Citation: Li Congming, Chen Kuo, Wang Xiaoyue, Xue Nan, Yang Hengquan. Understanding the Role of Cu/ZnO Interaction in CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2021, 37(5): 200910. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202009101 shu

Understanding the Role of Cu/ZnO Interaction in CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol

Li Congming ^1,, ,
Chen Kuo ¹ ,
Wang Xiaoyue ¹ ,
Xue Nan ² ,
Yang Hengquan ^2,,

1.
Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
2.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

Corresponding author: Li Congming, licongming0523@163.com Yang Hengquan, hqyang@sxu.edu.cn
Received Date: 30 September 2020
Revised Date: 29 October 2020
Accepted Date: 30 October 2020
Available Online: 6 November 2020
Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21676176the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion J20-21-610This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676176), and Major Scientific and Technological Project of Shanxi Province of China (20201102005), the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion (J20-21-610) and the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Catalysis in DICP, China (N-15-05)the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Catalysis in DICP, China N-15-05Major Scientific and Technological Project of Shanxi Province of China 20201102005

Using renewable green hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO₂) to produce methanol is one of the fundamental ways to reduce CO₂ emissions in the future, and research and development related to catalysts for efficient and stable methanol synthesis is one of the key factors in determining the entire synthesis process. Metal nanoparticles stabilized on a support are frequently employed to catalyze the methanol synthesis reaction. Metal-support interactions (MSIs) in these supported catalysts can play a significant role in catalysis. Tuning the MSI is an effective strategy to modulate the activity, selectivity, and stability of heterogeneous catalysts. Numerous studies have been conducted on this topic; however, a systematic understanding of the role of various strengths of MSI is lacking. Herein, three Cu/ZnO-SiO₂ catalysts with different strengths of MSI, namely, normal precipitation Cu/ZnO-SiO₂ (Nor-CZS), co-precipitation Cu/ZnO-SiO₂ (Co-CZS), and reverse precipitation Cu/ZnO-SiO₂ (Re-CZS), were successfully prepared to determine the role of such interactions in the hydrogenation of CO₂ to methanol. The results of temperature-programmed reduction (H₂-TPR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) characterization illustrated that the MSI of the catalysts was considerably affected by the precipitation sequence. Fourier transform infrared reflection spectroscopy (FT-IR) results indicated that the Cu species existed as CuO in all cases and that copper phyllosilicate was absent (except for strong Cu-SiO₂ interaction). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and N₂O chemical titration results revealed that strong interactions between the Cu and Zn species would promote the dispersion of Cu species, thereby leading to a higher CO₂ conversion rate and improved catalytic stability. As expected, the Re-CZS catalyst exhibited the highest activity with 12.4% CO₂ conversion, followed by the Co-CZS catalyst (12.1%), and the Nor-CZS catalyst (9.8%). After the same reaction time, the normalized CO₂ conversion of the three catalysts decreased in the following order: Re-CZS (75%) > Co-CZS (70%) > Nor-CZS (65%). Notably, the methanol selectivity of the Re-CZS catalyst was found to level off after a prolonged period, in contrast to that of Co-CZS and Nor-CZS. Investigation of the structural evolution of the catalyst with time on stream revealed that the high methanol selectivity of the catalyst was caused by the reconstruction of the catalyst, which was induced by the strong MSI between the Cu and Zn species, and the migration of ZnO onto Cu species, which caused an enlargement of the Cu/ZnO interface. This work offers an alternative strategy for the rational and optimized design of efficient catalysts.
- Cu/ZnO-SiO₂ catalysts,
- Metal-support interaction,
- CO₂ hydrogenation,
- Methanol
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