Performance Enhancement in Pt-CeO2@SiO2 Core-Sheath Nanofibers in the Dehydrogenation of Cycloalkanes and Alkanes
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ACS Applied Nano Materials, Volume 8, issue 28, pp. 14307-14319
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Preventing the agglomeration and sintering of catalytically active platinum nanoparticles under reaction conditions is crucial for achieving enhanced catalytic performance, particularly in dehydrogenation processes. This work aims to design a core-sheath structure to protect Pt nanoparticles from agglomeration on a substrate such as ceria (CeO2) and study the performance and stability of Pt nanoparticles under sheath protection. An electrospinning technique was employed to fabricate CeO2 nanofibers (NFs), followed by impregnating Pt and introducing a silica (SiO2) sheath layer to obtain Pt-CeO2@SiO2 core-sheath NFs. The structural, morphological, and physical properties of the resulting materials were evaluated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), etching depth-profile X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-angle annular dark-field high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). The in situ XRD measurement followed by the Rietveld refinement showed the protective effect of the sheath layer against the agglomeration of Pt nanoparticles in Pt-CeO2@SiO2 materials. In the catalytic cyclohexane dehydrogenation (CDH) reaction, Pt-CeO2@SiO2 materials show a 4-fold increase in benzene yield compared to the Pt-CeO2 structure without the sheath layer, with both catalysts exhibiting full selectivity for benzene.Description
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Nejadsalim, A, Bashiri, N, Bekheet, M F, Rudolph, M A, Müller, J T, Schmidt, J, Godini, H R, Schomäcker, R, Thomas, A, Görke, O & Gurlo, A 2025, 'Performance Enhancement in Pt-CeO 2 @SiO 2 Core-Sheath Nanofibers in the Dehydrogenation of Cycloalkanes and Alkanes', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 8, no. 28, pp. 14307-14319. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c02408