Boosting reverse water-gas shift reaction activity of Pt nanoparticles through light doping of W
Daiya Kobayashi, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Kohei Kusada, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Takaaki Toriyama, Syo Matsumura, Shogo Kawaguchi, Yoshiki Kubota, Masaaki Haneda, Susan Meñez Aspera, Hiroshi Nakanishi, S. Arai, Hiroshi Kitagawa
Abstract
We report PtW solid-solution alloy nanoparticles (NPs) as a reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction catalyst for the first time. Atomic-level alloying of Pt and W significantly enhanced the RWGS reaction activity of Pt NPs.
Topics & Concepts
Water-gas shift reactionNanoparticleAlloyCatalysisDopingMaterials scienceChemical engineeringBoosting (machine learning)NanotechnologyChemistryMetallurgyOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryComputer scienceMachine learningEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceNanomaterials for catalytic reactions