Two-dimensional transition metal carbides as supports for tuning the chemistry of catalytic nanoparticles

Li, Zhe; Yu, Liang; Milligan, Cory; Ma, Tao; Zhou, Lin; Cui, Yanran; Qi, Zhiyuan; Libretto, Nicole; Xu, Biao; Luo, Junwei; Shi, Enzheng; Wu, Zhenwei; Xin, Hongliang; Delgass, W. Nicholas; Miller, Jeffrey T.; Wu, Yue

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07502-5

Title: Two-dimensional transition metal carbides as supports for tuning the chemistry of catalytic nanoparticles

Journal Article · 10 December 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07502-5 · OSTI ID:1603141

^[1]; Yu, Liang ^[2]; Milligan, Cory ^[3];

^[4]; Zhou, Lin ^[4]; Cui, Yanran ^[3]; Qi, Zhiyuan ^[1]; Libretto, Nicole ^[3]; Xu, Biao ^[1]; Luo, Junwei ^[2]; Shi, Enzheng ^[1]; Wu, Zhenwei ^[3]; Xin, Hongliang ^[2]; Delgass, W. Nicholas ^[3]; Miller, Jeffrey T. ^[3]; Wu, Yue ^[1]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Supported nanoparticles are broadly employed in industrial catalytic processes, where the active sites can be tuned by metal-support interactions (MSIs). Although it is well accepted that supports can modify the chemistry of metal nanoparticles, systematic utilization of MSIs for achieving desired catalytic performance is still challenging. The developments of supports with appropriate chemical properties and identification of the resulting active sites are the main barriers. Here, we develop two-dimensional transition metal carbides (MXenes) supported platinum as efficient catalysts for light alkane dehydrogenations. Ordered Pt₃Ti and surface Pt₃Nb intermetallic compound nanoparticles are formed via reactive metal-support interactions on Pt/Ti₃C₂T_x and Pt/Nb₂CT_x catalysts, respectively. MXene supports modulate the nature of the active sites, making them highly selective toward C–H activation. Such exploitation of the MSIs makes MXenes promising platforms with versatile chemical reactivity and tunability for facile design of supported intermetallic nanoparticles over a wide range of compositions and structures.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1603141

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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