Wei Chen, Juan Zheng, Yarong Fang, Yutao Wang, Jinpeng Hu, Yuhua Zhu, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Weihao Li, Qian Zhang, Chuanqi Pan, Baojian Zhang, Xiaofeng Qiu, Sibo Wang, Shuang Cui, Jinlong Wang, Jinsong Wu, Zhu Luo, Yanbing Guo
Typically, SO2 unavoidably deactivates catalysts in most heterogeneous catalytic oxidations. However, for Pt-based catalysts, SO2 exhibits an extraordinary boosting effect in propane catalytic oxidation, but the promotive mechanism remains contentious. In this study, an in situ-formed tactful (Pt-S-O)-Ti structure was concluded to be a key factor for Pt/TiO2 catalysts with a substantial SO2 tolerance ability. The experiments and theoretical calculations confirm that the high degree of hybridization and orbital coupling between Pt 5d and S 3p orbitals enable more charge transfer from Pt to S species, thus forming the (Pt-S-O)-Ti structure with the oxygen atom dissociated from the chemisorbed O2 adsorbed on oxygen vacancies...
January 30, 2024: Environmental Science & Technology