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Title: Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit

Abstract

Platinum is ubiquitous in the production sectors of chemicals and fuels; however, its scarcity in nature and high price will limit future proliferation of platinum-catalysed reactions. One definite approach to conserve platinum involves understanding the smallest number of platinum atoms needed to catalyse a reaction, then designing catalysts with the minimal platinum ensembles. Here we design and test a new generation of platinum–copper nanoparticle catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene,, an industrially important reaction. Isolated platinum atom geometries enable hydrogen activation and spillover but are incapable of C–C bond scission that leads to loss of selectivity and catalyst deactivation. γ-Alumina-supported single-atom alloy nanoparticle catalysts with <1 platinum atom per 100 copper atoms are found to exhibit high activity and selectivity for butadiene hydrogenation to butenes under mild conditions, demonstrating transferability from the model study to the catalytic reaction under practical conditions.

Authors:
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  1. Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
OSTI Identifier:
1223384
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; FG02-05ER15730; AC05-00OR22725; SC00112704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemical sciences; catalysis; material science; physical chemistry

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Lucci, Felicia R., Liu, Jilei, Marcinkowski, Matthew D., Yang, Ming, Allard, Lawrence F., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria, and Sykes, E. Charles H. Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms9550.
Lucci, Felicia R., Liu, Jilei, Marcinkowski, Matthew D., Yang, Ming, Allard, Lawrence F., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria, & Sykes, E. Charles H. Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9550
Lucci, Felicia R., Liu, Jilei, Marcinkowski, Matthew D., Yang, Ming, Allard, Lawrence F., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria, and Sykes, E. Charles H. Fri . "Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9550. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223384.
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title = {Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit},
author = {Lucci, Felicia R. and Liu, Jilei and Marcinkowski, Matthew D. and Yang, Ming and Allard, Lawrence F. and Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria and Sykes, E. Charles H.},
abstractNote = {Platinum is ubiquitous in the production sectors of chemicals and fuels; however, its scarcity in nature and high price will limit future proliferation of platinum-catalysed reactions. One definite approach to conserve platinum involves understanding the smallest number of platinum atoms needed to catalyse a reaction, then designing catalysts with the minimal platinum ensembles. Here we design and test a new generation of platinum–copper nanoparticle catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene,, an industrially important reaction. Isolated platinum atom geometries enable hydrogen activation and spillover but are incapable of C–C bond scission that leads to loss of selectivity and catalyst deactivation. γ-Alumina-supported single-atom alloy nanoparticle catalysts with <1 platinum atom per 100 copper atoms are found to exhibit high activity and selectivity for butadiene hydrogenation to butenes under mild conditions, demonstrating transferability from the model study to the catalytic reaction under practical conditions.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms9550},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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The Multifaceted Reactivity of Single-Atom Heterogeneous Catalysts
text, January 2018


Atomically Dispersed Copper-Platinum Dual Sites Alloyed with Palladium Nanorings Catalyze the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, November 2017

  • Chao, Tingting; Luo, Xuan; Chen, Wenxing
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 56, Issue 50
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709803

Stabilizing a Platinum 1 Single-Atom Catalyst on Supported Phosphomolybdic Acid without Compromising Hydrogenation Activity
journal, May 2016

  • Zhang, Bin; Asakura, Hiroyuki; Zhang, Jia
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 55, Issue 29
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602801

Stabilization of Single Metal Atoms on Graphitic Carbon Nitride
text, January 2017


Silica-Supported Au-Ag Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Butadiene
journal, June 2017

  • Masoud, Nazila; Delannoy, Laurent; Calers, Christophe
  • ChemCatChem, Vol. 9, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700127

Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst
journal, March 2016

  • Choi, Chang Hyuck; Kim, Minho; Kwon, Han Chang
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10922

Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation
journal, July 2017

  • Zhang, Zailei; Zhu, Yihan; Asakura, Hiroyuki
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16100

In situ spectroscopy-guided engineering of rhodium single-atom catalysts for CO oxidation
journal, March 2019


Quasi Pd1Ni single-atom surface alloy catalyst enables hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines
journal, November 2019


Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis
journal, December 2019


High-efficiency direct methane conversion to oxygenates on a cerium dioxide nanowires supported rhodium single-atom catalyst
journal, February 2020


Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene catalyzed by a single Pd atom anchored on graphene: the importance of dynamics
journal, January 2018

  • Feng, Yingxin; Zhou, Linsen; Wan, Qiang
  • Chemical Science, Vol. 9, Issue 27
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00776d

Dynamic traction of lattice-confined platinum atoms into mesoporous carbon matrix for hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2018


A sulfur-tethering synthesis strategy toward high-loading atomically dispersed noble metal catalysts
journal, October 2019