Evolution of steady-state material properties during catalysis: Oxidative coupling of methanol over nanoporous Ag0.03Au0.97
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Activating pretreatments are used to tune surface composition and structure of bimetallic-alloy catalysts. Herein, the activation-induced changes in material properties of a nanoporous Ag0.03Au0.97 alloy and their subsequent evolution under steady-state CH3OH oxidation conditions are investigated. Activation using O3 results in AgO and Au2O3, strongly enriching the near-surface region in Ag. These oxides reduce in the O2/CH3OH mixture, yielding CO2 and producing a highly Ag-enriched surface alloy. At the reaction tem-perature (423 K), Ag realloys gradually with Au but remains enriched (stabilized by surface O) in the top few nanometers, producing methyl formate selectively without significant deactivation. At higher tem-peratures, bulk diffusion induces sintering and Ag redistribution, leading to a loss of activity. These find-ings demonstrate that material properties determining catalytic activity are dynamic and that metastable (kinetically trapped) forms of the material may be responsible for catalysis, providing guiding principles concerning the activation of heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1606185
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1575804; OSTI ID: 1616393; OSTI ID: 1637299; OSTI ID: 1647451
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-213755-2020-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-774771; LLNL-JRNL-777470
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 380, Issue C; ISSN 0021-9517
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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