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A stable low-temperature H2-production catalyst by crowding Pt on α-MoC

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  • Xiao Zhang

    (Peking University
    Dalian University of Technology)

  • Mengtao Zhang

    (Peking University)

  • Yuchen Deng

    (Peking University)

  • Mingquan Xu

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Luca Artiglia

    (Paul Scherrer Institute)

  • Wen Wen

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Rui Gao

    (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering
    Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inner Mongolia University)

  • Bingbing Chen

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Siyu Yao

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Xiaochen Zhang

    (Peking University)

  • Mi Peng

    (Peking University)

  • Jie Yan

    (Peking University)

  • Aowen Li

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zheng Jiang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xingyu Gao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Sufeng Cao

    (Tufts University)

  • Ce Yang

    (Argonne National Laboratory
    NOVA Chemicals Corporation)

  • A. Jeremy Kropf

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Jinan Shi

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jinglin Xie

    (Peking University)

  • Mingshu Bi

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Jeroen A. Bokhoven

    (Paul Scherrer Institute
    ETH Zurich)

  • Yong-Wang Li

    (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering
    Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaodong Wen

    (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering
    Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

    (Tufts University)

  • Chuan Shi

    (Dalian University of Technology)

  • Wu Zhou

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ding Ma

    (Peking University)

Abstract

The water–gas shift (WGS) reaction is an industrially important source of pure hydrogen (H2) at the expense of carbon monoxide and water1,2. This reaction is of interest for fuel-cell applications, but requires WGS catalysts that are durable and highly active at low temperatures3. Here we demonstrate that the structure (Pt1–Ptn)/α-MoC, where isolated platinum atoms (Pt1) and subnanometre platinum clusters (Ptn) are stabilized on α-molybdenum carbide (α-MoC), catalyses the WGS reaction even at 313 kelvin, with a hydrogen-production pathway involving direct carbon monoxide dissociation identified. We find that it is critical to crowd the α-MoC surface with Pt1 and Ptn species, which prevents oxidation of the support that would cause catalyst deactivation, as seen with gold/α-MoC (ref. 4), and gives our system high stability and a high metal-normalized turnover number of 4,300,000 moles of hydrogen per mole of platinum. We anticipate that the strategy demonstrated here will be pivotal for the design of highly active and stable catalysts for effective activation of important molecules such as water and carbon monoxide for energy production.

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  • Xiao Zhang & Mengtao Zhang & Yuchen Deng & Mingquan Xu & Luca Artiglia & Wen Wen & Rui Gao & Bingbing Chen & Siyu Yao & Xiaochen Zhang & Mi Peng & Jie Yan & Aowen Li & Zheng Jiang & Xingyu Gao & Sufen, 2021. "A stable low-temperature H2-production catalyst by crowding Pt on α-MoC," Nature, Nature, vol. 589(7842), pages 396-401, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:589:y:2021:i:7842:d:10.1038_s41586-020-03130-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03130-6
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