Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction
Abstract
Progress in heterogeneous catalysis is often hampered by the difficulties of constructing active architectures and understanding reaction mechanisms at the molecular level due to the structural complexity of practical catalysts, in particular for multicomponent catalysts. Although surface science experiments and theoretical simulations help understand the detailed reaction mechanisms over model systems, the direct study of the nature of nanoparticle catalysts remains a grand challenge. This paper describes a facile construction of well-defined Pt-skin catalysts modified by different 3d transition metal (3dTM) atoms in subsurface regions. However, on the catalyst containing both surface and subsurface 3dTMs, the selectivity of propane dehydrogenation decreases in the sequences of Pt ~ PtFe > PtCo > PtNi due to the easier C–C cracking on exposed Co and Ni sites. After the exposed 3dTMs were removed completely, the C3H6 selectivity was found to increase markedly in the row Pt < PtNi@Pt < PtCo@Pt < PtFe@Pt, which is in line with the calculated trend of d-band center shifting. The established relationship between reactivity and d-band center shifting illustrates the role of subsurface catalysis in dehydrogenation reaction.
- Authors:
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- Tianjin University (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin (China)
- Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
- (Feng) [Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1499915
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014561
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Cai, Weiting, Mu, Rentao, Zha, Shenjun, Sun, Guodong, Chen, Sai, Zhao, Zhi-Jian, Li, Hao, Tian, Hao, Tang, Yu, Tao, Franklin, Zeng, Liang, and Gong, Jinlong. Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aar5418.
Cai, Weiting, Mu, Rentao, Zha, Shenjun, Sun, Guodong, Chen, Sai, Zhao, Zhi-Jian, Li, Hao, Tian, Hao, Tang, Yu, Tao, Franklin, Zeng, Liang, & Gong, Jinlong. Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar5418
Cai, Weiting, Mu, Rentao, Zha, Shenjun, Sun, Guodong, Chen, Sai, Zhao, Zhi-Jian, Li, Hao, Tian, Hao, Tang, Yu, Tao, Franklin, Zeng, Liang, and Gong, Jinlong. Fri .
"Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar5418. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1499915.
@article{osti_1499915,
title = {Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction},
author = {Cai, Weiting and Mu, Rentao and Zha, Shenjun and Sun, Guodong and Chen, Sai and Zhao, Zhi-Jian and Li, Hao and Tian, Hao and Tang, Yu and Tao, Franklin and Zeng, Liang and Gong, Jinlong},
abstractNote = {Progress in heterogeneous catalysis is often hampered by the difficulties of constructing active architectures and understanding reaction mechanisms at the molecular level due to the structural complexity of practical catalysts, in particular for multicomponent catalysts. Although surface science experiments and theoretical simulations help understand the detailed reaction mechanisms over model systems, the direct study of the nature of nanoparticle catalysts remains a grand challenge. This paper describes a facile construction of well-defined Pt-skin catalysts modified by different 3d transition metal (3dTM) atoms in subsurface regions. However, on the catalyst containing both surface and subsurface 3dTMs, the selectivity of propane dehydrogenation decreases in the sequences of Pt ~ PtFe > PtCo > PtNi due to the easier C–C cracking on exposed Co and Ni sites. After the exposed 3dTMs were removed completely, the C3H6 selectivity was found to increase markedly in the row Pt < PtNi@Pt < PtCo@Pt < PtFe@Pt, which is in line with the calculated trend of d-band center shifting. The established relationship between reactivity and d-band center shifting illustrates the role of subsurface catalysis in dehydrogenation reaction.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aar5418},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 8,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {8}
}
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