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Das S, Yadav GD. Tailored design of novel Co 0-Co δ+ dual phase nanoparticles for selective CO 2 hydrogenation to ethanol. J Environ Sci (China) 2025; 149:598-615. [PMID: 39181671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2024.01.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
Abstract
Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to ethanol is a promising solution to address the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but many current catalysts face efficiency and cost challenges. Cobalt based catalysts are frequently examined due to their abundance, cost-efficiency, and effectiveness in the reaction, where managing the Co0 to Coδ+ ratio is essential. In this study, we adjusted support nature (Al2O3, MgO-MgAl2O4, and MgO) and reduction conditions to optimize this balance of Co0 to Coδ+ sites on the catalyst surface, enhancing ethanol production. The selectivity of ethanol reached 17.9% in a continuous flow fixed bed micro-reactor over 20 mol% Co@MgO-MgAl2O4 (CoMgAl) catalyst at 270 °C and 3.0 MPa, when reduced at 400 °C for 8 h. Characterisation results coupled with activity analysis confirmed that mild reduction condition (400 °C, 10% H2 balance N2, 8 h) with intermediate metal support interaction favoured the generation of partially reduced Co sites (Coδ+ and Co0 sites in single atom) over MgO-MgAl2O4 surface, which promoted ethanol synthesis by coupling of dissociative (CHx*)/non-dissociative (CHxO*) intermediates, as confirmed by density functional theory analysis. Additionally, the CoMgAl, affordably prepared through the coprecipitation method, offers a potential alternative for CO2 hydrogenation to yield valuable chemicals.
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- Subhasis Das
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga 400019, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga 400019, Mumbai, India.
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Qiu C, Odarchenko Y, Meng Q, Dong H, Gonzalez IL, Panchal M, Olalde-Velasco P, Maccherozzi F, Zanetti-Domingues L, Martin-Fernandez ML, Beale AM. Compositional Evolution of Individual CoNPs on Co/TiO 2 during CO and Syngas Treatment Resolved through Soft XAS/X-PEEM. ACS Catal 2023; 13:15956-15966. [PMID: 38125980 PMCID: PMC10729030 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c03214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The nanoparticle (NP) redox state is an important parameter in the performance of cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalysts. Here, the compositional evolution of individual CoNPs (6-24 nm) in terms of the oxide vs metallic state was investigated in situ during CO/syngas treatment using spatially resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)/X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (X-PEEM). It was observed that in the presence of CO, smaller CoNPs (i.e., ≤12 nm in size) remained in the metallic state, whereas NPs ≥ 15 nm became partially oxidized, suggesting that the latter were more readily able to dissociate CO. In contrast, in the presence of syngas, the oxide content of NPs ≥ 15 nm reduced, while it increased in quantity in the smaller NPs; this reoxidation that occurs primarily at the surface proved to be temporary, reforming the reduced state during subsequent UHV annealing. O K-edge measurements revealed that a key parameter mitigating the redox behavior of the CoNPs were proximate oxygen vacancies (Ovac). These results demonstrate the differences in the reducibility and the reactivity of Co NP size on a Co/TiO2 catalyst and the effect Ovac have on these properties, therefore yielding a better understanding of the physicochemical properties of this popular choice of FTS catalysts.
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- Chengwu Qiu
- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
- Research
Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
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Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006 (China)
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
- Research
Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
- Research
Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
- Research
Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.
- Research
Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, U.K.
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Dong C, Mu R, Li R, Wang J, Song T, Qu Z, Fu Q, Bao X. Disentangling Local Interfacial Confinement and Remote Spillover Effects in Oxide-Oxide Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17056-17065. [PMID: 37493082 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Supported oxides are widely used in many important catalytic reactions, in which the interaction between the oxide catalyst and oxide support is critical but still remains elusive. Here, we construct a chemically bonded oxide-oxide interface by chemical deposition of Co3O4 onto ZnO powder (Co3O4/ZnO), in which complete reduction of Co3O4 to Co0 has been strongly impeded. It was revealed that the local interfacial confinement effect between Co oxide and the ZnO support helps to maintain a metastable CoOx state in CO2 hydrogenation reaction, producing 93% CO. In contrast, a physically contacted oxide-oxide interface was formed by mechanically mixing Co3O4 and ZnO powders (Co3O4-ZnO), in which reduction of Co3O4 to Co0 was significantly promoted, demonstrating a quick increase of CO2 conversion to 45% and a high selectivity toward CH4 (92%) in the CO2 hydrogenation reaction. This interface effect is ascribed to unusual remote spillover of dissociated hydrogen species from ZnO nanoparticles to the neighboring Co oxide nanoparticles. This work clearly illustrates the equally important but opposite local and remote effects at the oxide-oxide interfaces. The distinct oxide-oxide interactions contribute to many diverse interface phenomena in oxide-oxide catalytic systems.
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- Cui Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Hetero-site cobalt catalysts for higher alcohols synthesis by CO2 hydrogenation: A review. J CO2 UTIL 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Xiang G, Huo J, Liu Z. Understanding and application of metal-support interactions in catalysts for CO-PROX. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:18454-18468. [PMID: 35913070 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02035a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO-PROX) plays a vital role in H2 purification in the upstream systems of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) for its high efficiency, low cost and practicability. The key to the application of CO-PROX is the design and preparation of catalysts, and the supported metal catalysts have been the mainstay after decades of development. The metal-support interaction (MSI), which acts as a bridge between the design of supported catalysts and atomic-level theoretical research, has triggered increasing attention. There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of the MSI in heterogeneous catalysis. In this review, the impacts of the MSI including strong metal-support interactions and electronic metal-support interactions on the essential characteristics of supported single atom, nanocluster and nanoparticle catalysts, and therefore, on catalytic behaviors were discussed, respectively, primarily focusing on electron transfer, chemical bonding and the encapsulation of active sites induced by the MSI. We also presented an overview of how the MSI can be utilized to rationally design catalysts to meet target requirements such as high activity, selectivity or stability via appropriate selection and modification of support and active species. The perspectives of the future development for comprehensive understanding of the MSI were also proposed.
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- Ganghua Xiang
- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, China.
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, China.
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- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, China.
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Zou X, Shen Z, Li X, Cao Y, Xia Q, Zhang S, Liu Y, Jiang L, Li L, Cui L, Wang Y. Boosting CO2 methanation on ceria supported transition metal catalysts via chelation coupled wetness impregnation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 620:77-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Wu Y, Xie Z, Gao X, Zhou X, Xu Y, Fan S, Yao S, Li X, Lin L. The Highly Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to CO over Transition Metal Nitrides. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoang TTN, Lin YS, Le TNH, Le TK, Huynh TKX, Tsai DH. Cu-ZnO@Al2O3 hybrid nanoparticle with enhanced activity for catalytic CO2 conversion to methanol. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2021.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Qiu C, Odarchenko Y, Meng Q, Cong P, Schoen MAW, Kleibert A, Forrest T, Beale AM. Direct observation of the evolving metal-support interaction of individual cobalt nanoparticles at the titania and silica interface. Chem Sci 2020; 11:13060-13070. [PMID: 34123242 PMCID: PMC8163327 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03113e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Understanding the metal–support interaction (MSI) is crucial to comprehend how the catalyst support affects performance and whether this interaction can be exploited in order to design new catalysts with enhanced properties. Spatially resolved soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in combination with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Helium Ion-Milling Microscopy (SHIM) has been applied to visualise and characterise the behaviour of individual cobalt nanoparticles (CoNPs) supported on two-dimensional substrates (SiOxSi(100) (x < 2) and rutile TiO2(110)) after undergoing reduction–oxidation–reduction (ROR). The behaviour of the Co species is observed to be strongly dependent on the type of support. For SiOxSi a weaker MSI between Co and the support allows a complete reduction of CoNPs although they migrate and agglomerate. In contrast, a stronger MSI of CoNPs on TiO2 leads to only a partial reduction under H2 at 773 K (as observed from Co L3-edge XAS data) due to enhanced TiO2 binding of surface-exposed cobalt. SHIM data revealed that the interaction of the CoNPs is so strong on TiO2, that they are seen to spread at and below the surface and even to migrate up to ∼40 nm away. These results allow us to better understand deactivation phenomena and additionally demonstrate a new understanding concerning the nature of the MSI for Co/TiO2 and suggest that there is scope for careful control of the post-synthetic thermal treatment for the tuning of this interaction and ultimately the catalytic performance. Understanding the metal–support interaction (MSI) is crucial to comprehend how the catalyst support affects performance and whether this interaction can be exploited in order to design new catalysts with enhanced properties.![]()
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- Chengwu Qiu
- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK .,Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) Harwell Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK .,Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) Harwell Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK .,Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) Harwell Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen 5232 Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen 5232 Switzerland
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- Diamond Light Source Harwell Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0DE UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ UK .,Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) Harwell Didcot Oxfordshire OX11 0FA UK
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