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Transformation of Highly Stable Pt Single Sites on Defect Engineered Ceria into Robust Pt Clusters for Vehicle Emission Control

Journal Article · · Environmental Science and Technology
Engineering surface defects on metal oxide supports could help promote the dispersion of active sites and catalytic performance of supported catalysts. Herein, a strategy of ZrO2 doping was proposed to create rich surface defects on CeO2 (CZO) and, with these defects, to improve Pt dispersion and enhance its affinity as single sites to the CZO support (Pt/CZO). The strongly anchored Pt single sites on CZO support were initially not efficient for catalytic oxidation of CO/C3H6. However, after a simple activation by H2 reduction, the catalytic oxidation performance over Pt/CZO catalyst was significantly boosted and better than Pt/CeO2. Pt/CZO catalyst also exhibited much higher thermal stability. The structural evolution of Pt active sites by H2 treatment was systematically investigated on aged Pt/CZO and Pt/CeO2 catalysts. With H2 reduction, ionic Pt single sites were transformed into active Pt clusters. Much smaller Pt clusters were created on CZO (ca. 1.2 nm) than on CeO2 (ca. 1.8 nm) due to stronger Pt-CeO2 interaction on aged Pt/CZO. Consequently, more exposed active Pt sites were obtained on the smaller clusters surrounded by more oxygen defects and Ce3+ species, which directly translated to the higher catalytic oxidation performance of activated Pt/CZO catalyst in vehicle emission control applications.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation (NSF); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1829282
Report Number(s):
BNL--222342-2021-JAAM
Journal Information:
Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 55; ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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