Single-Atom Ru Alloyed with Ni Nanoparticles Boosts CO2 Methanation

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Designing catalysts to proceed with catalytic reactions along the desired reaction pathways, e.g., CO2 methanation, has received much attention but remains a huge challenge. This work reports one Ru1Ni single-atom alloy (SAA) catalyst (Ru1Ni/SiO2) prepared via a galvanic replacement reaction between RuCl3 and Ni nanoparticles (NPs) derived from the reduction of Ni phyllosilicate (Ni-ph). Ru1Ni/SiO2 achieved much improved selectivity toward hydrogenation of CO2 to CH4 and catalytic activity (Turnover frequency (TOF) value: 40.00 × 10-3 s-1), much higher than those of Ni/SiO2 (TOF value: 4.40 × 10-3 s-1) and most reported Ni-based catalysts (TOF value: 1.03 × 10-3-11.00 × 10-3 s-1). Experimental studies verify that Ru single atoms are anchored onto the Ni NPs surface via the Ru1-Ni coordination accompanied by electron transfer from Ru1 to Ni. Both in situ experiments and theoretical calculations confirm that the interface sites of Ru1Ni-SAA are the intrinsic active sites, which promote the direct dissociation of CO2 and lower the energy barrier for the hydrogenation of CO* intermediate, thereby directing and enhancing the CO2 hydrogenation to CH4.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 20(2024), 12 vom: 18. März, Seite e2308193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Tengfei [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jiajian [VerfasserIn]
Han, Zhennan [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Fangna [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wenqing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Tingyu [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Ziyi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Guangwen [VerfasserIn]
Su, Fabing [VerfasserIn]

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CO2 methanation
Journal Article
Mechanisms
Ni nanoparticles
Ru single atoms
Single‐atom alloy

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.202308193

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NLM364451165