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Supported Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles as an Excellent Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation
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Experiments under controlled conditions show that MoCx nanoclusters supported on an inert Au(111) support are efficient catalysts for CO2 conversion, although with a prominent role of stoichiometry. In particular, C-deficient nanoparticles directly dissociate CO2 and rapidly become deactivated. On the contrary, nearly stoichiometric nanoparticles reversibly adsorb/desorb CO2 and, after exposure to hydrogen, CO2 converts predominantly to CO with a significant amount of methanol and no methane or other alkanes as reaction products. The apparent activation energy for this process (14 kcal/mol) is smaller than that corresponding to bulk δ-MoC (17 kcal/mol) or a Cu(111) benchmark system (25 kcal/mol). This trend reflects the superior ability of MoC1.1/Au(111) to bind and dissociate CO2. Model calculations carried out in the framework of density functional theory provide insights into the underlying mechanism suggesting that CO2 hydrogenation on the hydrogen-covered stoichiometric MoCx nanoparticles supported on Au(111) proceeds mostly under an Eley-Rideal mechanism. The influence of the Au(111) is also analyzed and proven to have a role on the final reaction energy but almost no effect on the activation energy and transition state structure of the analyzed reaction pathways.
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FIGUERAS, Marc, et al. Supported Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles as an Excellent Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis. 2021. Vol. 11, num. 15, pags. 9679-9687. ISSN 2155-5435. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194996