Parallelized Screening of Characterized and DFT-Modeled Bimetallic Colloidal Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Lopato, Eric M.; Eikey, Emily A.; Simon, Zoe C.; Back, Seoin; Tran, Kevin; Lewis, Jacqueline; Kowalewski, Jakub F.; Yazdi, Sadegh; Kitchin, John R.; Ulissi, Zachary W.; Millstone, Jill E.; Bernhard, Stefan

doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b05404

Title: Parallelized Screening of Characterized and DFT-Modeled Bimetallic Colloidal Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Journal Article · Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2020 · ACS Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b05404· OSTI ID:1832912

Lopato, Eric M. ^[1];

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Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sogang University, Seoul (Korea, Republic)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Using a newly designed and developed parallelized photoreactor and colorimetric detection method, a large sampling of bimetallic co-catalysts (Pd/Sn, Pd/Mo, Pd/Ru, Pd/Pb, Pd/Ni, Ni/Sn, Mo/Sn and Pt/Sn) for photocatalytic water reduction have been tested in this work. Of these co-catalysts, the combination of palladium and tin showed the highest synergistic behavior and peak hydrogen gas production at a low relative fraction of palladium. The resulting Pd/Sn bimetallic co-catalysts were characterized using high-angle annular dark-field (HAADF) and scanning transmission electron microscopy energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDS), and specifically, investigation of the palladium/tin mixture indicated that palladium and tin elements reside within the same particle. The experimental catalytic activity for the palladium/tin mixture was compared to density functional theory-derived energy values associated with the adsorption of hydrogen onto a surface. This comparison demonstrated that the typical peak found in electrochemical Sabatier volcano plots at ΔG_H* = ~0 eV was replicated in the experimental photocatalytic system with a peak activity observed at ΔG_H* = -0.036 eV. Computational confirmation of the results expressed here demonstrates the efficacy of colorimetric detection of hydrogen in parallel and presents a model for increasingly rapid catalyst screening.

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Research Organization:: Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020392; AC02-05CH11231; CHE 1764353; 1747452

OSTI ID:: 1832912

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Vol. 10, Issue 7; ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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