Insights into the Mechanism of n-Hexane Reforming over a Single-Site Platinum Catalyst
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
We demonstrate that the single-site catalyst Pt1/CeO2 greatly enhances the selectivity of cyclization and aromatization in the n-hexane reforming reaction. Specifically, the selectivity of single-site Pt1/CeO2 toward both cyclization and aromatization is above 86% at 350 °C. The turnover frequency of Pt1/CeO2 is 58.8 h-1 at 400 °C, which is close to that of Pt cluster/CeO2 (61.4 h-1) and much higher than that of Pt nanoparticle/CeO2 with Pt sizes of 2.5 and 7 nm. On the basis of the catalytic results for methylcyclopentane reforming, the dehydrocyclization and further aromatization of n-hexane are attributed to the prominent adsorption of ring intermediate products on the single-site Pt1/CeO2 catalysts. On the other side, with the multiple Pt adjacent active sites, the cluster and nanoparticle Pt/CeO2 samples favor the C-C bond cracking reaction. Ultimately, this in-depth study unravels the principles of hydrocarbon activation with different Pt sizes and represents a key step toward the rational design of new heterogeneous catalysts.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1779254
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, Issue 39; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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