Boosting CO hydrogenation towards C2+ hydrocarbons over interfacial TiO2−x/Ni catalysts

Ming Xu, Xuetao Qin, Yao Xu, Xiaochen Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Jin-Xun Liu (), Meng Wang (), Xi Liu () and Ding Ma ()
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Ming Xu: Peking University
Xuetao Qin: Peking University
Yao Xu: Peking University
Xiaochen Zhang: Peking University
Lirong Zheng: the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin-Xun Liu: University of Science and Technology of China
Meng Wang: Peking University
Xi Liu: Shanghai Jiaotong University
Ding Ma: Peking University

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Considerable attention has been drawn to tune the geometric and electronic structure of interfacial catalysts via modulating strong metal-support interactions (SMSI). Herein, we report the construction of a series of TiO2−x/Ni catalysts, where disordered TiO2−x overlayers immobilized onto the surface of Ni nanoparticles (~20 nm) are successfully engineered with SMSI effect. The optimal TiO2−x/Ni catalyst shows a CO conversion of ~19.8% in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) process under atmospheric pressure at 220 °C. More importantly, ~64.6% of the product is C2+ paraffins, which is in sharp contrast to the result of the conventional Ni catalyst with the main product being methane. A combination study of advanced electron microscopy, multiple in-situ spectroscopic characterizations, and density functional theory calculations indicates the presence of Niδ−/TiO2−x interfacial sites, which could bind carbon atom strongly, inhibit methane formation and facilitate the C-C chain propagation, lead to the production of C2+ hydrocarbon on Ni surface.

Date: 2022
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