Sulfur-tolerant, exsolved Fe–Ni alloy nanoparticles for CO oxidation
Date
05/10/2018Grant ID
EP/P024807/1
EP/J016454/1
ep/l017008/1
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Abstract
Metallic nanoparticles exsolved at the surface of perovskite oxides have been recently shown to unlock superior catalytic activity and durability towards various chemical reactions of practical importance. For example, for the CO oxidation reaction, exsolved Ni nanoparticles in oxidised form exhibit site activities approaching those of noble metals. This is of particular interest for the prospect of replacing noble metals with earth-abundant metal/metal oxide catalysts in the automotive exhaust control industry. Here we show that for the CO oxidation reaction, the functionality of exsolved Ni nanoparticles can be further improved when Fe is co-exsolved with Ni, as Fe–Ni alloy nanoparticles, eventually forming mixed oxide nanoparticles. As compared to the Ni nanoparticles, the alloy nanoparticles exhibit higher site activities, greatly improved durability over 170 h of continuous testing and increased tolerance towards sulphur-based atmospheres. Similarly to the single metal nanoparticles, the alloys demonstrate outstanding microstructural stability and high tolerance towards coking. These results open additional directions for tailoring the activity and durability of exsolved materials for the CO oxidation reaction and beyond.
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Papaioannou , E I , Neagu , D , Ramli , W K W , Irvine , J T S & Metcalfe , I S 2018 , ' Sulfur-tolerant, exsolved Fe–Ni alloy nanoparticles for CO oxidation ' , Topics in Catalysis , vol. First Online . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-1053-8
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Topics in Catalysis
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Peer reviewed
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1022-5528Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2018. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013)/ERC Grant Agreement Number 320725 and from the EPSRC via the research grants EP/P024807/1, EP/P009050/1, EP/P007767/1, EP/J016454/1 and EP/L017008/1. Data supporting this publication is openly available under an ‘Open Data Commons Open Database License’. Additional metadata are available at: https://doi.org/10.17634/161340-1.Collections
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