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Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis

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  • Xi Zhang

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Guoqing Cui

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Haisong Feng

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Lifang Chen

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Hui Wang

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Bin Wang

    (Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Sinopec Group)

  • Xin Zhang

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Lirong Zheng

    (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Song Hong

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

  • Min Wei

    (Beijing University of Chemical Technology)

Abstract

Selective hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived glycerol to propanediol is an important reaction to produce high value-added chemicals but remains a big challenge. Herein we report a PtCu single atom alloy (SAA) catalyst with single Pt atom dispersed on Cu nanoclusters, which exhibits dramatically boosted catalytic performance (yield: 98.8%) towards glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,2-propanediol. Remarkably, the turnover frequency reaches up to 2.6 × 103 molglycerol·molPtCu–SAA−1·h−1, which is to our knowledge the largest value among reported heterogeneous metal catalysts. Both in situ experimental studies and theoretical calculations verify interface sites of PtCu–SAA serve as intrinsic active sites, in which the single Pt atom facilitates the breakage of central C–H bond whilst the terminal C–O bond undergoes dissociation adsorption on adjacent Cu atom. This interfacial synergistic catalysis based on PtCu–SAA changes the reaction pathway with a decreased activation energy, which can be extended to other noble metal alloy systems.

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  • Xi Zhang & Guoqing Cui & Haisong Feng & Lifang Chen & Hui Wang & Bin Wang & Xin Zhang & Lirong Zheng & Song Hong & Min Wei, 2019. "Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-13685-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13685-2
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