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Bimetallic-Derived Catalytic Structures for CO2-Assisted Ethane Activation
Abstract
In recent years, the simultaneous upgrading of CO2 and ethane has emerged as a promising approach for generating valuable gaseous (CO, H2, and ethylene) and liquid (aromatics and C3 oxygenates) chemicals from the greenhouse gas CO2 and large-reserved shale gas. The key challenges for controlling product selectivity lie in the selective C-H and C-C bond cleavage of ethane with the assistance of CO2. Bimetallic-derived catalysts likely undergo alloying or oxygen-induced segregation under reaction conditions, thus providing diverse types of interfacial sites, e.g., metal/support (M/M'Ox) interface and metal oxide/metal (M'Ox/M) inverse interface, that are beneficial for selective CO2-assisted ethane upgrading. The alloying extent can be initially predicted by cohesive energy and atomic radius (or Wigner-Seitz radius), while the preference for segregation to form the on-top suboxide can be approximated using the work function, electronegativity, and binding strength of adsorbed oxygen. Furthermore, bimetallic-derived catalysts are typically supported on high surface area oxides. Modifying the reducibility and acidity/basicity of the oxide supports and introducing surface defects facilitate CO2 activation and oxygen supplies for ethane activation. Using in situ synchrotron characterization and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we found that the electronic properties of oxygen species influence the selective cleavage of C-H/C-C bonds inmore »
- Authors:
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2203711
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-224932-2023-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4842
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Accounts of Chemical Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4842
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 03 NATURAL GAS
Citation Formats
Xie, Zhenhua, and Chen, Jingguang G. Bimetallic-Derived Catalytic Structures for CO2-Assisted Ethane Activation. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00348.
Xie, Zhenhua, & Chen, Jingguang G. Bimetallic-Derived Catalytic Structures for CO2-Assisted Ethane Activation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00348
Xie, Zhenhua, and Chen, Jingguang G. Wed .
"Bimetallic-Derived Catalytic Structures for CO2-Assisted Ethane Activation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00348.
@article{osti_2203711,
title = {Bimetallic-Derived Catalytic Structures for CO2-Assisted Ethane Activation},
author = {Xie, Zhenhua and Chen, Jingguang G.},
abstractNote = {In recent years, the simultaneous upgrading of CO2 and ethane has emerged as a promising approach for generating valuable gaseous (CO, H2, and ethylene) and liquid (aromatics and C3 oxygenates) chemicals from the greenhouse gas CO2 and large-reserved shale gas. The key challenges for controlling product selectivity lie in the selective C-H and C-C bond cleavage of ethane with the assistance of CO2. Bimetallic-derived catalysts likely undergo alloying or oxygen-induced segregation under reaction conditions, thus providing diverse types of interfacial sites, e.g., metal/support (M/M'Ox) interface and metal oxide/metal (M'Ox/M) inverse interface, that are beneficial for selective CO2-assisted ethane upgrading. The alloying extent can be initially predicted by cohesive energy and atomic radius (or Wigner-Seitz radius), while the preference for segregation to form the on-top suboxide can be approximated using the work function, electronegativity, and binding strength of adsorbed oxygen. Furthermore, bimetallic-derived catalysts are typically supported on high surface area oxides. Modifying the reducibility and acidity/basicity of the oxide supports and introducing surface defects facilitate CO2 activation and oxygen supplies for ethane activation. Using in situ synchrotron characterization and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we found that the electronic properties of oxygen species influence the selective cleavage of C-H/C-C bonds in ethane, with electron-deficient oxygen over the metal (or alloy) surface promoting nonselective bond scission to produce syngas and electron-enriched oxygen over the metal oxide/metal interface enhancing selective C-H scission to yield ethylene. Here, we further demonstrate that the preferred structures of the catalyst surfaces, either alloy surfaces or metal oxide/metal inverse interfaces, can be controlled through the appropriate choice of metal combinations and their atomic ratios. Through a comprehensive comparison of experimental results and DFT calculations, the selectivity of C-C/C-H bond scission is correlated with the thermodynamically favorable bimetallic-derived structures (i.e., alloy surfaces or metal oxide/metal inverse interfaces) under reaction conditions over a wide range of bimetallic catalysts. These findings not only offer structural and mechanistic insights into bimetallic-derived catalysts but also provide design principles for selective catalysts for CO2-assisted activation of ethane and other light alkanes. This Account concludes by discussing challenges and opportunities in designing advanced bimetallic-derived catalysts, incorporating new reaction chemistries for other products, employing precise synthesis strategies for well-defined structures with optimized site densities, and leveraging time/spatial/energy-resolved in situ spectroscopy/scattering/microscopy techniques for comprehensive structural analysis. The research methodologies established here are helpful for the investigation of dynamic alloy and interfacial structures and should inspire more efforts toward the simultaneous upgrading of CO2 and shale gas.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00348},
journal = {Accounts of Chemical Research},
number = 18,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
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