Reversing Sintering Effect of Ni Particles on γ-MoN Via Strong Metal Support Interaction

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2021 Dec 1

PMID 34848709

Citations 14

Authors

Lili Lin

Jinjia Liu

Xi Liu

Zirui Gao

Ning Rui

Siyu Yao

Feng Zhang

Maolin Wang

Chang Liu

Lili Han

Feng Yang

Sen Zhang

Xiao-Dong Wen

Sanjaya D Senanayake

Yichao Wu

Xiaonian Li

Jose A Rodriguez

Ding Ma

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Abstract

Reversing the thermal induced sintering phenomenon and forming high temperature stable fine dispersed metallic centers with unique structural and electronic properties is one of the ever-lasting targets of heterogeneous catalysis. Here we report that the dispersion of metallic Ni particles into under-coordinated two-dimensional Ni clusters over γ-MoN is a thermodynamically favorable process based on the AIMD simulation. A Ni-4nm/γ-MoN model catalyst is synthesized and used to further study the reverse sintering effect by the combination of multiple in-situ characterization methods, including in-situ quick XANES and EXAFS, ambient pressure XPS and environmental SE/STEM etc. The under-coordinated two-dimensional layered Ni clusters on molybdenum nitride support generated from the Ni-4nm/γ-MoN has been demonstrated to be a thermally stable catalyst in 50 h stability test in CO hydrogenation, and exhibits a remarkable catalytic selectivity reverse compared with traditional Ni particles-based catalyst, leading to a chemo-specific CO hydrogenation to CO.

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