Atomically intimate assembly of dual metal–oxide interfaces for tandem conversion of syngas to ethanol

IF 38.1 1区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Nature nanotechnology Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI:10.1038/s41565-024-01824-w

Shang Li, Li Feng, Hengwei Wang, Yue Lin, Zhihu Sun, Lulu Xu, Yuxing Xu, Xinyu Liu, Wei-Xue Li, Shiqiang Wei, Jin-Xun Liu, Junling Lu

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Abstract

Selective conversion of syngas to value-added higher alcohols (containing two or more carbon atoms), particularly to a specific alcohol, is of great interest but remains challenging. Here we show that atomically intimate assembly of FeO_x-Rh-ZrO₂ dual interfaces by selectively architecting highly dispersed FeO_x on ultrafine raft-like Rh clusters supported on tetragonal zirconia enables highly efficient tandem conversion of syngas to ethanol. The ethanol selectivity in oxygenates reached ~90% at CO conversion up to 51%, along with a markedly high space-time yield of ethanol of 668.2 mg g_cat⁻¹ h⁻¹. In situ spectroscopic characterization and theoretical calculations reveal that Rh-ZrO₂ interface promotes dissociative CO activation into CH_x through a formate pathway, while the adjacent Rh-FeO_x interface accelerates subsequent C–C coupling via nondissociative CO insertion. Consequently, these dual interfaces in atomic-scale proximity with complementary functionalities synergistically boost the exclusive formation of ethanol with exceptional productivity in a tandem manner.

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用于串联转化合成气为乙醇的双金属氧化物界面的原子紧密装配

选择性地将合成气转化为高附加值的高级醇类（含两个或两个以上碳原子），尤其是转化为特定醇类，是人们非常感兴趣的问题，但仍然具有挑战性。在这里，我们展示了通过选择性地在四方氧化锆上支撑的超细筏状 Rh 簇上构建高度分散的 FeOx，从而在原子上紧密装配 FeOx-Rh-ZrO2 双界面，实现了合成气到乙醇的高效串联转化。在一氧化碳转化率高达 51% 时，乙醇在含氧化合物中的选择性达到约 90%，同时乙醇的时空产率高达 668.2 mg gcat-1 h-1。原位光谱表征和理论计算显示，Rh-ZrO2 界面通过甲酸途径促进解离一氧化碳活化为 CHx，而相邻的 Rh-FeOx 界面则通过非解离一氧化碳插入加速随后的 C-C 耦合。因此，这些具有互补功能的双界面在原子尺度上相互靠近，以串联方式协同促进了乙醇的独家形成，并具有极高的生产率。

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Nature nanotechnology 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

59.70

自引率

0.80%

发文量

196

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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