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Dynamic Structure of Active Sites in Ceria-Supported Pt Catalysts for the Water Gas Shift Reaction

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Author(s)

Yuanyuan Li, Matthew Kottwitz, Joshua L. Vincent, Zongyuan Liu, Michael J. Enright, Lihua Zhang, Jiahao Huang, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, Wei-Chang Yang, Peter A. Crozier, Ralph G. Nuzzo, Anatoly I. Frenkel

Abstract

Oxide-supported noble metal catalysts have been extensively studied for decades for the water gas shift (WGS) reaction, a catalytic transformation central to a host of large volume processes that variously utilize or produce hydrogen. There remains considerable uncertainty as to how the specific features of the active metal-support interfacial bonding - perhaps most importantly the temporal dynamic changes occurring therein - serve to enable high activity and selectivity. Here we report the dynamic characteristics of a Pt/CeO2 system at the atomic level for the WGS reaction and specifically reveal the synergistic effects of metal-support bonding at the perimeter region. We found that the perimeter Pt0−O vacancy−Ce3+ sites are formed in the active structure, transformed at working temperatures and its appearance regulates the adsorbate behaviors. We find that the dynamic nature of this site is a key mechanistic step for the WGS reaction.
Citation
Nature Communications
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pub Type
Journals

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21132-4
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Keywords

in situ TEM, ETEM, water gas shift reaction, dynamic structure, catalysis
Nanometrology, Nanomaterials, Nanochemistry, Fuels and Composition and structure

Citation

Li, Y. , Kottwitz, M. , Vincent, J. , Liu, Z. , Enright, M. , Zhang, L. , Huang, J. , Senanayake, S. , Yang, W. , Crozier, P. , Nuzzo, R. and Frenkel, A. (2021), Dynamic Structure of Active Sites in Ceria-Supported Pt Catalysts for the Water Gas Shift Reaction, Nature Communications, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21132-4, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931403 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created February 9, 2021, Updated October 12, 2021
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