Novel catalytically active Pd/Ru bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized by Bacillus benzeovorans
Novel catalytically active Pd/Ru bimetallic nanoparticles synthesized by Bacillus benzeovorans
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DOI:
10.1038/s41598-019-40312-3
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发表时间:
2019-03-18
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Macaskie, Lynne E.
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作者:
Omajali, Jacob B.;Gomez-Bolivar, Jaime;Macaskie, Lynne E.
Bacillus benzeovorans assisted and supported growth of ruthenium (bio-Ru) and palladium/ruthenium (bio-Pd@Ru) core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) as bio-derived catalysts. Characterization of the bio-NPs using various electron microscopy techniques and high-angle annular dark field (HAADF) analysis confirmed two NP populations (1-2 nm and 5-8 nm), with core@shells in the latter. The Pd/Ru NP lattice fringes, 0.231 nm, corresponded to the (110) plane of RuO2. While surface characterization using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed the presence of Pd(0), Pd(II), Ru(III) and Ru(VI), X-ray absorption (XAS) studies of the bulk material confirmed the Pd speciation (Pd(0) and Pd(II)-corresponding to PdO), and identified Ru as Ru(III) and Ru(IV). The absence of Ru-Ru or Ru-Pd peaks indicated Ru only exists in oxide forms (RuO2 and RuOH), which are surface-localized. X ray diffraction (XRD) patterns did not identify Pd-Ru alloying. Preliminary catalytic studies explored the conversion of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF) to the fuel precursor 2,5-dimethyl furan (2,5-DMF). Both high-loading (9.7 wt.% Pd, 6 wt.% Ru) and low-loading (2.4 wt.% Pd, 2 wt.% Ru) bio-derived catalysts demonstrated high conversion efficiencies (similar to 95%) and selectivity of similar to 63% (similar to 20% better than bio-Ru NPs) and 58%, respectively. These materials show promising future scope as efficient low-cost biofuel catalysts.