Issue 13, 2019

Nanoparticles of Rh confined and tailored by LaFeO3–La2O3 on SiO2 for direct ethanol synthesis from syngas

Abstract

A catalyst with a novel composition for direct ethanol synthesis from syngas was prepared and investigated in this work, which is Rh nanoparticles (NPs) highly dispersed on La2O3 modified LaFeO3, and the Rh NPs/La2O3–LaFeO3 was loaded on SiO2 with high surface area. The catalyst was prepared by using LaFe1−xRhxO3 in the perovskite phase as the precursor, which was transformed to Rh/La2O3–LaFeO3/SiO2 after reduction. The results showed that, compared to Rh–La2O3/SiO2, the activity and selectivity to ethanol were improved markedly, which was ascribed to the well-matched catalyzing process by the active sites of Rh0, Rh+ (or Rhδ+) and the oxygen vacancies on the surface of LaFeO3; of those, Rh0 dissociatively adsorbed CO and the latter two associatively adsorbed CO. Moreover, the interaction of La2O3 and LaFeO3 donated electrons to rhodium, which effectively adjusted the ratio of CO adsorbed associatively and dissociatively, and thus improved the selectivity to ethanol and lowered the selectivity to methanol. The catalyst also exhibited excellent resistance to the sintering of Rh NPs and to carbon deposition, which was attributed to the confinement of Rh NPs by La2O3 and LaFeO3, the eliminating effect of La2O3 and LaFeO3 and the very high dispersion of Rh NPs.

Graphical abstract: Nanoparticles of Rh confined and tailored by LaFeO3–La2O3 on SiO2 for direct ethanol synthesis from syngas

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Mar 2019
Accepted
25 May 2019
First published
27 May 2019

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2019,9, 3454-3468

Nanoparticles of Rh confined and tailored by LaFeO3–La2O3 on SiO2 for direct ethanol synthesis from syngas

H. Zhong, J. Wang, K. An, K. Fang and Y. Liu, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2019, 9, 3454 DOI: 10.1039/C9CY00416E

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