HNO 3 -pretreated CNTs were employed as supports, and a special ultrasound-assisted impregnation method was designed to prepare supported Cu-Co catalysts for higher-alcohol synthesis from syngas. The catalysts used in...HNO 3 -pretreated CNTs were employed as supports, and a special ultrasound-assisted impregnation method was designed to prepare supported Cu-Co catalysts for higher-alcohol synthesis from syngas. The catalysts used in this work were characterized by N 2 adsorption-desorption, TEM, XRD, H 2 -TPR, CO-TPD techniques. It was found that the pre-treatment procedure of CNTs remarkably promoted the catalytic properties of the Cu-Co/CNTs catalysts. For the Cu-Co catalyst supported on CNTs pre-treated by 68 wt% HNO 3 , some active components were introduced into the CNTs channels, their dispersions and the amount of strongly adsorbed CO-species were improved. The CO conversion and alcohol yield on the HNO 3 -pretreated Cu-Co/CNTs catalyst were increased by ～21% and ～69%, respectively, compared with those on the normal Cu-Co/CNTs catalyst.展开更多
With home-made multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs, simplified as CNTs in later text） as support, CNT-supported Co-Mo-S catalysts, denoted as x%（mass percentage）MoiCoj/CNTs, were prepared. Their catalytic perfor...With home-made multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs, simplified as CNTs in later text） as support, CNT-supported Co-Mo-S catalysts, denoted as x%（mass percentage）MoiCoj/CNTs, were prepared. Their catalytic performance for thiophene hydrodesulfurization （HDS） and pyrrole hydrodenitrification （HDN） reactions was studied, and compared with the reference system sup- ported by AC. Over the 7.24%Mo3Co1/CNTs catalyst at reaction condition of 1.5 MPa, 613 K, C4H4S/H2=3.7/96.3（molar ratio） and GHSV≈8000 mlswP/（g-cat.h）, the specific HDS activity of thiophene reached 3.29 mmolc4H4S/（s.molMo）, which was 1.32 times as high as that （2.49 mmolc4H4S/（s.molMo）） of the AC-based counterpart, and was 2.47 times as high as that （1.33 mmolc4H4S/（s-molMo）） of the catalysts supported by AC with the respective optimal MoaCol-loading amount, 16.90%Mo3Co1/AC. Analogous reaction-chemical behaviours were also observed in the case of pyrrole HDN. It was experimentally found that using the CNTs in place of AC as support of the catalyst caused little change in the apparent activation energy for the thiophene HDS or pyrrole HDN reaction, but led to a significant increase in the concentration of catalytically active Mo-species （Mo^4＋） at the surface of the functioning catalyst. On the other hand, H2-TPD measurements revealed that the CNT-supported catalyst could reversibly adsorb a greater amount of hydrogen under atmospheric pressure at temperatures ranging from room temperature to about 673 K. This unique feature would help to generate microenvironments with higher stationarystate concentration of active hydrogen-adspecies at the surface of the functioning catalyst. Both factors mentioned above were favorable to increasing the rate of thiophene HDS and pyrrole HDN reactions.展开更多
Understanding carbon-supported Pt-catalyzed oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)from the perspective of the active sites is of fundamental and practical importance.In this study,three differently sized carbon nanotube-suppo...Understanding carbon-supported Pt-catalyzed oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)from the perspective of the active sites is of fundamental and practical importance.In this study,three differently sized carbon nanotube-supported Pt nanoparticles(Pt/CNT)are prepared by both atomic layer deposition(ALD)and impregnation methods.The performances of the catalysts toward the ORR in acidic media are comparatively studied to probe the effects of the sizes of the Pt nanoparticles together with their distributions,electronic properties,and local environments.The ALD-Pt/CNT catalysts show much higher ORR activity and selectivity than the impregnation-Pt/CNT catalysts.This outstanding ORR performance is ascribed to the well-controlled Pt particle sizes and distributions,desirable Pt^04f binding energy,and the Cl-free Pt surfaces based on the electrocatalytic measurements,catalyst characterizations,and model calculations.The insights reported here could guide the rational design and fine-tuning of carbon-supported Pt catalysts for the ORR.展开更多
Understanding the nature of Pt active sites is of great importance for the structure-sensitive base-free oxidation of glycerol. In the present work, the remarkable Pt particle size effects on glycerol conversion and p...Understanding the nature of Pt active sites is of great importance for the structure-sensitive base-free oxidation of glycerol. In the present work, the remarkable Pt particle size effects on glycerol conversion and products formation from the oxidation of the primary and the secondary hydroxyl groups are understood by combining the model calculations and DFT calculations, aiming to discriminate the corresponding dominant Pt active sites. The Pt(100) facet is demonstrated to be the dominant active sites for the glycerol conversion and the products formation from the two routes. The insights revealed here could shed new light on fundamental understanding of the Pt particle size effects and then guiding the design and optimization of Pt-catalyzed base-free oxidation of glycerol toward targeted products.展开更多
Uniform Ni-B amorphous alloys about 14 nm have been prepared on CNTs-A support,named Ni-B/CNTs-A. In comparison with the Ni-B/CNTs amorphous catalyst, Ni-B/CNTs-A showed higher nickel loading, determined by ICP and be...Uniform Ni-B amorphous alloys about 14 nm have been prepared on CNTs-A support,named Ni-B/CNTs-A. In comparison with the Ni-B/CNTs amorphous catalyst, Ni-B/CNTs-A showed higher nickel loading, determined by ICP and better catalytic activity and ethylene selectivity in the acetylene hydrogenation reaction.展开更多
Platinum-based bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and water splitting. In this work,galvanic displacement reaction was employed to prepare Pt^Ni-P/CNT catalysts usi...Platinum-based bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and water splitting. In this work,galvanic displacement reaction was employed to prepare Pt^Ni-P/CNT catalysts using electrolessly-plated Ni-P/CNT. These catalysts were extensively characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Catalytic activities towards methanol oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions were evaluated and benchmarked with a commercial Pt/C catalyst. Uniform dispersion of Pt on Ni-P particles led to high Pt utilization, and the electrochemical surface area of Pt^Ni-P/CNT with 12.1% Pt loading was found to be 126 m2 gà1, higher than that of a commercial Pt/C(77.9 m2 gà1). The Tafel slopes for the Pt^Ni-P/CNT catalysts were also found to be smaller than that of Pt/C indicating faster kinetics for hydrogen evolution reaction.展开更多
基金supported by the Foundation of Shaanxi Educational Committee (2010JK608)the Research Foundation of XATU (204-000092)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (205903603)
文摘HNO 3 -pretreated CNTs were employed as supports, and a special ultrasound-assisted impregnation method was designed to prepare supported Cu-Co catalysts for higher-alcohol synthesis from syngas. The catalysts used in this work were characterized by N 2 adsorption-desorption, TEM, XRD, H 2 -TPR, CO-TPD techniques. It was found that the pre-treatment procedure of CNTs remarkably promoted the catalytic properties of the Cu-Co/CNTs catalysts. For the Cu-Co catalyst supported on CNTs pre-treated by 68 wt% HNO 3 , some active components were introduced into the CNTs channels, their dispersions and the amount of strongly adsorbed CO-species were improved. The CO conversion and alcohol yield on the HNO 3 -pretreated Cu-Co/CNTs catalyst were increased by ～21% and ～69%, respectively, compared with those on the normal Cu-Co/CNTs catalyst.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20473063 and No. 20590364).
文摘With home-made multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWCNTs, simplified as CNTs in later text） as support, CNT-supported Co-Mo-S catalysts, denoted as x%（mass percentage）MoiCoj/CNTs, were prepared. Their catalytic performance for thiophene hydrodesulfurization （HDS） and pyrrole hydrodenitrification （HDN） reactions was studied, and compared with the reference system sup- ported by AC. Over the 7.24%Mo3Co1/CNTs catalyst at reaction condition of 1.5 MPa, 613 K, C4H4S/H2=3.7/96.3（molar ratio） and GHSV≈8000 mlswP/（g-cat.h）, the specific HDS activity of thiophene reached 3.29 mmolc4H4S/（s.molMo）, which was 1.32 times as high as that （2.49 mmolc4H4S/（s.molMo）） of the AC-based counterpart, and was 2.47 times as high as that （1.33 mmolc4H4S/（s-molMo）） of the catalysts supported by AC with the respective optimal MoaCol-loading amount, 16.90%Mo3Co1/AC. Analogous reaction-chemical behaviours were also observed in the case of pyrrole HDN. It was experimentally found that using the CNTs in place of AC as support of the catalyst caused little change in the apparent activation energy for the thiophene HDS or pyrrole HDN reaction, but led to a significant increase in the concentration of catalytically active Mo-species （Mo^4＋） at the surface of the functioning catalyst. On the other hand, H2-TPD measurements revealed that the CNT-supported catalyst could reversibly adsorb a greater amount of hydrogen under atmospheric pressure at temperatures ranging from room temperature to about 673 K. This unique feature would help to generate microenvironments with higher stationarystate concentration of active hydrogen-adspecies at the surface of the functioning catalyst. Both factors mentioned above were favorable to increasing the rate of thiophene HDS and pyrrole HDN reactions.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(21922803 and 21776077)the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation(17ZR1407300 and 17ZR1407500)+3 种基金the Program for the Professor of Special Appointment(Eastern Scholar)at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learningthe Shanghai Rising-Star Program(17QA1401200)the State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites(oic-201801007)the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering(SKLChe-15C03)。
文摘Understanding carbon-supported Pt-catalyzed oxygen reduction reaction(ORR)from the perspective of the active sites is of fundamental and practical importance.In this study,three differently sized carbon nanotube-supported Pt nanoparticles(Pt/CNT)are prepared by both atomic layer deposition(ALD)and impregnation methods.The performances of the catalysts toward the ORR in acidic media are comparatively studied to probe the effects of the sizes of the Pt nanoparticles together with their distributions,electronic properties,and local environments.The ALD-Pt/CNT catalysts show much higher ORR activity and selectivity than the impregnation-Pt/CNT catalysts.This outstanding ORR performance is ascribed to the well-controlled Pt particle sizes and distributions,desirable Pt^04f binding energy,and the Cl-free Pt surfaces based on the electrocatalytic measurements,catalyst characterizations,and model calculations.The insights reported here could guide the rational design and fine-tuning of carbon-supported Pt catalysts for the ORR.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (21776077)the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (17ZR1407300 and 17ZR1407500)+5 种基金the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learningthe Shanghai Rising-Star Program (17QA1401200)the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (SKLChe-15C03)the State Key Laboratory of Organic– Inorganic Composites (oic-201801007)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (222201718003)the 111 Project of the Ministry of Education of China (B08021)
文摘Understanding the nature of Pt active sites is of great importance for the structure-sensitive base-free oxidation of glycerol. In the present work, the remarkable Pt particle size effects on glycerol conversion and products formation from the oxidation of the primary and the secondary hydroxyl groups are understood by combining the model calculations and DFT calculations, aiming to discriminate the corresponding dominant Pt active sites. The Pt(100) facet is demonstrated to be the dominant active sites for the glycerol conversion and the products formation from the two routes. The insights revealed here could shed new light on fundamental understanding of the Pt particle size effects and then guiding the design and optimization of Pt-catalyzed base-free oxidation of glycerol toward targeted products.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20263003)supported this work.
文摘Uniform Ni-B amorphous alloys about 14 nm have been prepared on CNTs-A support,named Ni-B/CNTs-A. In comparison with the Ni-B/CNTs amorphous catalyst, Ni-B/CNTs-A showed higher nickel loading, determined by ICP and better catalytic activity and ethylene selectivity in the acetylene hydrogenation reaction.
文摘Platinum-based bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and water splitting. In this work,galvanic displacement reaction was employed to prepare Pt^Ni-P/CNT catalysts using electrolessly-plated Ni-P/CNT. These catalysts were extensively characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Catalytic activities towards methanol oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions were evaluated and benchmarked with a commercial Pt/C catalyst. Uniform dispersion of Pt on Ni-P particles led to high Pt utilization, and the electrochemical surface area of Pt^Ni-P/CNT with 12.1% Pt loading was found to be 126 m2 gà1, higher than that of a commercial Pt/C(77.9 m2 gà1). The Tafel slopes for the Pt^Ni-P/CNT catalysts were also found to be smaller than that of Pt/C indicating faster kinetics for hydrogen evolution reaction.
