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Pt Nanoclusters Stabilized by N-Doped Carbon Nanofibers for Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid Full article

Journal

Journal of Catalysis
ISSN: 0021-9517 , E-ISSN: 1090-2694

Output data

Year: 2013, Volume: 307, Pages: 94-102 Pages count : 9 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.07.008

Tags

Clusters, CO tolerance, Decomposition, Formic acid, Fuel cells, Hydrogen storage, Platinum

Authors

Jia Lijun ^1,2 , Bulushev Dmitri A. ^1,2 , Podyacheva Olga Yu. ³ , Boronin Andrey I. ³ , Kibis Lidiya S. ³ , Gerasimov Evgeny Yu. ³ , Beloshapkin Sergey ² , Seryak Ivan A. ³ , Ismagilov Zinfer R. ^3,4 , Ross Julian R.H. ¹

Affiliations

1	Chemical & Environmental Sciences Department, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
2	Materials & Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
3	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
4	Institute of Coal Chemistry and Material Science SB RAS, Kemerovo 650000, Russia

Funding (4)

1	Russian Foundation for Basic Research	12-03-01091
2	Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	36
3	Президиум РАН	24.51
4	Science Foundation Ireland	06/CP/E007

The activities of Pt catalysts on carbon nanofibers with different nitrogen contents were compared for hydrogen production by formic acid decomposition. The catalysts contained a fraction of Pt clusters with a mean size of 1.0–2.3 nm and possibly a considerable fraction of Pt clusters with a diameter of less than 0.75 nm that were invisible by transmission electron microscopy. The activities of N-doped catalysts with low Pt contents (⩽1 wt.%) were 10 times higher than the activities of undoped catalysts. The N-doped catalysts demonstrated an improved selectivity to hydrogen and an increased resistance to CO inhibition. However, they were inactive for ethylene hydrogenation. These results are explained by the presence of electron-deficient, two-dimensional sub-nm sized Pt clusters stabilized by pyridinic nitrogen on vacancy sites. In accordance, the Pt-4f7/2 binding energies measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were 0.6 eV higher for the N-doped samples than for the undoped ones.

Jia L. , Bulushev D.A. , Podyacheva O.Y. , Boronin A.I. , Kibis L.S. , Gerasimov E.Y. , Beloshapkin S. , Seryak I.A. , Ismagilov Z.R. , Ross J.R.H.
Pt Nanoclusters Stabilized by N-Doped Carbon Nanofibers for Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid
Journal of Catalysis. 2013. V.307. P.94-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.07.008 WOS Scopus РИНЦ ANCAN OpenAlex

Submitted:	Jun 5, 2013
Accepted:	Jul 9, 2013
Published online:	Aug 10, 2013
Published print:	Nov 1, 2013

Web of science:	WOS:000327903900010
Scopus:	2-s2.0-84881134281
Elibrary:	20449935
Chemical Abstracts:	2013:1623390
Chemical Abstracts (print):	159:655792
OpenAlex:	W2076829156

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