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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 21, Pages 10834-10840Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra47076h
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- 973 Program [2011CBA00504]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Scientific Fund from Beijing Municipal Commission of Education [20111001002]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [ZD 1303]
- China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists of the NSFC
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Ru/TiO2 heterogeneous catalysts were prepared by immobilizing Ru nanoparticles onto the (101) and (001) facets of anatase TiO2 substrate, and the influence of metal-support interactions on the catalytic behavior of Ru/TiO2 towards CO2 methanation was studied from the viewpoint of electronic structure. Structural investigations based on temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicate that a stronger metal-support interaction occurs between Ru and (101) facet in contrast to the Ru and (001) one. This gives rise to an enhancement in CO2 adsorption as well as spill-over hydrogen at the interface of Ru/TiO2(101), accounting for its largely enhanced catalytic activity towards CO2 methanation. In addition, a theoretical study based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveals that the Ru nanoparticles supported on the (101) plane have a relatively lower activation energy for CO dissociation (the rate-determining step), which results in their high activity toward CO2 methanation reaction.
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