Taming interfacial electronic properties of platinum nanoparticles on vacancy-abundant boron nitride nanosheets for enhanced catalysis

Zhu, Wenshuai; Wu, Zili; Foo, Guo Shiou; Gao, Xiang; Zhou, Mingxia; Liu, Bin; Veith, Gabriel M.; Wu, Peiwen; Browning, Katie L.; Lee, Ho Nyung; Li, Huaming; Dai, Sheng; Zhu, Huiyuan

doi:10.1038/ncomms15291

Title: Taming interfacial electronic properties of platinum nanoparticles on vacancy-abundant boron nitride nanosheets for enhanced catalysis

Journal Article · Fri Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15291· OSTI ID:1376538

Zhu, Wenshuai ^[1]; Wu, Zili ^[2]; Foo, Guo Shiou ^[2]; Gao, Xiang ^[2]; Zhou, Mingxia ^[3]; Liu, Bin ^[3]; Veith, Gabriel M. ^[2]; Wu, Peiwen ^[1]; Browning, Katie L. ^[2];

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Jiangsu Univ, Zhenjiang (China); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Jiangsu Univ, Zhenjiang (China)

Taming interfacial electronic effects on Pt nanoparticles modulated by their concomitants has emerged as an intriguing approach to optimize Pt catalytic performance. Here, we report Pt nanoparticles assembled on vacancy-abundant hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets and their use as a model catalyst to embrace an interfacial electronic effect on Pt induced by the nanosheets with N-vacancies and B-vacancies for superior CO oxidation catalysis. Experimental results indicate that strong interaction exists between Pt and the vacancies. Bader charge analysis shows that with Pt on B-vacancies, the nanosheets serve as a Lewis acid to accept electrons from Pt, and on the contrary, when Pt sits on N-vacancies, the nanosheets act as a Lewis base for donating electrons to Pt. The overall-electronic effect demonstrates an electron-rich feature of Pt after assembling on hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets. Such an interfacial electronic effect makes Pt favour the adsorption of O₂, alleviating CO poisoning and promoting the catalysis.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

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OSTI ID:: 1376538

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 15291; ISSN 2041-1723

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