Surface Iron Species in Palladium–Iron Intermetallic Nanocrystals that Promote and Stabilize CO<sub>2</sub> Methanation
Laihao Luo, Menglin Wang, Yi Cui, Ziyuan Chen, Jiaxin Wu, Yulu Cao, Jie Luo, Yizhou Dai, Wei‐Xue Li, Jun Bao, Jie Zeng
Abstract
Abstract It is of pivotal importance to develop efficient catalysts and investigate the intrinsic mechanism for CO 2 methanation. Now, it is reported that PdFe intermetallic nanocrystals afforded high activity and stability for CO 2 methanation. The mass activity of fct ‐PdFe nanocrystals reached 5.3 mmol g −1 h −1 , under 1 bar (CO 2 :H 2 =1:4) at 180 °C, being 6.6, 1.6, 3.3, and 5.3 times as high as that of fcc ‐PdFe nanocrystals, Ru/C, Ni/C, and Pd/C, respectively. After 20 rounds of successive reaction, 98 % of the original activity was retained for PdFe intermetallic nanocrystals. Further mechanistic studies revealed that PdFe intermetallic nanocrystals enabled the maintenance of metallic Fe species via a reversible oxidation–reduction process in CO 2 methanation. The metallic Fe in PdFe intermetallic nanocrystals induced the direct conversion of CO 2 into CO* as the intermediate, contributing to the enhanced activity.