Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Confinement of Ru nanoparticles inside the carbon nanotube: Selectivity controls on methanol decomposition

  • Published:
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been widely used as catalyst supports, and the confinement of metal nanoparticles inside the CNT cavity have received much attention. In this study, graphitic carbon nitride were used to introduce nitrogen to CNT and form ruthenium nanoparticles inside the CNT channel. The XPS evidenced that the ruthenium nanoparticles in the CNT cavity are present in more reduced state, and the nitrogen species are in a pyridinic and a pyrrolic form. The prepared catalysts exhibited excellent hydrogen and carbon monoxide selectivity. The hydrogen-to-carbon monoxide ratio was close to the stoichiometric ratio of methanol decomposition. In contrast, the ruthenium nanoparticles outside the CNT showed lower carbon monoxide selectivity at high methanol conversion. The alteration of electrical properties of ruthenium nanoparticles by the CNT channel and N-doping might hamper side reactions, such as water gas shift, methanation, dimethyl ether formation upon methanol decomposition.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. D. Zhang, G. Wei, Y. Wang, J. Wang, P. Ning, Q. Zhang, M. Wang, T. Zhang and K. Long, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 35(10), 1979 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. X. Pan, Z. Fan, W. Chen, Y. Ding, H. Luo and X. Bao, Nat. Mater., 6(7), 507 (2007).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. E. Castillejos, P.-J. Debouttiére, L. Roiban, A. Solhy, V. Martinez, Y. Kihn, O. Ersen, K. Philippot, B. Chaudret and P. Serp, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48(14), 2529 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Z. Peralta-Inga, P. Lane, J. S. Murray, S. Boyd, M. E. Grice, C. J. O’Connor and P. Politzer, Nano Lett., 3(1), 21 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. H. Liu, L. Zhang, N. Wang and D. S. Su, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53(46), 12634 (2014).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. J.-P. Tessonnier, L. Pesant, G. Ehret, M. J. Ledoux and C. Pham-Huu, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 288(1), 203 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. D. Wang, J. Liu, J. Xi, J. Jiang and Z. Bai, Appl. Surf. Sci., 489, 477 (2019).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. I. Palacio and O. R. de la Fuente, Surf. Sci., 606(15–16), 1152 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. J. Sieben and M. Duarte, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 37(13), 9941 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. R. Shiozaki, T. Hayakawa, Y.-Y. Liu, T. Ishii, M. Kumagai, S. Hamakawa, K. Suzuki, T. Itoh, T. Shishido and K. Takehira, Catal. Lett., 58(2–3), 131 (1999).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. S. Hokenek and J. N. Kuhn, ACS Catal., 2(6), 1013 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. D. Paneva, T. Tsoncheva, E. Manova, I. Mitov and T. Ruskov, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 267(1–2), 67 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. T. Tsoncheva, I. Genova, M. Stoyanova, M.-M. Pohl, R. Nickolov, M. Dimitrov, E. Sarcadi-Priboczki, M. Mihaylov, D. Kovacheva and K. Hadjiivanov, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 147, 684 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. M. Fan, Y. Xu, J. Sakurai, M. Demura, T. Hirano, Y. Teraoka and A. Yoshigoe, Catal. Lett., 144(5), 843 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. S. Hong and T. S. Rahman, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(20), 7629 (2013).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. H. Wang, J. Lu, C. L. Marshall, J. W. Elam, J. T. Miller, H. Liu, J. A. Enterkin, R. M. Kennedy, P. C. Stair and K. R. Poeppelmeier, Catal. Today, 237, 71 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. G. Marbán, A. López, I. López and T. Valdés-Solís, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 99(1–2), 257 (2010).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. J. H. Lee, M. J. Park, S. J. Yoo, J. H. Jang, H.-J. Kim, S. W. Nam, C. W. Yoon and J. Y. Kim, Nanoscale, 7(23), 10334 (2015).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. T. N. Hien, Y. H. Kim, M. Jeon, H. J. Lee, M. Ridwan, R. Tamarany and W. C. Yoon, Materials, 8(6), 3442 (2015).

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  20. J. H. Lee, J. Ryu, J. Y. Kim, S.-W. Nam, J. H. Han, T.-H. Lim, S. Gautam, K. H. Chae and C. W. Yoon, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2(25), 9490 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Y. K. Kim and H. Park, Energy Environ. Sci., 4(3), 685 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Y. Park, B. Lee, C. Kim, Y. Oh, S. Nam and B. Park, J. Mater. Res., 24(9), 2762 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Y. Qiao, S. Guo, K. Zhu, P. Liu, X. Li, K. Jiang, C.-J. Sun, M. Chen and H. Zhou, Energy Environ. Sci., 11(2), 299 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. W.-J. Lee, S. Jeong, H. Lee, B.-J. Kim, K.-H. An, Y.-K. Park and S.-C. Jung, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 34(11), 2993 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. R. Sadri, M. Hosseini, S. N. Kazi, S. Bagheri, N. Zubir, K. H. Solangi, T. Zaharinie and A. Badarudin, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 504, 115 (2017).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. M.-H. Chen, C.-Y. Ke and C.-L. Chiang, J. Compos. Sci., 2(2), 18 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Z.-H. Sheng, L. Shao, J.-J. Chen, W.-J. Bao, F.-B. Wang and X.-H. Xia, ACS Nano, 5(6), 4350 (2011).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. J. H. Lee, M. J. Park, J. Jung, J. Ryu, E. Cho, S.-W. Nam, J. Y. Kim and C. W. Yoon, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 422, 3 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. J. Deng, P. Ren, D. Deng, L. Yu, F. Yang and X. Bao, Energy Environ. Sci., 7(6), 1919 (2014).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. B. A. Sexton, Surf. Sci., 102(1), 271 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. A. S. Moura, J. L. C. Fajín, A. S. S. Pinto, M. Mandado and M. N. D. S. Cordeiro, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119(49), 27382 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. G.-F. Wei, C. Shang and Z.-P. Liu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17(3), 2078 (2015).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Z. Peralta-Inga, P. Lane, J. S. Murray, S. Boyd, M. E. Grice, C. J. O’Connor and P. Politzer, Nano Lett., 3(1), 21 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgement

This research was financially supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019M3E6A1064910).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Environment and Sustainable Resources, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Daejeon, 34114, Korea

    Se-Won Park, Ji Hoon Park & Jin Hee Lee

  2. Center for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Korea

    Chang Won Yoon

Authors
  1. Se-Won Park
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ji Hoon Park
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Chang Won Yoon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jin Hee Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Chang Won Yoon or Jin Hee Lee.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Park, SW., Park, J.H., Yoon, C.W. et al. Confinement of Ru nanoparticles inside the carbon nanotube: Selectivity controls on methanol decomposition. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 37, 1365–1370 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0582-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0582-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation