Exploiting two-dimensional morphology of molybdenum oxycarbide to enable efficient catalytic dry reforming of methane

Alexey Kurlov; Evgeniya B. Deeva; Paula M. Abdala; Dmitry Lebedev; Athanasia Tsoukalou; Aleix Comas-Vives; Alexey Fedorov; Christoph R. Müller

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18721-0

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Exploiting two-dimensional morphology of molybdenum oxycarbide to enable efficient catalytic dry reforming of methane

Alexey Kurlov,
Evgeniya B. Deeva,
Paula M. Abdala,
Dmitry Lebedev,
Athanasia Tsoukalou,
Aleix Comas-Vives,
Alexey Fedorov,
Christoph R. Müller

Affiliations

Alexey Kurlov: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
Evgeniya B. Deeva: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
Paula M. Abdala: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
Dmitry Lebedev: Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich
Athanasia Tsoukalou: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
Aleix Comas-Vives: Department of Chemistry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Alexey Fedorov: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
Christoph R. Müller: Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18721-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The two-dimensional morphology of molybdenum oxycarbide (2D-Mo2CO x ) nanosheets dispersed on silica is found vital for the dry reforming of methane. Here the authors show that the specific activity of 2D-Mo2CO x /SiO2 exceeds that of other Mo2C-based catalysts by ca. 3 orders of magnitude.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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