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Title: Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO 2

Abstract

The methane dry reforming (DRM) reaction mechanism was explored via mechanochemically prepared Pd/CeO2 catalysts (PdAcCeO2M), which yield unique Pd-Ce interfaces, where PdAcCeO2M has a distinct reaction mechanism and higher reactivity for DRM relative to traditionally synthesized impregnated Pd/CeO2 (PdCeO2IW). In situ characterization and density functional theory calculations revealed that the enhanced chemistry of PdAcCeO2M can be attributed to the presence of a carbon-modified Pd0 and Ce4+/3+ surface arrangement, where distinct Pd-CO intermediate species and strong Pd-CeO2 interactions are activated and sustained exclusively under reaction conditions. This unique arrangement leads to highly selective and distinct surface reaction pathways that prefer the direct oxidation of CHx to CO, identified on PdAcCeO2M using isotope labeled diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and highlighting linear Pd-CO species bound on metallic and C-modified Pd, leading to adsorbed HCOO [1595 cm-1] species as key DRM intermediates, stemming from associative CO2 reduction. The milled materials contrast strikingly with surface processes observed on IW samples (PdCeO2IW) where the competing reverse water gas shift reaction predominates.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York11793, United States
  2. Polytechnic Department and INSTM, University of Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, 33100Udine, Italy
  3. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York11794, United States
  4. X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States
  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Energy Technologies, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08018Barcelona, Spain
  6. Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York11793, United States, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York11794, United States
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Research Org.:
Universita degli Studi di Udine (Italy); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1891353
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1894296; OSTI ID: 1960260
Report Number(s):
BNL-224090-2023-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; SC0012704; 1531492
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Catalysis
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Volume: 12 Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; carbon dioxide; ceria; dry reforming; mechanochemistry; methane; palladium; isotopic labeling; reaction mechanism; catalysts; diffraction; hydrocarbons; oxides; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Jiménez, Juan D., Betancourt, Luis E., Danielis, Maila, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Feng, Orozco, Ivan, Xu, Wenqian, Llorca, Jordi, Liu, Ping, Trovarelli, Alessandro, Rodríguez, José A., Colussi, Sara, and Senanayake, Sanjaya D. Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO 2. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c01120.
Jiménez, Juan D., Betancourt, Luis E., Danielis, Maila, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Feng, Orozco, Ivan, Xu, Wenqian, Llorca, Jordi, Liu, Ping, Trovarelli, Alessandro, Rodríguez, José A., Colussi, Sara, & Senanayake, Sanjaya D. Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO 2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01120
Jiménez, Juan D., Betancourt, Luis E., Danielis, Maila, Zhang, Hong, Zhang, Feng, Orozco, Ivan, Xu, Wenqian, Llorca, Jordi, Liu, Ping, Trovarelli, Alessandro, Rodríguez, José A., Colussi, Sara, and Senanayake, Sanjaya D. Fri . "Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO 2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01120.
@article{osti_1891353,
title = {Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming Using Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pd–CeO 2},
author = {Jiménez, Juan D. and Betancourt, Luis E. and Danielis, Maila and Zhang, Hong and Zhang, Feng and Orozco, Ivan and Xu, Wenqian and Llorca, Jordi and Liu, Ping and Trovarelli, Alessandro and Rodríguez, José A. and Colussi, Sara and Senanayake, Sanjaya D.},
abstractNote = {The methane dry reforming (DRM) reaction mechanism was explored via mechanochemically prepared Pd/CeO2 catalysts (PdAcCeO2M), which yield unique Pd-Ce interfaces, where PdAcCeO2M has a distinct reaction mechanism and higher reactivity for DRM relative to traditionally synthesized impregnated Pd/CeO2 (PdCeO2IW). In situ characterization and density functional theory calculations revealed that the enhanced chemistry of PdAcCeO2M can be attributed to the presence of a carbon-modified Pd0 and Ce4+/3+ surface arrangement, where distinct Pd-CO intermediate species and strong Pd-CeO2 interactions are activated and sustained exclusively under reaction conditions. This unique arrangement leads to highly selective and distinct surface reaction pathways that prefer the direct oxidation of CHx to CO, identified on PdAcCeO2M using isotope labeled diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and highlighting linear Pd-CO species bound on metallic and C-modified Pd, leading to adsorbed HCOO [1595 cm-1] species as key DRM intermediates, stemming from associative CO2 reduction. The milled materials contrast strikingly with surface processes observed on IW samples (PdCeO2IW) where the competing reverse water gas shift reaction predominates.},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.2c01120},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 20,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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