variation along reactivity in acetylene hydrogenation: a systematic kinetic study on elementary steps, kinetically relevant(s) and active species. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Qu W, Wen H, Qu X, Guo Y, Hu L, Liu W, Tian S, He C, Shu D. Enhanced Fenton-like catalysis for pollutants removal via MOF-derived Co xFe 3-xO 4 membrane: Oxygen vacancy-mediated mechanism. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 303:135301. [PMID: 35691400 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Traditional batch configuration is not sustainable due to catalyst leaching and ineffective recovery. Herein, a novel membrane-based catalyst with oxygen vacancies is developed, which assembled metal-organic-framework cobalt ferrite nanocrystals (MOF-d CoxFe3-xO4) on polyvinylidene fluoride membrane to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for catalytic degradation of emerging pollutants. MOF-d CoxFe3-xO4 are synthesized by one-step pyrolysis using Co/Fe bimetallic organic frameworks (CoxFe3-x bi-MOF) with tunable cobalt content as a template (x/3-x represented the molar ratio of Co and Fe in MOF). Intriguingly, MOF-d Co1.75Fe1.25O4 membrane exhibits excellent PMS activation efficiency as indicated by 95.12% removal of the probe chemical (bisphenol A) at 0.5 mM PMS (∼100 L m-2 h-1 at the loading of 10 mg), which is significantly higher than the traditional Co1.75Fe1.25O4 suspension system (34.16%). Experimental results show that the membrane has excellent anti-interference ability to anions and dissolved organic matter, and can effectively degrade a variety of emerging pollutants, and its performance is not inhibited by the change of solution pH (3-9) or the long-term (20 h) continuous flow operation. EPR and quenching experiments show that catalytic degradation is the result of the synergistic effect of radicals and non-radicals. The oxygen vacancy-mediated mechanism can explain the formation of active substances, and the formation of 1O2 plays an important role in the degradation of bisphenol A. This study provides a membrane-based strategy for effective and sustainable removal of emerging pollutants.
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- Wei Qu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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- Key Lab of Technology on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Power Generation in Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Comanescu C. Recent Development in Nanoconfined Hydrides for Energy Storage. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:7111. [PMID: 35806115 PMCID: PMC9267122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hydrogen is the ultimate vector for a carbon-free, sustainable green-energy. While being the most promising candidate to serve this purpose, hydrogen inherits a series of characteristics making it particularly difficult to handle, store, transport and use in a safe manner. The researchers' attention has thus shifted to storing hydrogen in its more manageable forms: the light metal hydrides and related derivatives (ammonia-borane, tetrahydridoborates/borohydrides, tetrahydridoaluminates/alanates or reactive hydride composites). Even then, the thermodynamic and kinetic behavior faces either too high energy barriers or sluggish kinetics (or both), and an efficient tool to overcome these issues is through nanoconfinement. Nanoconfined energy storage materials are the current state-of-the-art approach regarding hydrogen storage field, and the current review aims to summarize the most recent progress in this intriguing field. The latest reviews concerning H2 production and storage are discussed, and the shift from bulk to nanomaterials is described in the context of physical and chemical aspects of nanoconfinement effects in the obtained nanocomposites. The types of hosts used for hydrogen materials are divided in classes of substances, the mean of hydride inclusion in said hosts and the classes of hydrogen storage materials are presented with their most recent trends and future prospects.
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- Cezar Comanescu
- National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor 405A, 077125 Magurele, Romania;
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1 Polizu St., 011061 Bucharest, Romania
- Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Atomiștilor 405, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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Xin H, Lin L, Li R, Li D, Song T, Mu R, Fu Q, Bao X. Overturning CO 2 Hydrogenation Selectivity with High Activity via Reaction-Induced Strong Metal-Support Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4874-4882. [PMID: 35258951 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Encapsulation of metal nanoparticles by support-derived materials known as the classical strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) often happens upon thermal treatment of supported metal catalysts at high temperatures (≥500 °C) and consequently lowers the catalytic performance due to blockage of metal active sites. Here, we show that this SMSI state can be constructed in a Ru-MoO3 catalyst using CO2 hydrogenation reaction gas and at a low temperature of 250 °C, which favors the selective CO2 hydrogenation to CO. During the reaction, Ru nanoparticles facilitate reduction of MoO3 to generate active MoO3-x overlayers with oxygen vacancies, which migrate onto Ru nanoparticles' surface and form the encapsulated structure, that is, Ru@MoO3-x. The formed SMSI state changes 100% CH4 selectivity on fresh Ru particle surfaces to above 99.0% CO selectivity with excellent activity and long-term catalytic stability. The encapsulating oxide layers can be removed via O2 treatment, switching back completely to the methanation. This work suggests that the encapsulation of metal nanocatalysts can be dynamically generated in real reactions, which helps to gain the target products with high activity.
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- Hui Xin
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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Realistic Modelling of Dynamics at Nanostructured Interfaces Relevant to Heterogeneous Catalysis. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12010052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The focus of this short review is directed towards investigations of the dynamics of nanostructured metallic heterogeneous catalysts and the evolution of interfaces during reaction—namely, the metal–gas, metal–liquid, and metal–support interfaces. Indeed, it is of considerable interest to know how a metal catalyst surface responds to gas or liquid adsorption under reaction conditions, and how its structure and catalytic properties evolve as a function of its interaction with the support. This short review aims to offer the reader a birds-eye view of state-of-the-art methods that enable more realistic simulation of dynamical phenomena at nanostructured interfaces by exploiting resource-efficient methods and/or the development of computational hardware and software.
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Zhou Q, Zhao Z, Yao Z, Wei Z, Huang S, Shao F, Li A, Wang J. Engineering the geometric and electronic structure of Ru via Ru–TiO2 interaction for enhanced selective hydrogenation. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01678d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ru/TiO2-Vo-250H with the structure of TiO2-Vo-partially encapsulated Ru nanoparticles, balances the active sites for H2 dissociation and the adsorption sites for 6-chloroquinoline, achieving the selective hydrogenation even at room temperature.
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- Qiang Zhou
- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
- SINOPEC Ningbo New Materials Research Institute Company Limited, Ningbo 315207, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Byproducts from Ethylene Project, Ningbo Polytechnic College, Ningbo 315800, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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Liu S, Xu W, Liu W, Li L, Wang J. Sintering-resistant Au/iron oxide-hydroxyapatite nanocatalysts achieved by tuning strong metal-support interactions. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2021.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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High Catalytic Activity of Pt/Al2O3 Catalyst in CO Oxidation at Room Temperature—A New Insight into Strong Metal–Support Interactions. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11121475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The concept of very strong metal–support interactions (VSMSI) was defined in regard to the interactions that influence the catalytic properties of catalysts due to the creation of a new phase as a result of a solid-state chemical reaction between the metal and support. In this context, the high catalytic activity of the 1%Pt/Al2O3 catalyst in the CO oxidation reaction at room temperature was explained. The catalyst samples were reduced at different temperatures ranging from 500 °C to 800 °C and characterized using TPR, O2/H2 titration, CO chemisorption, TPD-CO, FTIR-CO, XRD, and TOF-SIMS methods. Based on the obtained results, it was claimed that with very high temperature reduction (800 °C), nonstoichiometric platinum species [Pt(Cl)Ox] strongly anchored to Al2O3 surface are formed. These species act as the oxygen adsorption sites.
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Zhang L, Chen Z, Liu Z, Bu J, Ma W, Yan C, Bai R, Lin J, Zhang Q, Liu J, Wang T, Zhang J. Efficient electrocatalytic acetylene semihydrogenation by electron-rich metal sites in N-heterocyclic carbene metal complexes. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6574. [PMID: 34772929 PMCID: PMC8589958 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26853-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Electrocatalytic acetylene semihydrogenation is a promising alternative to thermocatalytic acetylene hydrogenation due to its environmental benignity and economic efficiency, but its performance is far below that of the thermocatalytic reaction because of strong competition from side reactions, including hydrogen evolution, overhydrogenation and carbon-carbon coupling reactions. We develop N-heterocyclic carbene-metal complexes, with electron-rich metal centers owing to the strongly σ-donating N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, as electrocatalysts for selective acetylene semihydrogenation. Experimental and theoretical investigations reveal that the copper sites in N-heterocyclic carbene-copper facilitate the absorption of electrophilic acetylene and the desorption of nucleophilic ethylene, ultimately suppressing the side reactions during electrocatalytic acetylene semihydrogenation, and exhibit superior semihydrogenation performance, with faradaic efficiencies of ≥98 % under pure acetylene flow. Even in a crude ethylene feed containing 1 % acetylene (1 × 104 ppm), N-heterocyclic carbene-copper affords a specific selectivity of >99 % during a 100-h stability test, continuous ethylene production with only ~30 ppm acetylene, a large space velocity of up to 9.6 × 105 mL·gcat-1·h-1, and a turnover frequency of 2.1 × 10-2 s-1, dramatically outperforming currently reported thermocatalysts.
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- Lei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, 310024, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, 310024, Hangzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Department of Advanced Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 710129, Xi'an, China.
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Zhou H, Li B, Zhang Y, Yan X, Lv W, Wang X, Yuan B, Liu Y, Yang Z, Lou X. Au 3+ Species Boost the Catalytic Performance of Au/ZnO for the Semi-hydrogenation of Acetylene. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:40429-40440. [PMID: 34425673 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Au nanoparticles have garnered remarkable attention in the chemoselective hydrogenation due to their extraordinary selectivity. However, the activity is far from satisfactory. Knowledge of the structure-performance relationship is a key prerequisite for rational designing of highly efficient Au-based hydrogenation catalysts. Herein, diverse Au sites were created through engineering their interactions with supports, specifically via adjusting the support morphology, that is, flower-like ZnO (ZnO-F) and disc-like ZnO (ZnO-D), and the catalyst pretreatment atmosphere, that is, 10 vol % O2/Ar and 10 vol % H2/Ar (denoted as -O and -H, respectively). The four samples of Au/ZnO were characterized by various techniques and evaluated in the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene. The transmission electron microscopy results indicated that the Au particle sizes are almost similar for our Au/ZnO catalysts. The charge states of Au species demonstrated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy with CO as the probe molecule, and simulation based on density functional theory, however, are greatly dependent on the ZnO shape and pretreatment atmosphere, that is, the percentage of Au3+ reduces following the order of Au/ZnO-F-O > Au/ZnO-F-H > Au/ZnO-D-O > Au/ZnO-D-H. The testing results showed that the Au/ZnO-F-O catalyst containing maximum of Au3+ possesses the optimal activity with 1.8 × 10-2 s-1 of specific activity at 200 °C, around 16.5-fold of that for Au/ZnO-D-H. More interestingly, the specific rate at 200 °C and the average conversion/selectivity in the entire operating temperature range are well correlated with the redox states of the Au species, indicating that Au3+ sites are more active for acetylene hydrogenation. A plausible explanation is that the Au3+ species not only facilitate acetylene adsorption via electrostatic interactions but also favor the heterolysis of H2 via constructing frustrated Lewis pairs with O.
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- Huiran Zhou
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
- Luoyang Refinery Hongda Industrial Co., Ltd., Luoyang, Henan 471012, China
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- School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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Li R, Liu Z, Trinh QT, Miao Z, Chen S, Qian K, Wong RJ, Xi S, Yan Y, Borgna A, Liang S, Wei T, Dai Y, Wang P, Tang Y, Yan X, Choksi TS, Liu W. Strong Metal-Support Interaction for 2D Materials: Application in Noble Metal/TiB 2 Heterointerfaces and their Enhanced Catalytic Performance for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2101536. [PMID: 34216405 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202101536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) is a phenomenon commonly observed on heterogeneous catalysts. Here, direct evidence of SMSI between noble metal and 2D TiB2 supports is reported. The temperature-induced TiB2 overlayers encapsulate the metal nanoparticles, resulting in core-shell nanostructures that are sintering-resistant with metal loadings as high as 12.0 wt%. The TiOx -terminated TiB2 surfaces are the active sites catalyzing the dehydrogenation of formic acid at room temperature. In contrast to the trade-off between stability and activity in conventional SMSI, TiB2 -based SMSI promotes catalytic activity and stability simultaneously. By optimizing the thickness and coverage of the overlayer, the Pt/TiB2 catalyst displays an outstanding hydrogen productivity of 13.8 mmol g-1 cat h-1 in 10.0 m aqueous solution without any additive or pH adjustment, with >99.9% selectivity toward CO2 and H2 . Theoretical studies suggest that the TiB2 overlayers are stabilized on different transition metals through an interplay between covalent and electrostatic interactions. Furthermore, the computationally determined trends in metal-TiB2 interactions are fully consistent with the experimental observations regarding the extent of SMSI on different transition metals. The present research introduces a new means to create thermally stable and catalytically active metal/support interfaces for scalable chemical and energy applications.
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- Renhong Li
- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science Limited, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek road, Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science Limited, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek road, Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Institute of Molecule Catalysis and In-Situ/Operando Studies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Institute of Molecule Catalysis and In-Situ/Operando Studies, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- National Engineering Lab for Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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Yang W, Li J, Cui X, Yang C, Liu Y, Zeng X, Zhang Z, Zhang Q. Fine-tuning inverse metal-support interaction boosts electrochemical transformation of methanol into formaldehyde based on density functional theory. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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McNeary WW, Tacey SA, Lahti GD, Conklin DR, Unocic KA, Tan ECD, Wegener EC, Erden TE, Moulton S, Gump C, Burger J, Griffin MB, Farberow CA, Watson MJ, Tuxworth L, Van Allsburg KM, Dameron AA, Buechler K, Vardon DR. Atomic Layer Deposition with TiO 2 for Enhanced Reactivity and Stability of Aromatic Hydrogenation Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- W. Wilson McNeary
- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37381, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Forge Nano Inc, Thornton, Colorado 80241, United States
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- Forge Nano Inc, Thornton, Colorado 80241, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Billingham TS23 1LB U.K
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Catalytic Carbon Transformation & Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Kang L, Wang B, Güntner AT, Xu S, Wan X, Liu Y, Marlow S, Ren Y, Gianolio D, Tang CC, Murzin V, Asakura H, He Q, Guan S, Velasco‐Vélez JJ, Pratsinis SE, Guo Y, Wang FR. The Electrophilicity of Surface Carbon Species in the Redox Reactions of CuO‐CeO
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Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Liqun Kang
- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Particle Technology Laboratory Institute of Process Engineering Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering ETH Zürich 8092 Zürich Switzerland
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation Wuhan University Wuhan China
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation Wuhan University Wuhan China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Molecular Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University Kyotodaigaku Katsura Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 6158510 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore 117575 Singapore
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- HarwellXPS—The EPSRC National Facility for Photoelectron Spectroscopy Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) Didcot OX11 0FA UK
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Faradayweg 4–6 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Particle Technology Laboratory Institute of Process Engineering Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering ETH Zürich 8092 Zürich Switzerland
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation Wuhan University Wuhan China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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Chen H, Yang Z, Wang X, Polo-Garzon F, Halstenberg PW, Wang T, Suo X, Yang SZ, Meyer HM, Wu Z, Dai S. Photoinduced Strong Metal-Support Interaction for Enhanced Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:8521-8526. [PMID: 34081447 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) construction is a pivotal strategy to afford thermally robust nanocatalysts in industrial catalysis, but thermally induced reactions (>300 °C) in specific gaseous atmospheres are generally required in traditional procedures. In this work, a photochemistry-driven methodology was demonstrated for SMSI construction under ambient conditions. Encapsulation of Pd nanoparticles with a TiOx overlayer, the presence of Ti3+ species, and suppression of CO adsorption were achieved upon UV irradiation. The key lies in the generation of separated photoinduced reductive electrons (e-) and oxidative holes (h+), which subsequently trigger the formation of Ti3+ species/oxygen vacancies (Ov) and then interfacial Pd-Ov-Ti3+ sites, affording a Pd/TiO2 SMSI with enhanced catalytic hydrogenation efficiency. The as-constructed SMSI layer was reversible, and the photodriven procedure could be extended to Pd/ZnO and Pt/TiO2.
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- Hao Chen
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Eyring Materials Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Liu J, Zou Y, Cruz D, Savateev A, Antonietti M, Vilé G. Ligand-Metal Charge Transfer Induced via Adjustment of Textural Properties Controls the Performance of Single-Atom Catalysts during Photocatalytic Degradation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:25858-25867. [PMID: 34028257 PMCID: PMC8289176 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Because of their peculiar nitrogen-rich structure, carbon nitrides are convenient polydentate ligands for designing single atom-dispersed photocatalysts. However, the relation between catalysts' textural properties and their photophysical-photocatalytic properties is rarely elaborated. Herein, we report the preparation and characterization of a series of single-atom heterogeneous catalysts featuring highly dispersed Ag and Cu species on mesoporous graphitic C3N4. We show that adjustment of materials textural properties and therefore metal single-atom coordination mode enables ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) or ligand-to-metal-to-ligand charge transfer (LMLCT), properties that were long speculated in single-atom catalysis but never observed. We employ the developed materials in the degradation of organic pollutants under irradiation with visible light. Kinetic investigations under flow conditions show that single atoms of Ag and Cu decrease the number of toxic organic fragmentation products while leading to a higher selectivity toward full degradation. The results correlate with the selected mode of charge transfer in the designed photocatalysts and provide a new understanding of how the local environment of a single-atom catalyst affects the surface structure and reactivity. The concepts can be exploited further to rationally design and optimize other single-atom materials.
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- Jiaxu Liu
- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan 20133, Italy
- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Catalytic Chemistry
and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Ganjingzi District, Linggong Road
2, Dalian 116024, China
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- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut
der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany
- Department
of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute
for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Department
of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute
of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm Science Park, Am Mühlenberg
1 OT Golm, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan 20133, Italy
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Chen H, Shuang H, Lin W, Li X, Zhang Z, Li J, Fu J. Tuning Interfacial Electronic Properties of Palladium Oxide on Vacancy-Abundant Carbon Nitride for Low-Temperature Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Hao Chen
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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Kang L, Wang B, Güntner AT, Xu S, Wan X, Liu Y, Marlow S, Ren Y, Gianolio D, Tang CC, Murzin V, Asakura H, He Q, Guan S, Velasco-Vélez JJ, Pratsinis SE, Guo Y, Wang FR. The Electrophilicity of Surface Carbon Species in the Redox Reactions of CuO-CeO 2 Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14420-14428. [PMID: 33729669 PMCID: PMC8251948 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Electronic metal–support interactions (EMSI) describe the electron flow between metal sites and a metal oxide support. It is generally used to follow the mechanism of redox reactions. In this study of CuO‐CeO2 redox, an additional flow of electrons from metallic Cu to surface carbon species is observed via a combination of operando X‐ray absorption spectroscopy, synchrotron X‐ray powder diffraction, near ambient pressure near edge X‐ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy. An electronic metal–support–carbon interaction (EMSCI) is proposed to explain the reaction pathway of CO oxidation. The EMSCI provides a complete picture of the mass and electron flow, which will help predict and improve the catalytic performance in the selective activation of CO2, carbonate, or carbonyl species in C1 chemistry.
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- Liqun Kang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Particle Technology Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 6158510, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- HarwellXPS-The EPSRC National Facility for Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Particle Technology Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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Catalytic performance of Ni/CeO2 catalysts prepared from different routes for CO2 methanation. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Han X, Gao Q, Yan Z, Ji M, Long C, Zhu H. Electrocatalysis in confined spaces: interplay between well-defined materials and the microenvironment. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:1515-1528. [PMID: 33434259 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr08237f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Catalysis in a confined space has attracted much attention due to the simultaneously designable nature of active sites and their microenvironment, leading to a broad spectrum of highly efficient chemical conversion schemes. Recent work has extended the scope of confined catalysis to electrochemical reactions. Mechanistic studies suggest that the confined environment in electrocatalysis can modulate mechanical, electronic, and geometric effects, stabilizing important charge-transfer intermediates and promoting reaction kinetics. In this minireview, we first discuss the fundamental concepts of confined catalysis by summarizing density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental investigations. We then present the rational design and applications of space-confined electrocatalysts with emphasis on the confined environment provided by carbon-based materials. We specifically focus on metal-based materials confined in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their applications in emerging electrochemical reactions including the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), water-splitting reactions, carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Finally, the existing challenges, opportunities, and future directions of electrocatalysis in confined spaces are highlighted.
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- Xue Han
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
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Zhang M, Zou S, Mo S, Zhong J, Chen D, Ren Q, Fu M, Chen P, Ye D. Enhancement of catalytic toluene combustion over Pt-Co 3O 4 catalyst through in-situ metal-organic template conversion. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 262:127738. [PMID: 32763575 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A Pt-Co3O4 catalyst named Pt-Co(OH)2-O was prepared by metal-organic templates (MOTs) conversion and used for catalytic oxidation of toluene. Through the conversion, the morphology of catalysts transformed from rhombic dodecahedron to nanosheet and the coated Pt nanoparticles (NPs) were more exposed. The Binding energy shift in XPS test indicates that the strong metal-support strong interaction (SMSI) has enhanced, and the physicochemical changes caused by it are characterized by other techniques. At the same time, Pt-Co(OH)2-O showed the best catalytic performance (T50 = 157 °C, T90 = 167 °C, Ea = 40.85 kJ mol-1, TOFPt = 2.68 × 10-3 s-1) and good stability. In addition, the in situ Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) studies have shown that because SMSI weakened the Co-O bond, the introduction of Pt NPs can make the migration of oxygen in the catalyst easier. The change of binding energy change and the content of various species in the quasi in situ XPS experiment further confirmed that the Pt-Co(OH)2-O catalyst has stronger SMSI, resulting in its stronger electron transfer ability and oxygen migration ability, which is conducive to catalytic reactions. This work provides new ideas for the development of supported catalysts and provides a theoretical reference for the relevant verification of SMSI.
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- Mingyuan Zhang
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, 510006 Guangzhou, China; National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Centre for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal (SCUT), 510006 Guangzhou, China.
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Zhou Y, Liu D, Liu Z, Feng L, Yang J. Interfacial Pd-O-Ce Linkage Enhancement Boosting Formic Acid Electrooxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:47065-47075. [PMID: 33006468 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal-support interaction enhancement is critical in the fuel cell catalyst design and fabrication. Herein, taking the Pd@CeO2 system as an example, we revealed the substrate morphology coupling effect and the thermal annealing-induced Pd-O-Ce linkage enhancement in the improved catalytic capability for formic acid electrooxidation. Three well-defined CeO2 nanocrystals were employed to support Pd nanoparticles, and the best catalytic performance for formic acid oxidation and anti-CO poisoning ability was found on CeO2 plates because of the high oxygen vacancy, Ce3+, and more Pd-O-Ce linkages resulting from the more edge/corner defects. This interaction of Pd-O-Ce linkages could be largely enhanced by thermal annealing in the N2 atmosphere, as confirmed by a series of crystal structures, surface chemical state, and Raman analysis because the oxygen vacancies and lattice oxygen resulting from the oxygen atoms leaching from the CeO2 lattice would trap the mobile Pd nanocrystals by forming strengthened Pd-O-Ce linkages. Due to the high oxygen vacancy and strong Pd-O-Ce linkages, largely increased catalytic activity and stability, catalytic kinetics, and rapid charge transfer were found for all the thermal annealed Pd@CeO2 catalysts. A nearly 1.93-fold enhancement in the mass activity was achieved on the Pd@CeO2-plate catalysts demonstrating the significance of Pd-O-Ce linkage enhancement. The formation mechanism of Pd-O-Ce linkage was also probed, and a valid Pd-O-Ce linkage can only be formed in the inert atmosphere because of the reaction between metallic Pd and CeO2. This finding sheds some light on the more efficient catalyst interface construction and understanding for the fuel cell catalysis via metal-support interaction enhancement.
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- Yang Zhou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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