Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis

Abstract Isolated active sites have great potential to be highly efficient and stable in heterogeneous catalysis, while enabling low costs due to the low transition metal content. Herein, we present results on the synthesis, first catalytic trials, and characterization of the Ga9Rh2 phase and the hi...

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Main Authors: Haiko Wittkämper, Rainer Hock, Matthias Weißer, Johannes Dallmann, Carola Vogel, Narayanan Raman, Nicola Taccardi, Marco Haumann, Peter Wasserscheid, Tzung-En Hsieh, Sven Maisel, Michael Moritz, Christoph Wichmann, Johannes Frisch, Mihaela Gorgoi, Regan G. Wilks, Marcus Bär, Mingjian Wu, Erdmann Spiecker, Andreas Görling, Tobias Unruh, Hans-Peter Steinrück, Christian Papp
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31157-y
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author Haiko Wittkämper
Rainer Hock
Matthias Weißer
Johannes Dallmann
Carola Vogel
Narayanan Raman
Nicola Taccardi
Marco Haumann
Peter Wasserscheid
Tzung-En Hsieh
Sven Maisel
Michael Moritz
Christoph Wichmann
Johannes Frisch
Mihaela Gorgoi
Regan G. Wilks
Marcus Bär
Mingjian Wu
Erdmann Spiecker
Andreas Görling
Tobias Unruh
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Christian Papp
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Rainer Hock
Matthias Weißer
Johannes Dallmann
Carola Vogel
Narayanan Raman
Nicola Taccardi
Marco Haumann
Peter Wasserscheid
Tzung-En Hsieh
Sven Maisel
Michael Moritz
Christoph Wichmann
Johannes Frisch
Mihaela Gorgoi
Regan G. Wilks
Marcus Bär
Mingjian Wu
Erdmann Spiecker
Andreas Görling
Tobias Unruh
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Christian Papp
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description Abstract Isolated active sites have great potential to be highly efficient and stable in heterogeneous catalysis, while enabling low costs due to the low transition metal content. Herein, we present results on the synthesis, first catalytic trials, and characterization of the Ga9Rh2 phase and the hitherto not-studied Ga3Rh phase. We used XRD and TEM for structural characterization, and with XPS, EDX we accessed the chemical composition and electronic structure of the intermetallic compounds. In combination with catalytic tests of these phases in the challenging propane dehydrogenation and by DFT calculations, we obtain a comprehensive picture of these novel catalyst materials. Their specific crystallographic structure leads to isolated Rhodium sites, which is proposed to be the decisive factor for the catalytic properties of the systems.
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spelling doaj.art-0e661ae390514d44b67aa1958b849efa2023-06-18T11:11:21ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-03-011311810.1038/s41598-023-31157-yIsolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysisHaiko Wittkämper0Rainer Hock1Matthias Weißer2Johannes Dallmann3Carola Vogel4Narayanan Raman5Nicola Taccardi6Marco Haumann7Peter Wasserscheid8Tzung-En Hsieh9Sven Maisel10Michael Moritz11Christoph Wichmann12Johannes Frisch13Mihaela Gorgoi14Regan G. Wilks15Marcus Bär16Mingjian Wu17Erdmann Spiecker18Andreas Görling19Tobias Unruh20Hans-Peter Steinrück21Christian Papp22Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik (CRT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik (CRT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik (CRT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Chemische Reaktionstechnik (CRT), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Department Interface Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Department Interface Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)Department Interface Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)Department Interface Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB)Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Mikro- und Nanostrukturforschung)Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Mikro- und Nanostrukturforschung)Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Kristallographie und Strukturphysik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)Abstract Isolated active sites have great potential to be highly efficient and stable in heterogeneous catalysis, while enabling low costs due to the low transition metal content. Herein, we present results on the synthesis, first catalytic trials, and characterization of the Ga9Rh2 phase and the hitherto not-studied Ga3Rh phase. We used XRD and TEM for structural characterization, and with XPS, EDX we accessed the chemical composition and electronic structure of the intermetallic compounds. In combination with catalytic tests of these phases in the challenging propane dehydrogenation and by DFT calculations, we obtain a comprehensive picture of these novel catalyst materials. Their specific crystallographic structure leads to isolated Rhodium sites, which is proposed to be the decisive factor for the catalytic properties of the systems.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31157-y
spellingShingle Haiko Wittkämper
Rainer Hock
Matthias Weißer
Johannes Dallmann
Carola Vogel
Narayanan Raman
Nicola Taccardi
Marco Haumann
Peter Wasserscheid
Tzung-En Hsieh
Sven Maisel
Michael Moritz
Christoph Wichmann
Johannes Frisch
Mihaela Gorgoi
Regan G. Wilks
Marcus Bär
Mingjian Wu
Erdmann Spiecker
Andreas Görling
Tobias Unruh
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Christian Papp
Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
Scientific Reports
title Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
title_full Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
title_fullStr Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
title_short Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
title_sort isolated rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31157-y
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