Distinct Role of Surface Hydroxyls in Single-Atom Pt/CeO Catalyst for Room-Temperature Formaldehyde Oxidation: Acid-Base Versus Redox

Overview

Journal JACS Au

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 Aug 1

PMID 35911462

Authors

Lina Zhang

Qianqian Bao

Bangjie Zhang

Yuanbao Zhang

Shaolong Wan

Shuai Wang

Jingdong Lin

Haifeng Xiong

Donghai Mei

Yong Wang

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Abstract

The development of highly efficient catalysts for room-temperature formaldehyde (HCHO) oxidation is of great interest for indoor air purification. In this work, it was found that the single-atom Pt/CeO catalyst exhibits a remarkable activity with complete removal of HCHO even at 288 K. Combining density functional theory calculations and DRIFTS experiments, it was revealed that the active OH site generated on CeO in the vicinity of Pt via steam treatment plays a key role in the oxidation of HCHO to formate and its further oxidation to CO. Such involvement of hydroxyls is fundamentally different from that of cofeeding water which dissociates on metal oxide and catalyzes the acid-base-related chemistry. This study provides an important implication for the design and synthesis of supported Pt catalysts with atom efficiency for a very important practical application-room-temperature HCHO oxidation.

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