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Title: Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups

Abstract

Formate solution is one of a kind promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier but suffers from kinetic challenges. This study investigates the kinetics of the surface functionalized Pd on carbon catalysts for formate dehydrogenation and the impact of O-functional groups. Here, the fraction of the distinguished O-functional groups was modulated by the different concentrated HNO3 solutions treatment or by H2 reduction. This study shows that the O-functional groups play critical roles in dispersing Pd nanoparticles and decreasing the activation energy for dehydrogenation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that most O-functional groups enhance formate adsorption on the Pd active site. However, the existence of C=O groups consumes reducing agents and hinders the formation of metallic Pd. The electron transfer from Pd to oxygen functional groups is unfavorable to dehydrogenation. The as-prepared Pd5/re-ACA (reduced activated carbon washed by acid) exhibited significant activity with a higher turnover frequency of 13,511 h-1 than commercial Pd/C.

Authors:
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  1. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1924492
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1959455
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-174225; LLNL-JRNL-834919
Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; EE0008826; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 321; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Ammonium formate; O-functional group; Dehydrogenation; LOHCs; Palladium; ammonium formate; dehydrogenation; palladium

Citation Formats

Dong, Zhun, Mukhtar, Ahmad, Ludwig, Thomas K., Akhade, Sneha A., Kang, Shinyoung, Wood, Brandon C., Grubel, Katarzyna, Engelhard, Mark H., Autrey, S. Thomas, and Lin, Hongfei. Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122015.
Dong, Zhun, Mukhtar, Ahmad, Ludwig, Thomas K., Akhade, Sneha A., Kang, Shinyoung, Wood, Brandon C., Grubel, Katarzyna, Engelhard, Mark H., Autrey, S. Thomas, & Lin, Hongfei. Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122015
Dong, Zhun, Mukhtar, Ahmad, Ludwig, Thomas K., Akhade, Sneha A., Kang, Shinyoung, Wood, Brandon C., Grubel, Katarzyna, Engelhard, Mark H., Autrey, S. Thomas, and Lin, Hongfei. Tue . "Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924492.
@article{osti_1924492,
title = {Efficient Pd on carbon catalyst for ammonium formate dehydrogenation: Effect of surface oxygen functional groups},
author = {Dong, Zhun and Mukhtar, Ahmad and Ludwig, Thomas K. and Akhade, Sneha A. and Kang, Shinyoung and Wood, Brandon C. and Grubel, Katarzyna and Engelhard, Mark H. and Autrey, S. Thomas and Lin, Hongfei},
abstractNote = {Formate solution is one of a kind promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier but suffers from kinetic challenges. This study investigates the kinetics of the surface functionalized Pd on carbon catalysts for formate dehydrogenation and the impact of O-functional groups. Here, the fraction of the distinguished O-functional groups was modulated by the different concentrated HNO3 solutions treatment or by H2 reduction. This study shows that the O-functional groups play critical roles in dispersing Pd nanoparticles and decreasing the activation energy for dehydrogenation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that most O-functional groups enhance formate adsorption on the Pd active site. However, the existence of C=O groups consumes reducing agents and hinders the formation of metallic Pd. The electron transfer from Pd to oxygen functional groups is unfavorable to dehydrogenation. The as-prepared Pd5/re-ACA (reduced activated carbon washed by acid) exhibited significant activity with a higher turnover frequency of 13,511 h-1 than commercial Pd/C.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122015},
journal = {Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental},
number = ,
volume = 321,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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