物理化学学报 >> 2025, Vol. 41 >> Issue (9): 100100.doi: 10.1016/j.actphy.2025.100100

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单原子Pd促进的Cu催化剂用于乙醇脱氢

冯乐乐1,2, 白雪莹1,3, 庞纪峰1,*(), 曹宏晨1,2, 刘晓艳1, 罗文豪4, 杨小峰1,*(), 吴鹏飞1, 郑明远1,*()   

  1. 1 中国科学院大连化学物理研究所, 中国科学院应用催化科学与技术重点实验室, 辽宁 大连 116023
    2 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
    3 大连交通大学材料科学与工程学院, 辽宁 大连 116028
    4 内蒙古大学化学化工学院, 内蒙古自治区 呼和浩特 010021
  • 收稿日期:2025-03-11 修回日期:2025-04-29 录用日期:2025-04-30 发布日期:2025-07-04
  • 通讯作者: Email: jfpang@dicp.ac.cn (庞纪峰)yangxf2003@dicp.ac.cn (杨小峰)myzheng@dicp.ac.cn (郑明远)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22378383); 国家自然科学基金(22279115); “单原子催化”基础科学中心(22388102)

Single-atom Pd boosted Cu catalysts for ethanol dehydrogenation

Lele Feng1,2, Xueying Bai1,3, Jifeng Pang1,*(), Hongchen Cao1,2, Xiaoyan Liu1, Wenhao Luo4, Xiaofeng Yang1,*(), Pengfei Wu1, Mingyuan Zheng1,*()   

  1. 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, Liaoning Province, China
    4 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2025-03-11 Revised:2025-04-29 Accepted:2025-04-30 Published:2025-07-04
  • Contact: Email: jfpang@dicp.ac.cn (Jifeng Pang)yangxf2003@dicp.ac.cn (Xiaofeng Yang)myzheng@dicp.ac.cn (Mingyuan Zheng)
  • Supported by:
    the National Science Foundation of China(22378383); the National Science Foundation of China(22279115); the NSFC Center for Single-Atom Catalysis(22388102)

摘要:

乙醇脱氢是乙醇催化转化过程中的关键基元步骤,铜(Cu)基合金催化剂是该反应最具前景的候选材料。然而,由于合金催化剂在反应条件下固有的结构复杂性和动态演变特性,阐明合金组分与主体金属间协同效应的内在机制仍具挑战性。本研究设计了结构明确的单原子钯(Pd)修饰Cu-MFI催化剂用于乙醇脱氢制乙醛和氢气。通过球差校正高角环形暗场扫描透射电子显微镜(AC-HAADF-STEM)、X射线吸收光谱(XAS)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等系统表征结合密度泛函理论(DFT)计算表明,Pd原子被均匀分散在Cu催化剂表面并被Cu原子隔离,该单原子位点配位数为9–10、带−0.36e电荷。在乙醇脱氢反应中,新生成的Pdδ−和Cuδ+位点协同作用降低了乙醇中C—H键断裂的活化能垒,同时增强了氢吸附和H—H键耦合能力,使得Pd/Cu-MFI催化剂获得更高的乙醇转化率和乙醛产率。

关键词: 乙醇, 脱氢, Pd-Cu单原子催化剂, 电子转移, 氢

Abstract:

Ethanol dehydrogenation is a vital elementary step in ethanol upgrading, for which Cu-based alloy catalysts are the most promising candidates. Nevertheless, elucidating the underlying reasons for the synergistic effect between alloying components and host metals remains challenging due to the intrinsic structural complexity and dynamic evolution of alloy catalysts under operational conditions. Herein, single-atom Pd modified Cu-MFI catalysts with well-defined structures were designed for ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde and hydrogen. Comprehensive characterizations using aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (AC-HAADF-STEM), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that Pd atoms are isolated by surrounding Cu atoms with a coordination number of 9–10, forming −0.36e charged single-atom sites and being uniformly dispersed on the surface of Cu catalysts. The newly generated Pdδ− and Cuδ+ sites synergistically reduced the activation energy barrier for C—H bond cleavage in ethanol. These sites simultaneously enhanced hydrogen adsorption and H—H bond coupling, leading to improved ethanol conversion and acetaldehyde productivity over Pd/Cu-MFI catalysts.

Key words: Ethanol, Dehydrogenation, Pd-Cu single-atom catalyst, Electron transfer, Hydrogen