Quantification of critical particle distance for mitigating catalyst sintering

Peng Yin; Sulei Hu; Kun Qian; Zeyue Wei; Le-Le Zhang; Yue Lin; Weixin Huang; Haifeng Xiong; Wei-Xue Li; Hai-Wei Liang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25116-2

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Quantification of critical particle distance for mitigating catalyst sintering

Peng Yin,
Sulei Hu,
Kun Qian,
Zeyue Wei,
Le-Le Zhang,
Yue Lin,
Weixin Huang,
Haifeng Xiong,
Wei-Xue Li,
Hai-Wei Liang

Affiliations

Peng Yin: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Sulei Hu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Kun Qian: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Zeyue Wei: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Le-Le Zhang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Yue Lin: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Weixin Huang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Haifeng Xiong: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Wei-Xue Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Hai-Wei Liang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25116-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Deactivation of supported metal catalysts via thermally induced sintering is a major concern in the catalysis community. Here, the authors demonstrate that enlarging particle distance to over the critical distance could suppress the particle coalescence greatly up to 900 °C.

Published in Nature Communications

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