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Title: Designing ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts for three-way catalysts applications

Abstract

Designing Rh-free, especially Pt-only, three-way catalysts with improved low-temperature activity/stability is highly desirable. Herein, we demonstrate that ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts can be obtained based on a Sabatier principle of metal-support interaction. Tuning the surface coverage of penta-site rich γ-Al2O3 nanosheets (AlNS, weak adhesion to Pt) by CeO2 “nano-islands” (strong adhesion to Pt) can lead to the synthesis of Pt/60 wt.%CeO2-AlNS that have lower light-off temperatures for CO, hydrocarbons, and NO compared to conventional Pt/CeO2 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts by 100–200°C and a similar performance with the state-of-the-art Rh-based catalyst. Further, incorporating CeO2 on the surface of AlNS can retard the sintering of CeO2 during harsh redox hydrothermal aging, associate with the strong interaction between CeO2 “nano-island” and penta-site rich γ-Al2O3 nanosheets. Moreover, the improved activity/stability of Pt/CeO2-AlNS catalysts can be attributed to tuning of the Pt detachment and migration from and back to the CeO2 “nano-islands”, respectively, that keeps Pt as nanoclusters on CeO2, the most active species for three-way catalyst applications.

Authors:
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  1. State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
2217734
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; DMR-1828731
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Engineering Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 477; Journal ID: ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Heterogeneous catalysis; Sabatier principle; Metal-support interaction; Three-way catalyst

Citation Formats

Chen, Junjie, Liu, Chih-Han, Pham, Hien N., Toops, Todd J., Datye, Abhaya K., and Kyriakidou, Eleni A. Designing ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts for three-way catalysts applications. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2023.147086.
Chen, Junjie, Liu, Chih-Han, Pham, Hien N., Toops, Todd J., Datye, Abhaya K., & Kyriakidou, Eleni A. Designing ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts for three-way catalysts applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147086
Chen, Junjie, Liu, Chih-Han, Pham, Hien N., Toops, Todd J., Datye, Abhaya K., and Kyriakidou, Eleni A. Thu . "Designing ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts for three-way catalysts applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147086.
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title = {Designing ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts for three-way catalysts applications},
author = {Chen, Junjie and Liu, Chih-Han and Pham, Hien N. and Toops, Todd J. and Datye, Abhaya K. and Kyriakidou, Eleni A.},
abstractNote = {Designing Rh-free, especially Pt-only, three-way catalysts with improved low-temperature activity/stability is highly desirable. Herein, we demonstrate that ultrastable Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 nanosheet catalysts can be obtained based on a Sabatier principle of metal-support interaction. Tuning the surface coverage of penta-site rich γ-Al2O3 nanosheets (AlNS, weak adhesion to Pt) by CeO2 “nano-islands” (strong adhesion to Pt) can lead to the synthesis of Pt/60 wt.%CeO2-AlNS that have lower light-off temperatures for CO, hydrocarbons, and NO compared to conventional Pt/CeO2 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts by 100–200°C and a similar performance with the state-of-the-art Rh-based catalyst. Further, incorporating CeO2 on the surface of AlNS can retard the sintering of CeO2 during harsh redox hydrothermal aging, associate with the strong interaction between CeO2 “nano-island” and penta-site rich γ-Al2O3 nanosheets. Moreover, the improved activity/stability of Pt/CeO2-AlNS catalysts can be attributed to tuning of the Pt detachment and migration from and back to the CeO2 “nano-islands”, respectively, that keeps Pt as nanoclusters on CeO2, the most active species for three-way catalyst applications.},
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year = {Thu Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
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