A ship-in-a-bottle strategy to synthesize encapsulated intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts: Exemplified for furfural hydrogenation

Maligal-Ganesh, Raghu V.; Xiao, Chaoxian; Goh, Tian Wei; Wang, Lin -Lin; Gustafson, Jeffrey; Pei, Yuchen; Qi, Zhiyuan; Johnson, Duane D.; Zhang, Shiran; Tao, Franklin (Feng); Huang, Wenyu

doi:10.1021/acscatal.5b02281

Title: A ship-in-a-bottle strategy to synthesize encapsulated intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts: Exemplified for furfural hydrogenation

Journal Article · Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2016 · ACS Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02281· OSTI ID:1240740

Maligal-Ganesh, Raghu V. ^[1]; Xiao, Chaoxian ^[1]; Goh, Tian Wei ^[1]; Wang, Lin -Lin ^[2]; Gustafson, Jeffrey ^[1]; Pei, Yuchen ^[1]; Qi, Zhiyuan ^[1]; Johnson, Duane D. ^[3]; Zhang, Shiran ^[4]; Tao, Franklin (Feng) ^[4]; Huang, Wenyu ^[5]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

In this paper, intermetallic compounds are garnering increasing attention as efficient catalysts for improved selectivity in chemical processes. Here, using a ship-in-a-bottle strategy, we synthesize single-phase platinum-based intermetallic nanoparticles (NPs) protected by a mesoporous silica (mSiO₂) shell by heterogeneous reduction and nucleation of Sn, Pb, or Zn in mSiO₂-encapsulated Pt NPs. For selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol, a dramatic increase in activity and selectivity is observed when intermetallic NPs catalysts are used in comparison to Pt@mSiO₂. Among the intermetallic NPs, PtSn@mSiO₂ exhibits the best performance, requiring only one-tenth of the quantity of Pt used in Pt@mSiO₂ for similar activity and near 100% selectivity to furfuryl alcohol. A high-temperature oxidation–reduction treatment easily reverses any carbon deposition-induced catalyst deactivation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy shows the importance of surface composition to the activity, whereas density functional theory calculations reveal that the enhanced selectivity on PtSn compared to Pt is due to the different furfural adsorption configurations on the two surfaces.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1240740

Report Number(s):: IS-J-8780

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Vol. 6, Issue 3; ISSN 2155-5435

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