Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal12080913
Keywords
alumina spheres; bifunctional catalysts; dibenzothiophene; hydrodesulfurization; energy storage
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- Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) [39569, 319645]
- Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados S., C. (CIMAV) [PI-22-10/2022]
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In this study, CoMoS catalysts were synthesized and supported on porous alumina spheres for dual applications in hydrodesulfurization and energy storage. The results showed that using Pluronic P-123 as a surfactant resulted in better dispersion of MoS2 slabs on the alumina spheres, leading to improved catalytic efficiency in the hydrodesulfurization reactions. Additionally, the CoMoS catalysts exhibited excellent activity and stability for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions in rechargeable Zn-air batteries.
In this work, CoMoS catalysts were synthesized onto porous alumina spheres obtained using Pluronic P-123 (PS) or urea (US) and used as bifunctional nanomaterials for two energy applications: hydrodesulfurization and energy storage. For the first application, the catalysts were assessed in a hydrodesulfurization reactor using two model sulfur molecules, dibenzothiophene and 4,6-dimethyl dibenzothiophene, as well as feeding a heavy oil fraction. The results indicated that the spheres obtained by Pluronic P-123 allowed a greater dispersion degree of MoS2 slabs than US, indicating that the size and hierarchically porous structure of alumina spheres played a principal role as a booster of the HDS catalytic efficiency of DBT, 4,6 DMDBT and diesel fuel. Then, these catalysts were used for the electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions (ORR/OER), which take place in rechargeable Zn-air batteries. For the ORR, the CoMoS catalyst on PS in the presence of a conductive support (N-doped carbon nanotubes + graphene) displayed an overpotential of only 90 mV in comparison with Pt/C. Importantly, the chalcogenide enabled an increase in the stability, maintaining almost two times higher current retention than Pt/C for the ORR and IrO2/C for the OER. These results suggest that expended chalcogenides from the hydrodesulfurization industry can have a second life as co-catalysts for renewable energy storage systems, enabling a circular economy.
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