Ru single atoms and nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes as multifunctional catalysts
In: Dalton Transactions, Jg. 49 (2020), S. 10250-10260
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International audience; In the last decade we have witnessed increasing interest in the production of renewable energy and value-added chemicals through sustainable and low-cost technologies where catalysts play a crucial role. Herein, we report the application of a Ru/CNT material containing a mixture of Ru single atoms and Ru nanoparticles as a multifunctional catalyst for both the catalytic reduction of nitroarenes and the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The catalytic activity of the Ru-CNT material was evaluated in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP), 4-nitroaniline (4-NA) and 2-nitrophenol (2-NP) in the presence of sodium borohydride as a reducing agent at room temperature, showing high catalytic activity with normalized rate constants (knor) of 19.0 × 103, 57.7 × 103 and 16.6 × 103 min−1 mmol−1 respectively. Furthermore, the catalyst could be reused in at least 10 cycles without catalytic activity loss, confirming the high stability and robustness of the material. The Ru/CNT material also showed good ORR electrocatalytic activity in alkaline medium with Eonset of 0.76 V vs. RHE, a diffusion-limited current density of 3.89 mA cm−2 and ñO2 of 3.3. In addition, Ru/CNT was remarkably insensitive to methanol with a current retention of 93% (51% for Pt/C) and competitive electrochemical stability of 80% after 20 000 s. Moreover, Ru/CNT was active for the OER with jmax = 29.5 mA cm−2 at E = 1.86 V vs. RHE, η10 = 0.50 V and good stability (η10 changed to 0.01 V and jmax only decreased by ≈12% after 500 cycles).
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Ru single atoms and nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes as multifunctional catalysts
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Serp, Philippe ; Fernandes, Diana M. ; Rivera‐Cárcamo, Camila ; Rocha, Mariana ; Freire, Cristina ; LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências ; Universidade do Porto ; Laboratoire de chimie de coordination (LCC) ; Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP) ; Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT-FR 2599) ; Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Zeitschrift: | Dalton Transactions, Jg. 49 (2020), S. 10250-10260 |
Veröffentlichung: | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020 |
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ISSN: | 1477-9234 (print) ; 1477-9226 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1039/d0dt02096f |
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