Optimized Pt–Co Alloy Nanoparticles for Reverse Water–Gas Shift Activation of CO 2

Szamosvölgyi, Ákos and Pitó, Ádám and Efremova, Anastasiia and Baán, Kornélia and Kutus, Bence and Suresh, Mutyala and Sápi, András and Szenti, Imre and Kiss, János and Kolonits, Tamás and Fogarassy, Zsolt and Pécz, Béla and Kukovecz, Ákos and Kónya, Zoltán (2024) Optimized Pt–Co Alloy Nanoparticles for Reverse Water–Gas Shift Activation of CO 2. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, 7. pp. 9968-9977. ISSN 2574-0970

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Abstract

Different Co contents were used to tune bimetallic Pt−Co nanoparticles with a diameter of 8 nm, resulting in Pt:Co ratios of 3.54, 1.51, and 0.96. These nanoparticles were then applied to the MCF-17 mesoporous silica support. The synthesized materials were characterized with HR-TEM, HAADF-TEM, EDX, XRD, BET, ICP-MS, in situ DRIFTS, and quasi in situ XPS techniques. The catalysts were tested in a thermally induced reverse water−gas shift reaction (CO2:H2 = 1:4) at atmospheric pressure in the 200−700 °C temperature range. All bimetallic Pt−Co particles outperformed the pure Pt benchmark catalyst. The nanoparticles with a Pt:Co ratio of 1.51 exhibited 2.6 times higher activity and increased CO selectivity by 4% at 500 °C. Experiments proved that the electron accumulation and alloying effect on the Pt−Co particles are stronger with higher Co ratios. The production of CO followed the formate reaction pathway on all catalysts due to the face-centered-cubic structure, which is similar to the Pt benchmark. It is concluded that the enhanced properties of Co culminate at a Pt:Co ratio of 1.51 because decreasing the ratio to 0.96 results in lower activity despite having more Co atoms available for the electronic interaction, resulting in the lack of electron-rich Pt sites.

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