Pub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124549
Menghui Liu, Rui Zou, Chang-jun Liu
Increasing interests in the supported Ru catalysts for CO methanation can be recently found in the literature. In this work, we demonstrated that the enhanced surface hydrophilicity of ZrO via air plasma treatment has significant effects on the properties of Ru/ZrO catalyst for CO methanation. At the same CO conversions, the reaction temperature over the catalysts on ZrO with enhanced hydrophilicity is 20–70 °C lower than those on untreated ZrO. The catalyst characterization confirms that the enhanced hydrophilicity leads to more hydroxyl groups and oxygen vacancies on the support, which further promotes CO adsorption and activation, facilitating the conversion of CO to HCO* and HCOO* in formate pathway. The enhanced hydrophilicity also causes a high Ru dispersion with stronger electronic interaction between Ru and ZrO, which forms more interfacial active sites and improves the adsorption and dissociation of H, promoting the linear-CO-Ru adsorption in CO* pathway.
最近，人们对用于一氧化碳甲烷化的支撑型 Ru 催化剂的兴趣日益浓厚。在这项工作中，我们证明了通过空气等离子体处理增强 ZrO 表面亲水性对 Ru/ZrO 催化剂甲烷化 CO 的性能有显著影响。在相同的 CO 转化率下，亲水性增强的 ZrO 催化剂的反应温度比未经处理的 ZrO 催化剂低 20-70 ℃。催化剂表征证实，亲水性的增强会在载体上产生更多的羟基和氧空位，从而进一步促进 CO 的吸附和活化，促进 CO 通过甲酸途径转化为 HCO* 和 HCOO*。亲水性的增强还能使 Ru 高度分散，Ru 和 ZrO 之间的电子相互作用更强，从而形成更多的界面活性位点，改善 H 的吸附和解离，促进 CO* 途径中的线性-CO-Ru 吸附。
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Pub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124551
Wei Deng, Xuqiang Hao, Jiaqi Yang, Zhiliang Jin
Photocatalytic hydrogen production technology utilizes solar energy to decompose water into hydrogen, helping to alleviate the pressure of energy depletion. Engineering of non-precious metal nanomaterials as cocatalysts can play a significant role in low-cost, sustainable, and large-scale photocatalytic hydrogen production. Herein, MnCdS-Vs/NiCoS (MCSN) Schottky junction nanomaterials with strong electron coupling effect were prepared by a two-step hydrothermal method and successfully applied to a square meter hydrogen evolution device. The optimized MCSN material demonstrated high hydrogen evolution activity of 34.28 mmol g h, which is 9.34 and 685.60 times higher than that of pure MnCdS-Vs and NiCoS, respectively. More importantly, in a square meter (1 m) flat-plate reactor, MCSN produced H evolution approximately 201 mmol in 5 h, showcasing its potential for large-scale applications. XPS and DFT calculations demonstrated that MnCdS-V interacts with NiCoS to produce a strong electron coupling effect and form a Schottky junction. It promotes the facilitated the directional migration of photogenerated electrons from MnCdS-Vs to NiCoS, but also effectively suppressed electron backflow through the Schottky barrier. Furthermore, the abundance of sulfur vacancies enhanced visible light absorption capability, further improving photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. This work delves into the role of defect engineering and Schottky junction design in enhancing photocatalytic performance, providing new insights into transitioning photocatalytic hydrogen production technologies from small-scale laboratory experiments to large-scale practical applications.
{"title":"Strong electron coupling effect of non-precious metal Schottky junctions enhanced square meter level photocatalytic hydrogen evolution","authors":"Wei Deng, Xuqiang Hao, Jiaqi Yang, Zhiliang Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124551","url":null,"abstract":"Photocatalytic hydrogen production technology utilizes solar energy to decompose water into hydrogen, helping to alleviate the pressure of energy depletion. Engineering of non-precious metal nanomaterials as cocatalysts can play a significant role in low-cost, sustainable, and large-scale photocatalytic hydrogen production. Herein, MnCdS-Vs/NiCoS (MCSN) Schottky junction nanomaterials with strong electron coupling effect were prepared by a two-step hydrothermal method and successfully applied to a square meter hydrogen evolution device. The optimized MCSN material demonstrated high hydrogen evolution activity of 34.28 mmol g h, which is 9.34 and 685.60 times higher than that of pure MnCdS-Vs and NiCoS, respectively. More importantly, in a square meter (1 m) flat-plate reactor, MCSN produced H evolution approximately 201 mmol in 5 h, showcasing its potential for large-scale applications. XPS and DFT calculations demonstrated that MnCdS-V interacts with NiCoS to produce a strong electron coupling effect and form a Schottky junction. It promotes the facilitated the directional migration of photogenerated electrons from MnCdS-Vs to NiCoS, but also effectively suppressed electron backflow through the Schottky barrier. Furthermore, the abundance of sulfur vacancies enhanced visible light absorption capability, further improving photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. This work delves into the role of defect engineering and Schottky junction design in enhancing photocatalytic performance, providing new insights into transitioning photocatalytic hydrogen production technologies from small-scale laboratory experiments to large-scale practical applications.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The integration of nitrogen vacancies (Nv) exhibits significant role in promoting the efficiency of single-atom catalysts (SACs). Herein, a novel dual SAC, FeNi-Nv/CN, was developed via immobilizing Fe-Ni dual atoms onto graphitic carbon nitride with Nv sites. The FeNi-Nv/CN could effectively activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and generate plentiful reactive oxygen owing to the excellent Fenton-like catalytic property of FeNi, which could facilitate the degradation of Orange II. Moreover, the Nv in FeNi-Nv/CN could augment electron density around Fe-Ni atomic pairs obviously, which was beneficial to strengthen the electron transfer process (ETP) and further improve the degradation efficiency of Orange II. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental results of FeNi-Nv/CN testified the robust synergistic capacity between dual single-atomic reaction sites and Nv. This work provided a valuable strategy for the construction of dual SAC and could be a promising candidate in the effective degradation of environmental contaminant.
{"title":"Heterogeneous Fe-Ni dual-atom catalysts coupled N-vacancy engineering for enhanced activation of peroxymonosulfate","authors":"Jiewen Qin, Qian Wang, Bei Han, Chen Jin, Cuihong Luo, Yunqiang Sun, Zhichao Dai, Shoucui Wang, Hongmei Liu, Xiuwen Zheng, Zunfu Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124538","url":null,"abstract":"The integration of nitrogen vacancies (Nv) exhibits significant role in promoting the efficiency of single-atom catalysts (SACs). Herein, a novel dual SAC, FeNi-Nv/CN, was developed via immobilizing Fe-Ni dual atoms onto graphitic carbon nitride with Nv sites. The FeNi-Nv/CN could effectively activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and generate plentiful reactive oxygen owing to the excellent Fenton-like catalytic property of FeNi, which could facilitate the degradation of Orange II. Moreover, the Nv in FeNi-Nv/CN could augment electron density around Fe-Ni atomic pairs obviously, which was beneficial to strengthen the electron transfer process (ETP) and further improve the degradation efficiency of Orange II. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental results of FeNi-Nv/CN testified the robust synergistic capacity between dual single-atomic reaction sites and Nv. This work provided a valuable strategy for the construction of dual SAC and could be a promising candidate in the effective degradation of environmental contaminant.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Developing efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at large current density is important to facilitate the industrial water splitting. Herein, a promising strategy is presented to couple Ir single atom with NiFe LDH/NiMo heterointerface. Ir-NiFe LDH/NiMo requires ultralow overpotentials of 139/236 mV and 350/450 mV to deliver large current densities of 500 and 1000 mA cm for HER/OER in 1 M KOH. Moreover, the electrode shows remarkable durability of 10000 cycles and long-term durability at 500 mA cm over 500 h for both HER and OER. The water electrolyzer exhibits a low cell voltage of 1.84 V to attain 500 mA cm. The theoretical calculations decipher that the Ir single atom modulates the electronic property of catalyst, which tunes the adsorption strength of the key reaction intermediates and boosts the overall water splitting.
开发高效、稳健的双功能电催化剂，在大电流密度下同时进行氢进化反应（HER）和氧进化反应（OER），对于促进工业用水的分离非常重要。本文提出了一种将铱单原子与 NiFe LDH/NiMo 异质界面耦合的可行策略。Ir-NiFe LDH/NiMo 需要 139/236 mV 和 350/450 mV 的超低过电位，才能在 1 M KOH 中为 HER/OER 提供 500 和 1000 mA cm 的大电流密度。此外，该电极在 10000 次循环中表现出卓越的耐久性，在 500 mA cm 的条件下，HER 和 OER 的长期耐久性超过 500 h。水电解槽的电池电压低至 1.84 V，即可达到 500 mA cm。理论计算表明，Ir 单原子调节了催化剂的电子特性，从而调整了关键反应中间产物的吸附强度，提高了整体水分离效果。
{"title":"Coupling Ir single atom with NiFe LDH/NiMo heterointerface toward efficient and durable water splitting at large current density","authors":"Yuewen Wu, Mingpeng Chen, Huachuan Sun, Tong Zhou, Xinqi Chen, Guohao Na, Guoyang Qiu, Dequan Li, Nan Yang, Hongshun Zheng, Yun Chen, Boxue Wang, Jianhong Zhao, Yumin Zhang, Jin Zhang, Feng Liu, Hao Cui, Tianwei He, Qingju Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124548","url":null,"abstract":"Developing efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalysts for both hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at large current density is important to facilitate the industrial water splitting. Herein, a promising strategy is presented to couple Ir single atom with NiFe LDH/NiMo heterointerface. Ir-NiFe LDH/NiMo requires ultralow overpotentials of 139/236 mV and 350/450 mV to deliver large current densities of 500 and 1000 mA cm for HER/OER in 1 M KOH. Moreover, the electrode shows remarkable durability of 10000 cycles and long-term durability at 500 mA cm over 500 h for both HER and OER. The water electrolyzer exhibits a low cell voltage of 1.84 V to attain 500 mA cm. The theoretical calculations decipher that the Ir single atom modulates the electronic property of catalyst, which tunes the adsorption strength of the key reaction intermediates and boosts the overall water splitting.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-27DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124524
Yang Li, Jian Zhang, Hao Meng, Dongquan Lin, Feng-Shou Xiao
Pt-W based catalyst is one of effective catalysts for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO), where the interaction between Pt and tungsten oxide (WO) has been considered as a crucial factor for the activity, but interactions between WO and supports are rarely studied. In this study, we investigated the SiO-WO interaction over Pt/W-SiO catalysts by adjusting silanols on the silica supports, and it is demonstrated that weaker WO-SiO interaction benefits Pt-WO interaction (larger Pt-WO coordinations), which is helpful for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,3-PDO. For example, Pt/W-SiO-700 (calcination at 700 °C for removing most of silanols in the silica support to have larger Pt-WO coordinations) exhibits a glycerol conversion at 70.9 % with excellent 1,3-PDO selectivity of 61.3 % at a mild temperature of 140 °C. Experimental results and theoretical calculations support that larger Pt-WO coordination favors hydrogen spillover to form more isolated WO-H species, which are favorable for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,3-PDO.
{"title":"A significant enhancement for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol over Pt/W-SiO2 catalyst by tungsten oxide and silica interaction","authors":"Yang Li, Jian Zhang, Hao Meng, Dongquan Lin, Feng-Shou Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124524","url":null,"abstract":"Pt-W based catalyst is one of effective catalysts for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO), where the interaction between Pt and tungsten oxide (WO) has been considered as a crucial factor for the activity, but interactions between WO and supports are rarely studied. In this study, we investigated the SiO-WO interaction over Pt/W-SiO catalysts by adjusting silanols on the silica supports, and it is demonstrated that weaker WO-SiO interaction benefits Pt-WO interaction (larger Pt-WO coordinations), which is helpful for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,3-PDO. For example, Pt/W-SiO-700 (calcination at 700 °C for removing most of silanols in the silica support to have larger Pt-WO coordinations) exhibits a glycerol conversion at 70.9 % with excellent 1,3-PDO selectivity of 61.3 % at a mild temperature of 140 °C. Experimental results and theoretical calculations support that larger Pt-WO coordination favors hydrogen spillover to form more isolated WO-H species, which are favorable for glycerol hydrogenolysis to 1,3-PDO.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124537
Yujing Gao, Qi Sun, Chenjing Liu, Yawen Li, Sikun Zhang, Guoping Li, Gang He
A highly stable heterogeneous photocatalyst, porous polyselenoviologen (POP-SeV), was successfully synthesized via S2 reaction. Compared to the monomer, POP-SeV exhibited strong visible-light absorption, enhanced electron acceptor property, and prolonged lifetime of radical cations. Simultaneously, the femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) illustrated that the formation of tetrahedral multi-cationic structure is conducive to the rapid generation of molecular excited states and extending the duration of charge-separated states. Due to its remarkable characteristics, the POP-SeV was employed as a photocatalyst for visible-light-induced cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reactions with a highly efficient yield (82 %). Additionally, its utilization was further extended to the hydrogen generation, demonstrating remarkable outcomes such as a high rate of H generation (300 μmol·h·g), and an apparent quantum yield (0.13 %). Notably, POP-SeV displayed great stability and reusability in the photocatalytic process, which can distinguish it from those soluble SeV-based photocatalysts. The catalytic efficiency of POP-SeV remained virtually unaffected even after undergoing several recycling cycles, which not only achieved the complete heterogeneous photocatalysis of SeV-based systems for the first time but also provided a new strategy to improve the application effect of viologen derivatives in solar energy conversion and utilization.
通过 S2 反应，成功合成了一种高度稳定的异质光催化剂--多孔聚硒维欧根（POP-SeV）。与单体相比，POP-SeV 具有很强的可见光吸收能力、更强的电子受体特性和更长的自由基阳离子寿命。同时，飞秒瞬态吸收（fs-TA）表明，四面体多阳离子结构的形成有利于分子激发态的快速生成，并延长了电荷分离态的持续时间。由于其显著特点，POP-SeV 被用作光催化剂，用于可见光诱导的交叉脱氢偶联（CDC）反应，收率高达 82%。此外，该催化剂的用途还进一步扩展到制氢领域，并取得了显著的成果，例如高制氢率（300 μmol-h-g）和表观量子产率（0.13%）。值得注意的是，POP-SeV 在光催化过程中表现出极高的稳定性和可重复使用性，这使其有别于那些可溶性 SeV 基光催化剂。这不仅首次实现了 SeV 基体系的完全异相光催化，而且为提高紫胶衍生物在太阳能转化和利用中的应用效果提供了新的策略。
{"title":"Porous polyselenoviologen with long-lived charge separated states and highly cyclic stability for heterogeneous photocatalytic reaction and hydrogen production","authors":"Yujing Gao, Qi Sun, Chenjing Liu, Yawen Li, Sikun Zhang, Guoping Li, Gang He","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124537","url":null,"abstract":"A highly stable heterogeneous photocatalyst, porous polyselenoviologen (POP-SeV), was successfully synthesized via S2 reaction. Compared to the monomer, POP-SeV exhibited strong visible-light absorption, enhanced electron acceptor property, and prolonged lifetime of radical cations. Simultaneously, the femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) illustrated that the formation of tetrahedral multi-cationic structure is conducive to the rapid generation of molecular excited states and extending the duration of charge-separated states. Due to its remarkable characteristics, the POP-SeV was employed as a photocatalyst for visible-light-induced cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reactions with a highly efficient yield (82 %). Additionally, its utilization was further extended to the hydrogen generation, demonstrating remarkable outcomes such as a high rate of H generation (300 μmol·h·g), and an apparent quantum yield (0.13 %). Notably, POP-SeV displayed great stability and reusability in the photocatalytic process, which can distinguish it from those soluble SeV-based photocatalysts. The catalytic efficiency of POP-SeV remained virtually unaffected even after undergoing several recycling cycles, which not only achieved the complete heterogeneous photocatalysis of SeV-based systems for the first time but also provided a new strategy to improve the application effect of viologen derivatives in solar energy conversion and utilization.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A series of hierarchical α-BiO-BiVO-CuFeO multijunction heterostructure was designed by integrating one-pot MOF derived BiO-BiVO microrods with CuFeO nanosheets. The MOF-derived route afforded BiO-BiVO with interconnecting porous architecture. Comprehensive investigations revealed preservation of crystalline phases, optimal light harvesting ability, higher lifetime, large electrochemically active surface area and improved charge dynamics. The heterostructure efficiently performed the photo-degradation of potentially toxic and mutagenic mesotrione (MTE) herbicide with rates 6–12 times greater than the parent semiconductors. The photo-degraded end products displayed profoundly less acute toxicity, bioaccumulation factor and mutagenic nature than parent MTE as analyzed by QSAR protocol. The heterostructure was equally effective for complete photo-inactivation of bacteria within 60 min of irradiation. SEM, AFM height profile and confocal microscopic investigation provided crucial information about the photo-inactivation process. A conjugated S-scheme electron transfer mechanism was proposed based on detailed band structure analysis to elucidate the improved activity of the multijunction photocatalyst.
{"title":"MOF derived hierarchical α-Bi2O3-BiVO4-CuFe2O4 multijunction heterostructure with conjugated S-scheme charge mobilization: Photocatalytic decontamination study, toxicity assessment and mechanistic elucidation","authors":"Swagat Kumar Nayak, Sibun Kumar Pradhan, Saumyaranjan Panda, Ranjit Bariki, B.G. Mishra","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124534","url":null,"abstract":"A series of hierarchical α-BiO-BiVO-CuFeO multijunction heterostructure was designed by integrating one-pot MOF derived BiO-BiVO microrods with CuFeO nanosheets. The MOF-derived route afforded BiO-BiVO with interconnecting porous architecture. Comprehensive investigations revealed preservation of crystalline phases, optimal light harvesting ability, higher lifetime, large electrochemically active surface area and improved charge dynamics. The heterostructure efficiently performed the photo-degradation of potentially toxic and mutagenic mesotrione (MTE) herbicide with rates 6–12 times greater than the parent semiconductors. The photo-degraded end products displayed profoundly less acute toxicity, bioaccumulation factor and mutagenic nature than parent MTE as analyzed by QSAR protocol. The heterostructure was equally effective for complete photo-inactivation of bacteria within 60 min of irradiation. SEM, AFM height profile and confocal microscopic investigation provided crucial information about the photo-inactivation process. A conjugated S-scheme electron transfer mechanism was proposed based on detailed band structure analysis to elucidate the improved activity of the multijunction photocatalyst.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124539
Qiang Zhong, Yan Xue, Zihao Qi, Yue Sun, Leliang Wu, Dunyu Sun, Chenmin Xu, Kwangchol Ri, Shaogui Yang, Jiandong Zhu, Qiuyi Ji, Yazi Liu, Shiyin Li, Huan He
Two-dimensional cage-in-cage carbon-coated FeSeS superlattices with varying degrees of sulfidation (FeSeS@C) are developed for activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to effectively degrade diatrizoic acid (DTZ), and the intrinsic origin that govern the activity of FeSeS@C are deeply elucidated. Experimental and theoretical analyses manifested that proper sulfidation led to increased surface acidity of FeSeS@C. The high surface acidity can optimize the exposure and spin state of Fe sites for FeSeS@C-4, a high spin state of Fe (6.27 μ) not only regulating PMS adsorption for enhancing the charge density, but also expediting interfacial charge deliver to trigger the efficient PMS activation. Therefore, among FeSeS@C, FeSeS@C-4 exhibited the best degradation performance for DTZ, with first-order kinetic rate constants (k) of 0.232 min and degradation rate of 100 %. This study demonstrates a novel application of cage-in-cage superlattices in environmental remediation and offers new insights into the mechanism of PMS activation by sulfur modification Fe-based catalysts.
{"title":"FeSeS@C cage-in-cage superlattices for peroxymonosulfate activation: Surface acidity regulates Fe spin state","authors":"Qiang Zhong, Yan Xue, Zihao Qi, Yue Sun, Leliang Wu, Dunyu Sun, Chenmin Xu, Kwangchol Ri, Shaogui Yang, Jiandong Zhu, Qiuyi Ji, Yazi Liu, Shiyin Li, Huan He","doi":"10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124539","url":null,"abstract":"Two-dimensional cage-in-cage carbon-coated FeSeS superlattices with varying degrees of sulfidation (FeSeS@C) are developed for activating peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to effectively degrade diatrizoic acid (DTZ), and the intrinsic origin that govern the activity of FeSeS@C are deeply elucidated. Experimental and theoretical analyses manifested that proper sulfidation led to increased surface acidity of FeSeS@C. The high surface acidity can optimize the exposure and spin state of Fe sites for FeSeS@C-4, a high spin state of Fe (6.27 μ) not only regulating PMS adsorption for enhancing the charge density, but also expediting interfacial charge deliver to trigger the efficient PMS activation. Therefore, among FeSeS@C, FeSeS@C-4 exhibited the best degradation performance for DTZ, with first-order kinetic rate constants (k) of 0.232 min and degradation rate of 100 %. This study demonstrates a novel application of cage-in-cage superlattices in environmental remediation and offers new insights into the mechanism of PMS activation by sulfur modification Fe-based catalysts.","PeriodicalId":516528,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The MnO-CeO metal oxides are considered as promising alternative catalysts for selective catalytic reduction with NH (NH-SCR) to remove NO due to its excellent low temperature performance. However, their strong oxidative ability can lead to NH over-oxidation, narrowing the active temperature range and reducing N selectivity. Moreover, their weak surface acidity hampers medium to high-temperature activity and alkali metal resistance. Hence, in this study, MnCeO metal oxides were coupled with HY zeolite to create MnCeO/HY, demonstrating excellent NH-SCR performance. The high dispersion of metal oxides on the zeolite surface and their close integration promoted strong electron interaction, effectively reducing oxygen vacancies and surface adsorbed oxygen concentrations. Consequently, the oxidative ability of active metal oxides was appropriately weakened, suppressing undesirable side reactions. MnCeO/HY also notably suppressed NO adsorption and nitrate formation, promoting the catalytic reaction solely through the E-R mechanism and enhancing N selectivity. The abundant strong acid sites on the zeolite surface facilitates NH adsorption at moderate to high temperatures, notably expanding the active temperature window. Furthermore, the acid sites of HY zeolite serve as sacrificial sites, preferentially reacting with alkali metals, thus exhibiting excellent resistance to alkali metal poisoning on MnCeO/HY. Combining with the DFT results, the structure-activity relationships in this study also reveal the importance of the effective synergy between acid sites and redox sites for optimal catalytic performance, offering valuable insights into the development of highly active and alkali-resistant denitrification catalysts.
由于 MnO-CeO 金属氧化物具有出色的低温性能，因此被认为是 NH 选择性催化还原（NH-SCR）去除 NO 的理想替代催化剂。然而，它们的强氧化能力会导致 NH 过度氧化，从而缩小活性温度范围并降低 N 的选择性。此外，它们的弱表面酸性也会影响中高温活性和耐碱金属性。因此，在本研究中，将 MnCeO 金属氧化物与 HY 沸石耦合，生成了 MnCeO/HY，显示出优异的 NH-SCR 性能。金属氧化物在沸石表面的高度分散和紧密结合促进了强烈的电子相互作用，有效降低了氧空位和表面吸附氧浓度。因此，活性金属氧化物的氧化能力被适当削弱，抑制了不良的副反应。MnCeO/HY 还显著抑制了 NO 的吸附和硝酸盐的形成，促进了仅通过 E-R 机制进行的催化反应，提高了 N 的选择性。沸石表面丰富的强酸位点促进了 NH 在中高温下的吸附，显著扩大了活性温度窗口。此外，HY 沸石的酸性位点可作为牺牲位点，优先与碱金属发生反应，从而在 MnCeO/HY 上表现出优异的抗碱金属中毒能力。结合 DFT 结果，本研究中的结构-活性关系还揭示了酸性位点和氧化还原位点之间的有效协同作用对实现最佳催化性能的重要性，为开发高活性、耐碱的脱硝催化剂提供了宝贵的启示。
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Pub Date : 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124536
Nan Lu, Xiaoqing Yan, Biling Wu, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Renhong Li
A universal oxygen-mediated, stepwise strategy is proposed for efficiently inducing visible-light photocatalytic partial water decomposition into hydrogen over various semiconductor photocatalysts with conduction band bottoms below the single-electron oxygen reduction potential. In this scenario, molecular O can be transformed into reactive oxygen species, serving as both an oxidant and a homogeneous catalyst for producing hydrogen from alkaline aqueous solution containing various organic substrates. Further enhancement the performance is achieved by doping with phosphorous and oxygen, which constructs a local internal electric field and introduces sulfur vacancies, thereby facilitating the transport of photogenerated charge carriers, particularly on a representative CdS photocatalyst. The optimal hydrogen evolution performance reaches 2321.4 and 8521.4 μmol·g·h in methanol and formaldehyde solution systems, respectively, with an apparent quantum efficiency exceeding 59.4 % under 450 nm visible light irradiation. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that the oxygen-mediated, sequential single-electron transfer process can occur with virtually zero activation energy.
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