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Hou Y, Lan Y, Qian C, Zhou S. Direct Conversion of Methane to Propylene. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2023; 6:0218. [PMID: 37693174 PMCID: PMC10489882 DOI: 10.34133/research.0218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Nonoxidative coupling of methane exhibits promising prospect in that it affords value-added hydrocarbons and hydrogen with high atom economy. However, challenge remains in direct, selective conversion of methane to more valuable hydrocarbons like olefins. The current work presents a catalyst with well-dispersed Ta atoms anchored by graphitic C3N4-supported phthalocyanine. Such a catalyst is able to convert methane selectively to ethylene and propylene at a relatively low temperature (350 °C). The conception of the active center and construction of the catalyst have been described, and the origins of the catalytic performance are discussed.
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- Yunpeng Hou
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology,
Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Chemicals Technology,
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 324000 Quzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology,
Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Chemicals Technology,
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 324000 Quzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology,
Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Chemicals Technology,
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 324000 Quzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology,
Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Zhejiang Provincial Innovation Center of Advanced Chemicals Technology,
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 324000 Quzhou, P. R. China
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Back S, Mostaghimi AHB, Siahrostami S. Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity Using Single Atom Catalyst Supported on Tantalum Pentoxide. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Seoin Back
- Sogang University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
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- University of Calgary Chemistry 2500 University Drive, NW AB T2N 1N4 Calgary CANADA
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Yang J, Ganesan P, Ishihara A, Nakashima N. Carbon Nanotube‐Based Non‐Precious Metal Electrode Catalysts for Fuel Cells, Water Splitting and Zinc‐Air Batteries. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Jun Yang
- Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 P. R. China
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- International Institute for Carbon Neutral-Energy Research (I2CNER) Kyushu University Nishi-ku 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Sciences Yokohama National University Yokohama 240-8501 Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon Neutral-Energy Research (I2CNER) Kyushu University Nishi-ku 819-0395 Japan
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Gao W, Zhang Z, Dou M, Wang F. Highly Dispersed and Crystalline Ta2O5 Anchored Pt Electrocatalyst with Improved Activity and Durability Toward Oxygen Reduction: Promotion by Atomic-Scale Pt–Ta2O5 Interactions. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Wenbin Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Kong J, Cheng W. Recent advances in the rational design of electrocatalysts towards the oxygen reduction reaction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(17)62801-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chisaka M, Ishihara A, Morioka H, Nagai T, Yin S, Ohgi Y, Matsuzawa K, Mitsushima S, Ota KI. Zirconium Oxynitride-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cathodes. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:678-684. [PMID: 31457464 PMCID: PMC6640960 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Most nonplatinum group metal (non-PGM) catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cell cathodes have so far been limited to iron(cobalt)/nitrogen/carbon [Fe(Co)/N/C] composites owing to their high activity in both half-cell and single-cell cathode processes. Group IV and V metal oxides, another class of non-PGM catalysts, are stable in acidic media; however, their activities have been mostly evaluated for half-cells, with no single-cell performances comparable to those of Fe/N/C composites reported to date. Herein, we report successful syntheses of zirconium oxynitride catalysts on multiwalled carbon nanotubes, which show the highest oxygen reduction reaction activity among oxide-based catalysts. The single-cell performance of these catalysts reached 10 mA cm-2 at 0.9 V, being comparable to that of state-of-the-art Fe/N/C catalysts. This new record opens up a new pathway for reaching the year 2020 target set by the U.S. Department of Energy, that is, 44 mA cm-2 at 0.9 V.
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- Mitsuharu Chisaka
- Department
of Sustainable Energy, Hirosaki University, 3 Bunkyo-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8561, Japan
- E-mail: . Phone/Fax: +81 172 39 3559 (M.C.)
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Technical
Research Institute, Toppan Printing Co.,
Ltd, 4-2-3 Takanodaiminami, Sugito-machi, Saitama 345-8508, Japan
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Kumamoto
Industrial Research Institute, 3-11-38 Azuma-cho, Azuma-ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862-0901, Japan
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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- Green Hydrogen Research Center and Institute of Advanced
Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai,
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Wassner M, Eckardt M, Gebauer C, Bourret G, Hüsing N, Behm R. Synthesis and electrocatalytic performance of spherical core-shell tantalum (oxy)nitride@nitrided carbon composites in the oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A Carbon-Support-Free Titanium Oxynitride Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Cathodes. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jo A, Lee Y, Lee C. Electrodeposition of tantalum on carbon black in non-aqueous solution and its electrocatalytic properties. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 933:59-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Matsui T, Morikawa E, Nakada S, Okanishi T, Muroyama H, Hirao Y, Takahashi T, Eguchi K. Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Employing Heteropolyacids as Redox Mediators for Oxygen Reduction Reactions: Pt-Free Cathode Systems. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:18119-18125. [PMID: 27348019 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
In this study, the heteropolyacids of H3+xPVxMO12-xO40 (x = 0, 2, and 3) were applied as redox mediators for the oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte fuel cells, of which the cathode is free from the usage of noble metals such as Pt/C. In this system, the electrochemical reduction of heteropolyacid over the carbon cathode and the subsequent reoxidation of the partially reduced heteropolyacid by exposure to the dissolved oxygen in the regenerator are important processes for continuous power generation. Thus, the redox properties of catholytes containing these heteropolyacids were investigated in detail. The substitution quantity of V in the heteropolyacid affected the onset reduction potential as well as the reduction current density, resulting in a difference in cell performance. The chemical composition of heteropolyacid also had a significant impact on the reoxidation property. Among the three compounds, H6PV3Mo9O40 was the most suitable redox mediator. Furthermore, the pH of the catholyte was found to be the crucial factor in determining the reoxidation rate of partially reduced heteropolyacid as well as cell performance.
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- Toshiaki Matsui
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Higashifuji Technical Center, Toyota Motor Corporation , Mishuku, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1193, Japan
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- Higashifuji Technical Center, Toyota Motor Corporation , Mishuku, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1193, Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Evaluation and Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity on Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles Assisted by L(+)-lysine. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.10.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Shao M, Chang Q, Dodelet JP, Chenitz R. Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Chem Rev 2016; 116:3594-657. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2698] [Impact Index Per Article: 337.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Minhua Shao
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- INRS-Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, 1650, boulevard Lionel Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2, Canada
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- INRS-Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, 1650, boulevard Lionel Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2, Canada
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Kinetic study of oxygen reduction reaction on tantalum oxide-based electrocatalysts produced from oxy-tantalum phthalocyanines in acidic media. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.09.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Titanium-Niobium Oxides as Non-Noble Metal Cathodes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. Catalysts 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/catal5031289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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