Issue 28, 2023

Coexistence of Au single atoms and Au nanoparticles on NiAl-LDH for selective electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde

Abstract

Introducing different active sites into heterogeneous catalysts provides new prospects to address the challenges in single-atom catalysis. Herein, the Au single atoms together and the Au nanoparticles were loaded onto NiAl-LDH by a facile impregnation–reduction method for the first time, resulting in the formation of Au1+n-NiAl-LDH, in which abundant Au single atoms are located around the Au nanoparticles with ∼5 nm size. When applied in the electrocatalytic benzyl alcohol oxidation reaction (BAOR), the as-prepared Au1+n-NiAl-LDH exhibits a remarkable selectivity of 91% and 177.63 μmol for benzaldehyde in 5 hours, while in contrast examples using solely Au single atom loaded NiAl-LDH (Au1-NiAl-LDH) and solely Au nanoparticle loaded NiAl-LDH (Aun-NiAl-LDH) can only realize 87.36 μmol production (75% selectivity) and 48.90 μmol production (28% selectivity) of benzaldehyde, respectively. Such a dramatic difference can be attributed to the synergistic effects of Au single atoms and Au nanoparticles. DFT calculation results reveal that for Au1+n-NiAl-LDH, Au single atoms promote the dehydrogenation capacity of LDH laminates, while Au nanoparticles offer adsorption sites for the electrophilic attachment of benzyl alcohol.

Graphical abstract: Coexistence of Au single atoms and Au nanoparticles on NiAl-LDH for selective electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 svi 2023
Accepted
18 lip 2023
First published
21 lip 2023

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 11867-11874

Coexistence of Au single atoms and Au nanoparticles on NiAl-LDH for selective electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde

Z. Song, T. Shen, Y. Hu, G. Liu, S. Bai, X. Sun, S. Xu and Y. Song, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 11867 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR02246C

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