Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation

Autor: Abhaya K. Datye, HH Hidde Brongersma, Congcong Du, Jian Yu Huang, Deepak Kunwar, Hua Guo, Carlos E. García-Vargas, Griffin Canning, Stanley S. Chou, Qiang Wan, Stephen C. Purdy, Xavier Isidro Pereira-Hernández, Yong Wang, Jeffrey T. Miller, Dong Jiang, Kevin Leung, Sen Lin, Hengyu Li, Haifeng Xiong, Rik ter Veen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Catalysis. 4:830-839
ISSN: 2520-1158
Popis: The treatment of emissions from natural gas engines is an important area of research since methane is a potent greenhouse gas. The benchmark catalysts, based on Pd, still face challenges such as water poisoning and long-term stability. Here we report an approach for catalyst synthesis that relies on the trapping of metal single atoms on the support surface, in thermally stable form, to modify the nature of further deposited metal/metal oxide. By anchoring Pt ions on a catalyst support we can tailor the morphology of the deposited phase. In particular, two-dimensional (2D) rafts of PdOx are formed, resulting in higher reaction rates and improved water tolerance during methane oxidation. The results show that modifying the support by trapping single atoms could provide an important addition to the toolkit of catalyst designers for controlling the nucleation and growth of metal and metal oxide clusters in heterogeneous catalysts. Despite its importance in the context of natural gas engines emissions treatment, methane oxidation remains challenging. Now, the authors introduce an approach to stabilize PdOx rafts on ceria by trapping Pt single atoms in the support resulting in a superior catalyst for this transformation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE