Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion

doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b00596

Title: Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion

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Complete catalytic oxidation of methane in the presence of steam at low temperatures (T < 400 °C) is a crucial reaction for emission control, yet it presents profound challenges. The activation of the strong C–H bond of methane at low temperature is difficult, and the water present in any realistic application poisons the active surface and promotes sintering of Pd particles during the reaction. Finding materials that can deliver high reaction rates while being more resistant to the presence of water is imperative for advancing several technological applications of natural gas-based systems. However, methods to fairly compare the activity of Pd catalysts (the most active metal for methane combustion) are needed in order to perform useful structure–property relationship studies. Here in this paper, we report a method to study how zeolite hydrophobicity affects the activity of Pd nanoparticles in the reaction, which led to a significant improvement in the water resistance. Mesoporous zeolites were synthesized starting from commercially available microporous zeolites. In this way, a variety of hierarchically porous zeolites, with different hydrophobic/hydrophilic character, were prepared. Preformed colloidal Pd nanoparticles could be deposited within mesostructured zeolites. This approach enabled the systematic study of key parameters such as zeolite framework, Almore »« less

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Losch, Pit ^[1];

^[2]; Vozniuk, Olena ^[3]; Goodman, Emmett D. ^[2]; Schmidt, Wolfgang ^[3];

^[2]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis; Max-Planck-Inst. für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis
Max-Planck-Inst. für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim (Germany)

Publication Date:: 2019-04-11

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1532473

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; DGE-1656518

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ACS Catalysis

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 42 ENGINEERING; C−H activation; emissions control; colloidal nanoparticles; hierarchical porosity; mesoporous zeolite

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                    Losch, Pit, Huang, Weixin, Vozniuk, Olena, Goodman, Emmett D., Schmidt, Wolfgang, and Cargnello, Matteo. Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Losch, Pit, Huang, Weixin, Vozniuk, Olena, Goodman, Emmett D., Schmidt, Wolfgang, & Cargnello, Matteo. Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion.  United States.  doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b00596.

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                    Losch, Pit, Huang, Weixin, Vozniuk, Olena, Goodman, Emmett D., Schmidt, Wolfgang, and Cargnello, Matteo. Thu .  
        "Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion".  United States.  doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b00596.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532473.

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@article{osti_1532473,

  title        = {Modular Pd/Zeolite Composites Demonstrating the Key Role of Support Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character in Methane Catalytic Combustion},

  author       = {Losch, Pit and Huang, Weixin and Vozniuk, Olena and Goodman, Emmett D. and Schmidt, Wolfgang and Cargnello, Matteo},

  abstractNote = {Complete catalytic oxidation of methane in the presence of steam at low temperatures (T < 400 °C) is a crucial reaction for emission control, yet it presents profound challenges. The activation of the strong C–H bond of methane at low temperature is difficult, and the water present in any realistic application poisons the active surface and promotes sintering of Pd particles during the reaction. Finding materials that can deliver high reaction rates while being more resistant to the presence of water is imperative for advancing several technological applications of natural gas-based systems. However, methods to fairly compare the activity of Pd catalysts (the most active metal for methane combustion) are needed in order to perform useful structure–property relationship studies. Here in this paper, we report a method to study how zeolite hydrophobicity affects the activity of Pd nanoparticles in the reaction, which led to a significant improvement in the water resistance. Mesoporous zeolites were synthesized starting from commercially available microporous zeolites. In this way, a variety of hierarchically porous zeolites, with different hydrophobic/hydrophilic character, were prepared. Preformed colloidal Pd nanoparticles could be deposited within mesostructured zeolites. This approach enabled the systematic study of key parameters such as zeolite framework, Al content, and the Pd loading while maintaining the same Pd particle size and structure for all the samples. Detailed catalytic studies revealed an optimum hydrophobic/hydrophilic character, and a promising steam-resistant catalyst, namely, 3.2 nm Pd particles supported on mesoporous zeolite beta or USY with a Si/Al ratio of 40, emerged from this multiparametric study with a T50 of 355 °C and T90 of 375 °C (where T50 and T90 are temperature values at which the samples reach 50% and 90% methane conversion, respectively) in steam-containing reaction conditions. Finally, we verified that the designed catalysts were stable by in-depth postcatalysis characterization and operando diffuse-reflectance infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) analyses confirming that water adsorbs less strongly on the active PdO surface due to interaction with the zeolite acid sites. This method can be of general use to study how zeolite supports affect the reactivity of supported metals in several catalytic applications.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acscatal.9b00596},

  journal      = {ACS Catalysis},

  issn         = {2155-5435},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 9,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {4}

}

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