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In situ oxidation of carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanocapsules creates highly active cobalt oxide catalysts for hydrocarbon combustion

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  • Han Wang

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chunlin Chen

    (Institute of New Energy Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yexin Zhang

    (Institute of New Energy Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lixia Peng

    (Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory)

  • Song Ma

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Teng Yang

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Huaihong Guo

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhidong Zhang

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Dang Sheng Su

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jian Zhang

    (Institute of New Energy Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Combustion catalysts have been extensively explored to reduce the emission of hydrocarbons that are capable of triggering photochemical smog and greenhouse effect. Palladium as the most active material is widely applied in exhaust catalytic converter and combustion units, but its high capital cost stimulates the tremendous research on non-noble metal candidates. Here we fabricate highly defective cobalt oxide nanocrystals via a controllable oxidation of carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanoparticles. Strain gradients induced in the nanoconfined carbon shell result in the formation of a large number of active sites featuring a considerable catalytic activity for the combustion of a variety of hydrocarbons (methane, propane and substituted benzenes). For methane combustion, the catalyst displays a unique activity being comparable or even superior to the palladium ones.

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  • Han Wang & Chunlin Chen & Yexin Zhang & Lixia Peng & Song Ma & Teng Yang & Huaihong Guo & Zhidong Zhang & Dang Sheng Su & Jian Zhang, 2015. "In situ oxidation of carbon-encapsulated cobalt nanocapsules creates highly active cobalt oxide catalysts for hydrocarbon combustion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-6, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8181
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8181
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    1. Jaianth Vijayakumar & Tatiana M. Savchenko & David M. Bracher & Gunnar Lumbeeck & Armand Béché & Jo Verbeeck & Štefan Vajda & Frithjof Nolting & C.A.F. Vaz & Armin Kleibert, 2023. "Absence of a pressure gap and atomistic mechanism of the oxidation of pure Co nanoparticles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.

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