Chemistry

Activating low-temperature diesel oxidation by single-atom Pt on TiO2 nanowire array

S. Hoang, Y. Guo, et al.

Discover the groundbreaking research by Son Hoang and colleagues on a single-atom platinum catalyst that achieves an impressive 90% conversion of CO and hydrocarbons at a chilling -160 °C. This remarkable catalyst showcases durability under harsh conditions while using significantly less precious metal, paving the way for more efficient diesel exhaust catalysis.... show more

Abstract

Supported metal single atom catalysts (SACs) present an emerging class of low-temperature catalysts with high reactivity and selectivity, which, however, face challenges on both durability and practicality. Herein, we report a single-atom Pt catalyst that is strongly anchored on a robust nanowire forest of mesoporous rutile titania grown on the channeled walls of full-size cordierite honeycombs. This Pt SAC exhibits remarkable activity for oxidation of CO and hydrocarbons with 90% conversion at temperatures as low as -160 °C under simulated diesel exhaust conditions while using 5 times less Pt-group metals than a commercial oxidation catalyst. Such an excellent low-temperature performance is sustained over hydrothermal aging and sulfation as a result of highly dispersed and isolated active single Pt ions bonded at the Ti vacancy sites with 5 or 6 oxygen ions on titania nanowire surfaces.

Publisher

Nature Communications

Published On

Feb 26, 2020

Authors

Son Hoang, Yanbing Guo, Andrew J. Binder, Wenxiang Tang, Sibo Wang, Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu, Huan Tran, Xingxu Lu, Yu Wang, Yong Ding, Eleni A. Kyriakidou, Ji Yang, Todd J. Toops, Thomas R. Pauly, Rampi Ramprasad, Pu-Xian Gao

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14816-w

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