Low-loading Pt/beta-Mo2C catalyst for ethanol dissociation. Experimental and theoretical characterization

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03472c" target="_blank" >10.1039/d1cp03472c</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Low-loading Pt/beta-Mo2C catalyst for ethanol dissociation. Experimental and theoretical characterization

Original language description

The adsorption and dissociation of ethanol on Pt/beta-Mo2C with a low noble metal loading (0.1 wt%) is studied in the context of catalytic H-2 production from alcohols. X-ray diffraction and experimental results indicate that Pt modifies the lattice parameters of beta-Mo2C. In line with this, density functional theory calculations indicate that the Mo-Mo distances are increased due to the presence of Pt. An experimental X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study indicates that the chemical state of both molybdenum and carbon in Pt/beta-Mo2C are very different from those in the Pt-free carbide, which is also in agreement with the DFT results, which indicate that the Pt atoms generate a redistribution of charge density in their environment. Temperature programmed reaction analysis shows that at temperatures higher than 530 K, a two-fold increase in the production of H-2, CH4 and C2H6 is observed for Pt/beta-Mo2C as compared to beta-Mo2C, suggesting a higher catalytic activity for the Pt-containing carbide than for the pristine catalyst. Additionally, H-2 production from ethanol on Pt/beta-Mo2C presents a higher activation energy (0.64 eV) than that corresponding to pristine molybdenum carbide. In agreement with this experimental result, climbing image-nudged elastic band (CI-NEB) calculations indicate that the energy barrier linked to the formation of H-2 from ethanol increases with the presence of platinum. It is concluded that the low Pt loading notably modifies the catalytic pattern of molybdenum carbide, rendering it a highly active catalyst for ethanol decomposition.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

ISSN

1463-9076

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

41

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

23567-23575

UT code for WoS article

000707369700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85118448896