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Controlling the O-Vacancy Formation and Performance of Au/ZnO Catalysts in CO2 Reduction to Methanol by the ZnO Particle Size

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ACS CATALYSIS
卷 11, 期 15, 页码 9022-9033

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01415

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CO2 hydrogenation; methanol synthesis; O-vacancy; selectivity control; support particle size effect; Au catalysis; metal-support interactions

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It was found that by increasing the ZnO particle size, while keeping the same Au loading/Au particle size, the activity for methanol formation can be improved, and the selectivity also increases steadily. This is mainly due to the increasing electronic modification of Au interface perimeter sites and the formation of O-vacancy defects in the ZnO lattice.
In a systematic approach to control and improve the performance of Au/ZnO catalysts in methanol synthesis from CO2, we have studied the effect of varying the ZnO particle size. We show that with increasing ZnO particle size (22-103 nm), while keeping the Au loading/Au particle size constant, the activity for methanol formation passes through a maximum in a volcano-shaped relation, while the selectivity increases steadily. This is explained by an increasing electronic modification of Au interface perimeter sites, due to electronic metal-support interactions (EMSIs), which occur together with partial overgrowth of a partly reduced ZnOx layer (SMSI effects); electronic modifications are proposed to arise from the increasing formation of O-vacancy defects in the ZnO lattice during reaction, whose concentration increases with increasing density of Au nanoparticles (NPs) on the support surface and thus increasing the ZnO particle size, as indicated by EPR spectroscopy, and charge transfer to adjacent Au sites. We propose that there is an optimum charge transfer and thus an optimum Au NP density, which results in the observed maximum in the methanol formation rate. Partial overgrowth is indicated by STEM imaging and quantified by in situ FTIR spectroscopy during CO adsorption at -140 degrees C, which revealed a significant decrease of the accessible Au surface area, which is more pronounced for smaller Au NP densities. Optimization of the support particle size at constant metal loading and thus of the Au NP density is proposed as an attractive approach for controlling the performance of supported catalysts.

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