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Article

The Effect of Shape-Controlled Pt and Pd Nanoparticles on Selective Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene

by
Oğuz Yunus Sarıbıyık
1,2,3,*,
Christian Weilach
1,
Selahattin Serin
2 and
Günther Rupprechter
1,*
1
Institute of Material Chemistry, TU Wien, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
2
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Çukurova University, Adana 01330, Turkey
3
Department of Genetics & Bioengineering, Gümüşhane University, Gümüşhane 29100, Turkey
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Catalysts 2020, 10(11), 1314; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10111314
Submission received: 16 October 2020 / Revised: 10 November 2020 / Accepted: 11 November 2020 / Published: 13 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Engineering Materials for Catalysis)
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Abstract

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Tailoring the shape of nanoscale materials enables obtaining morphology-controlled surfaces exhibiting specific interactions with reactants during catalytic reactions. The specifics of nanoparticle surfaces control the catalytic performance, i.e., activity and selectivity. In this study, shape-controlled Platinum (Pt) and Palladium (Pd) nanoparticles with distinct morphology were produced, i.e., cubes and cuboctahedra for Pt and spheres and polyhedra/multiple-twins for Pd, with (100), (111 + 100), curved/stepped and (111) facets, respectively. These particles with well-tuned surfaces were subsequently deposited on a Zirconium oxide (ZrO2) support. The morphological characteristics of the particles were determined by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD), while their adsorption properties were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) of CO adsorbed at room temperature. The effect of the nanoparticle shape and surface structure on the catalytic performance in hydrodechlorination (HDCl) of trichloroethylene (TCE) was examined. The results show that nanoparticles with different surface orientations can be employed to affect selectivity, with polyhedral and multiply-twinned Pd exhibiting the best ethylene selectivity.

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1. Introduction

Chlorine containing organic molecules have been widely used in industry as dry cleaning solvents for degreasing, as intermediates for the production of refrigerants [1,2] or for micro structured silicon carbide films in semiconductor production [3]. However, the contamination by chlorinated organic compounds is very hazardous for the environment and causes pollution of underground water, depletion of the ozone layer and threats the human health because of toxicity and carcinogenic effects [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Trichloroethylene (TCE), being a chlorinated organic solvent, is a volatile molecule and exposure to TCE causes liver and lung tumor in mice, kidney and cervix cancer, serious central nervous problems and is potentially carcinogen for humans [3,10]. Recycling and recovery are recommended instead of disposal [11,12,13], because thermal treatments such as incineration or catalytic combustion produce dioxine, chloro-furan and phosgene as byproducts [14,15,16,17,18,19,20]. Environmental concerns thus motivate developing an efficient elimination of those chemicals, preferentially by converting them to less harmful or even useful chemicals.
In this respect, catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDCl) is one of the most suitable reactions, involving noble metals such as platinum or palladium converting chlorinated organic compounds to fine chemicals [21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29]. The selectivity and stability of the catalysts are the key features and many groups have devoted significant efforts on these topics [30,31]. The structure sensitivity of the reaction has been debated, as there are a variety of influencing effects. The support material [32,33,34,35], metal/support interactions [31,36,37,38,39,40], pretreatment and reaction conditions [23,41], metal surface orientation [29,42,43,44,45,46,47,48] and metal dispersion/particle size [33,36,37,44,46,49,50,51,52,53] are crucial for efficient selective catalytic reactions. Specifically, the coordination numbers of the metal atoms in the nanoparticles may vary, being, e.g., 9, 8 and 7 in surface planes of (111), (100) and (110), respectively [54,55,56]. Furthermore, the interaction between the metal surface atoms and the reactants (via adsorption/desorption energies) are critical for selectivity [42,49,57]. However, few reports on HDCl have focused on the relationship between well-controlled nanoparticle surfaces and their catalytic performance, especially selectivity. The current study of the effect of shape and surface structure of Pt and Pd nanoparticles on the HDCl reaction should thus add new aspects on the selectivity of such reactions.
Using shaped-controlled synthesis, the effects of different surface orientations on catalytic activity/selectivity have been repeatedly examined. Micaela et al. prepared cubes, octahedra and cuboctahedra shaped Pd catalysts and tested their catalytic activity in the selective hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol. Edge atoms were found less active than atoms in planes [58]. The effect of particle size and stepped surfaces of Au nanoparticles on CO oxidation were investigated, showing that the (111) and (100) planes, stepped surfaces and edge atoms exhibit different catalytic properties [55,59,60,61]. Bimetallic PtRh (111) surfaces possess excellent methanol oxidation activity and resistance towards CO poisoning, while (100) planes were less active and less CO tolerant [62]. The (111) and (100) surface orientation plays an important role also in the selective hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehyde [63]. The adsorption geometry of unsaturated alcohols is very different on Pt(111), Pt(100), Pd(100) and Pd(110) surfaces [64]. Altogether, such studies shed light on the relationship between surface morphology and reactivity and are clearly relevant for selective catalytic hydrogenation.
The goal of this work was to prepare shape-controlled platinum and palladium nanoparticles (NPs) by a modified synthetic polyol method, finally yielding cubic (c) and cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs and spherical (s) and mixed shaped (m; polyhedral and multiply-twinned) Pd NPs. The polyol reduction method was chosen for preparation because the involvement of secondary metals, e.g., Na, Ag or Fe used as reducing agents during other NP synthesis, would change the properties of the NPs [65,66,67]. To our knowledge, this is the first study of shape-controlled NPs employed for the selective HDCl reaction.
After the synthesis of the shaped NPs, they were deposited on zirconia [68] and characterized by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of adsorbed CO at room temperature. To facilitate and improve the quality of HR-TEM and XRD, carbon films and SBA-15 were also used as support, respectively. The effects of particle shape and surface structure on selectivity were tested in the HDCl reaction of TCE. The catalytic studies showed that the selectivity strongly depended on the type of metal and the shape of the nanoparticles, with polyhedral and multiply-twinned Pd exhibiting the best selectivity.

2. Results and Discussion

The growth of shaped-controlled nanoparticles critically depends on the applied synthesis conditions, and the reader is referred to reviews for in-depth accounts [55,68,69]. The size, shape, lattice structure and adsorption properties of the Pt and Pd NPs were evaluated by (HR-)TEM, aided by fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis, XRD and CO-FTIR.

2.1. Characterization of NPs by (HR-)TEM

2.1.1. (HR-)TEM of Cubic (c) Pt NPs

The cubic (c) Pt NPs expose six {100} surface faces and show well-defined lattice fringes in <100> direction (Figure 1a,b). According to the HR-TEM image in Figure 1c, the distance between the adjacent lattice fringes corresponds to (200) planes of Pt. The corresponding diffraction pattern in the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the selected particle confirms the lattice spacing (Figure 1d), in agreement with previous studies [18,70,71,72,73]. The mean size of the cubic Pt NPs was 7.8 nm, based on the analysis of 120 individual particles.

2.1.2. (HR-)TEM of Cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs

The cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs are displayed in Figure 2a–c at different magnifications, with about 90% of the particles exhibiting regular shapes. The co NP in the high-resolution image in Figure 2c shows typical {111} lattice planes, with the FFT confirming the 0.23-nm spacing (Figure 2d) [46,70,74]. The size distribution, based on counting more than 120 particles, reveals an average particle size of about 5.7 nm.

2.1.3. (HR-)TEM of Spherical (s) Pd NPs

These Pd particles exhibited a spherical shape (Figure 3a–c), without flat facets or defined edges/corners. Therefore, the particles have a curved surface, i.e., an open structure with low coordination sites. The FFT pattern of the selected particles revealed diffraction spots indicating 0.23-nm spacings of (111) lattices (Figure 1d). The different sets are due to the superimposed patterns of three particles. A size distribution plot was constructed by counting about 120 individual NPs in TEM images of the s Pd NPs, yielding an average particle size of 6.5 nm [75].

2.1.4. (HR-)TEM of Mixed-Shape (m) Pd NPs

These Pd NPs were of mixed shape, as shown in Figure 4a,b, with multiply-twinned particles in addition to tetrahedral, rhombic and octahedral particles, all of which mostly exhibit {111} surfaces. The particles have sharp edges indicating smooth surfaces. A HR-TEM image of a multiply-twinned decahedron is shown in Figure 4c [76]. The interplanar lattice distance of 0.23 nm is characteristic of (111) planes, and the multiply-twinned structure is confirmed by the FFT pattern (Figure 4d) [77]. According to the size distribution, the mean particles size is 10.1 nm (counting 120 individual NPs).
The size distribution histograms of cubic and cuboctahedral Pt nanoparticles, and of spherical and mixed-shape Pd nanoparticles, are displayed in Figure 5. The average size ranges from ~5.5 to 10 nm.

2.2. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) of the NPs

X-ray diffraction was used to confirm the face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure of the particles (Figure 6). The XRD patterns of the prepared NPs exhibit the characteristic features of Pt and Pd nanocrystals. As the diffraction peaks of ZrO2 would overlap with those of the metal NPs, we used SBA-15 as support in the XRD analysis (SBA-15 peak at 22° degrees; not shown) [78]. The co Pt NPs exhibit two strong reflections at 39.43° and 46.23°, corresponding to (111) and (200) planes of Pt [79,80]. For the c Pt NPs, only a weak (200) peak occurred, reflecting the texture of the cubic particles. In this respect, the XRD data and the TEM results are consistent [74,79,80,81]. The XRD of spherically shaped Pd NPs showed multiple peaks corresponding to (111), (200), (220) and (311), whereas, for the m Pd NPs, only a (111) reflection was observed. The average crystallite size was calculated by the Debye–Scherrer formula, but the average size was smaller than that observed by (HR-)TEM and is not reported here (as size distributions were obtained by TEM) [82,83]. This may be due to the inaccuracy of using Debye–Scherrer for small nanoparticles and/or the twinning.

2.3. Surface Properties of the NPs Examined by FTIR of CO Adsorption at Room Temperature

The surface adsorption sites present on the NPs were examined by infrared spectroscopy using CO as probe molecule [84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93]. All FTIR data were acquired after pretreatment (described in the Section 3), in order to remove organic synthesis residues from the particle surfaces (which did not change the NP shapes; see the Supplementary Materials). Then, the NPs were exposed to 10 mbar CO at room temperature and after evacuation, FTIR spectra were acquired (Figure 7). The stretching vibration of CO adsorbed on the surface of the NPs indicates the available surface sites, which play a key role in determining the structure sensitivity in the catalytic experiments below. In this respect, it should be noted that CO can bind to the metal surface atoms in atop, bridge and hollow geometry, the relative abundance of which depends on the specific surface structures ((111), (100), steps and edges) (for detailed descriptions, see [86,90]).
For cubic (c) Pt NPs with (100) facets, the CO adsorption detected at 2049 cm−1 indicates linearly adsorbed (on-top) CO, typical of Pt surfaces [84,85]. On the cuboctahedral particles with (100) and additional (111) facets, again on-top (2051 cm−1), but also bridge (1829 cm−1) bonded CO were observed [94,95]. This difference reflects the different surfaces of c and co Pt particles.
The stretching frequency of CO adsorption on spherical (s) Pd NPs with curved surfaces, detected at 1911 cm−1, is characteristic of bridge bonded CO on various Pd surfaces. On the mixed shaped Pd NPs with mostly (111) facets, the observed CO band at 1874 cm−1 rather indicates hollow-bonded CO, typical of (111) facets of the m Pd particles. The peak shift of 37 cm−1 between s and m Pd NPs is a clear indication of the difference between curved and (111) Pd surface facets [34].
The relationship between the CO frequency and surface morphology results from low coordinated surface atoms preferring the 5σ(metal-dz2) orbital, whereas high coordinated surface atoms favor 2 π*(metal-dxy/dyz/dxz/dx2-y2) orbitals during electron back donation from the metal surface atom to CO [96,97,98]. Therefore, the amount of back donation increases for high coordination and the stretching frequency of CO shifts to lower frequency [97,98,99]. In turn, low coordinated atoms contribute less back donation yielding higher CO frequency. In other words, the amount of electron back donation from the metal to CO is larger at a smooth (111) or (100) surfaces than on curved/stepped surfaces.

2.4. Catalytic Application of Pt and Pd NPs for TCE Hydrodechlorination

The catalytic performance of the ZrO2 supported Pt and Pd NPs was tested by means of the gas-phase HDCl reaction of TCE, as illustrated in Figure 8 [22,23,24,27,28,29]. Although the different samples did not have a narrow (single) particle size (Figure 5), due to the well-defined shapes, they are still useful to examine shape effects (even the m sample is mostly {111} terminated). The exact metal loading was determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) (see Table S1). Before the catalytic tests, all catalysts were washed with acetonitrile five times [79] and pretreated by thermal decomposition of the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) to obtain clean catalyst surfaces. The pretreatment was applied in three steps, following a previous study [100]: (i) oxidation with 50 mL/min O2 for 30 min at 300 °C; (ii) N2 flow at 50 mL/min at 300 °C for 10 min; and (iii) reduction with 50 mL/min H2 for 30 min at 300 °C. The pretreatment and catalytic studies did not change the shape of the NPs (see the Supplementary Materials). The two different series, yield vs. temperature and time vs. yield, were carried out with fresh pretreated catalysts.
Figure 9 compares the HDCl reaction of TCE on cubic and cuboctahedral Pt NPs supported on ZrO2. On Pt, full hydrogenation to ethane occurred, i.e., no ethylene was detected. Figure 9a shows the temperature dependence of the ethane yield for c and co Pt NPs. The highest yield was obtained at 150 °C. The yield was low at lower reaction temperature and the catalysts were rapidly poisoned at higher temperature than 150 °C. Thus, a reaction temperature of 150 °C was selected for time dependent study in Figure 9b. A fresh batch of pretreated catalyst was used, with gas phase analysis performed in 22-min intervals. In this case, the ethane yield was higher for co Pt NPs, but for both shapes the yield decreased with time due to deactivation. Nevertheless, no selectivity to ethylene was observed.
The close packed (111) and (100) planes interact with the C=C of TCE via di-σ (involving two metal atoms) and/or π (involving one metal atom) interaction (Figure 10), resulting in C-Cl bond cleavage, as well as the subsequent full hydrogenation of ethylene to ethane [31,95,99,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109]. The catalytic performance of co Pt NPs strongly decreased above 150 °C (more than c Pt NPs), which may be related to the (111) planes favoring the inactive spectator species ethylidyne (Figure 10). The c Pt NPs with only (100) planes deactivated at somewhat higher temperature (Figure 9a) [108,110,111]. TCE hydrodechlorination with up to 85% ethylene selectivity was reported for Pt/CeO2 catalysts [22,24]. However, a Cl-containing Pt precursor and a specific synthesis and pretreatment method were crucial to produce the selective CeOCl species on the support, as well as Cl-poisoned Pt particles limiting full hydrogenation of ethylene. Bimetallic PtCu NPs were reported to have > 90% ethylene selectivity [22].
The s Pd NPs produced both ethylene and ethane, but ethane still dominated (Figure 11). Figure 11a again shows the temperature dependence, while Figure 11b the time dependence. In contrast, the m Pd NPs produced more ethylene than ethane, i.e., only the polyhedral and multiply-twinned Pd particles approached the desired selectivity (Figure 12). The deactivation of the Pd NPs, induced by the chlorine poisoning of the surfaces, was beneficial for the selectivity (Figure 11a and Figure 12a), but this was more pronounced for the curved (stepped) s Pd NPs [7,10,21,25,110,112,113,114,115,116].
The stepped surface structures prefer the π adsorption mode, while smooth (111) planes of m Pd NPs favor the di-σ adsorption mode (Figure 10) [95,101,104,106,109,110,112,117,118]. Accordingly, the s Pd NPs may be more prone to produce ethane. However, the stepped surface is already deactivated at 150 °C, likely by Cl and by carbonaceous species (Figure 11), whereas on the flat surface ethylene increases up to 300 °C (Figure 12).
In addition, regeneration tests were carried out with the catalysts previously used for the temperature series (50–300 °C). However, they were strongly deactivated and could not be regenerated with the typical pretreatment (at 300 °C O2 30 min/N2 10 min/H2 30 min). Higher pretreatment temperatures would likely change the surface and shape of the NPs and were thus not applied. Accordingly, a reaction temperature of 200 °C should not be exceeded [14,112,119].
Clearly, in situ FTIR during reaction would be preferable [120,121,122,123], but this is difficult due to the low coverage and flat orientation of π-bonded species around 200 °C. More extended studies would be beneficial, but the results of the current catalytic investigations already provided some insight into TCE hydrodechlorination, i.e., how to control selectivity towards ethylene or ethane by shape-controlled synthesis. Pt NPs (c and co) lead to full hydrogenation, Pd NPs (s and m) create both ethylene and ethane, but with a higher ethylene selectivity of polyhedral and multiply-twinned Pd NPs exposing mostly (111) planes. The rough/stepped Pd surfaces show higher catalytic activity at low temperature, but lower ethylene selectivity. On the other hand, m Pd NPs exhibit ethylene selectivity which increases at higher temperature and is stable during longer studies up to 400 min. Based on these concepts, further optimization towards high selectivity and stability is possible, e.g., by using different precursors, bimetallics, pretreatments and/or intended (stronger) Cl-poisoning of Pt to prevent full hydrogenation, as reported in [22].

3. Materials and Methods

3.1. Materials

PtCl4 (>99.99%), PdCl2 (>99.95%), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) (Mw 55000), triethylene glycol (TEG) (99%), acetone and acetonitrile were obtained from Sigma Aldrich (Vienna, Austria) and used without any further purification. ZrO2, used as a support material, was produced from Zr(OH)4 which was heated by ramping up the temperature at a rate of 2 °C/min to 700 °C for 2 h under air flow, followed by cooling down to room temperature. For catalyst cleaning/pretreatment, see Section 3.4.

3.2. Synthesis of the NPs

3.2.1. Synthesis of Cubic (c) Pt NPs and Deposition on ZrO2

A method, similar to the one reported by Somorjai et al., was used for the production of well-shaped cubic nanoparticles [48]. Briefly, 14.8 mmol of PtCl4 and 0.14 mmol of PVP were dissolved in 15 mL of TEG in a double neck round bottom flask and the reaction was carried out under Ar atmosphere at 200 °C for 2 h. To deposit the Pt NPs on ZrO2 to nominally obtain 1% Pt/ZrO2, 10 mL colloidal solution of Pt NPs were impregnated on 220 mg ZrO2 in 10 mL of acetone and mixed for 2 h at 50 °C by using a magnetic stirrer. After the solids settled, the liquid phase was decanted to remove TEG from the solvent and from the surface of the NPs. This step was repeated four times. Finally, the obtained powder was dried in an oven at 100 °C for 2 h. The exact metal loading was determined by ICP-OES (see Table S1).

3.2.2. Synthesis of Cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs and Deposition on ZrO2

First, 406 mmol of PVP 55 k were dissolved in 15 mL TEG. After addition of 40.6 mmol PtCl4, the reaction mixture was stirred under argon atmosphere by means of Schlenk line at 230 °C for 2 h. After the reaction was completed, the same protocol as above was applied for deposition of NPs on Zirconia. The exact metal loading was determined by ICP-OES (see Table S1).

3.2.3. Synthesis of Spherical (s) Pd NPs and Deposition on ZrO2

First, 6.68 × 10−2 mmol of PdCl2 and 67.6 × 10−2 mmol of PVP (Mw 55000) were dissolved and stirred in a three-neck round bottom flask in 20 mL of tri-ethylene glycol (TEG) at 220 °C for 3 h. Afterwards, the reaction was carried out under N2 atmosphere. After the reaction was completed, the same deposition protocol as above was applied for deposition of NPs on zirconia. The exact metal loading was determined by ICP-OES (see Table S1).

3.2.4. Synthesis of the Mixed-Shaped (m) Pd NPs and Deposition on ZrO2

First, 0.267 mmol of PdCl2 and 0.16 mmol of PVP (Mw 55000) were dissolved in a three-neck round bottom flask in 20 mL of triethylene glycol (TEG) and the reaction was carried out under Ar atmosphere at 160 °C for 1 h. After the reaction was completed, the same protocol as above was applied for deposition of NPs on zirconia. The exact metal loading was determined by ICP-OES (see Table S1).

3.3. Characterization

3.3.1. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) Analysis of the Pt and Pd NPs

A Perkin-Elmer Optima 2100 DV ICP-OES instrument (Vienna, Austria) was used for the elemental analysis of the supported Pt and Pd catalysts (see Table S1).

3.3.2. High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM)

The microstructure, size, shape and lattice fringes of the Pt and Pd NPs were analyzed in detail by different high resolution and scanning transmission electron microscopes, i.e., a 200 kV FEI TECNAI F20 S-TWIN and FEI Talos F200 STEM (Hillsboro, OR, USA). Solid catalyst samples were directly put onto the copper TEM grid, colloidal liquid samples were loaded as smalls drops onto carbon coated copper TEM grids. Residual PVPs were removed by plasma treatment before analysis.

3.3.3. X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

A Bruker D8, discover XRD X-ray diffractometer (Bruker, Vienna, Austria) was used for XRD analysis. XRD measurements of samples were carried out using Cu Kα radiation (0.15406 nm) at room temperature [124].

3.3.4. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy experiments were performed at room temperature in the range of 1000 to 4000 cm−1. However, the characteristic features of CO adsorbed on metal NPs appear in the range of 1800 to 2300 cm−1, which is why only this range is shown. The IR data were acquired in transmission mode with the samples pressed to self-supporting pellets. An average spectrum was obtained by 256 individual scans with a resolution of 2 cm−1, which was repeated 5 times. The IR cell, designed for in situ pretreatment at high vacuum (<10−6 mbar), was equipped with a ring-shaped furnace and a type K thermocouple inserted into the sample holder. Gases (CO, H2 and O2) were introduced via a leak valve connected from gas lines to the vacuum chamber. All samples were pretreated for cleaning the surfaces of the nanoparticles before the FTIR acquisition. Additional pretreatment procedures were applied to get rid of residual PVPs and solvents. IR spectra were acquired after the following pretreatment processes. As a first step, to remove the surface moisture, a pellet was heated up to 300 °C at a rate of 10 °C/min under vacuum (<10−6 mbar) and then an oxidation step was applied: 10 mbar oxygen was dosed for 30 min to the chamber to achieve the oxidation of the organic residues on the surface of the NPs. Finally, for reduction, 10 mbar hydrogen was applied for 30 min. Then, the sample was cooled to room temperature in vacuum. After pretreatment, the CO adsorption (10 mbar) was carried out at room temperature, the cell then evacuated and FTIR spectra acquired.

3.4. Catalytic HDCl Reaction of TCE

For the catalytic reactions, a catalyst amount equivalent to 0.5 mg Pt or Pd was used for each test (as the actual loadings varied between 0.65wt.% and 1.48 wt.% Table S1). The catalytic tests for the HDCl reaction of TCE were carried out by using a continuous fixed bed vertical flow reactor, equipped with a controlled heating system, in the range of 50–700 °C. Glass tube reactors were placed in a vertical tubular furnace and quartz wool plugs were used to hold the catalyst. Before the catalytic tests all catalysts were pretreated at 300 °C, for 30 min with O2 at 15 mL/min, for 10 min with N2 at 50 mL/min, followed for 30 min by H2 at 15 mL/min. For reaction, helium (as an inert gas) and hydrogen (as reducing agent), supplied via mass flow controllers at 36 mL/min for He and 14 mL/min for H2, were allowed to flow through a saturator with liquid TCE at 25 °C (TCE partial pressure of 92 mbar), resulting in a molar ratio of H2:TCE of 3:1. The exhaust of the reactor was connected to a HP5890 Series II gas chromatograph (Agilent, Vienna, Austria)equipped with an HP Poraplot Q column and a flame ionization detector (FID) for product analysis. Exhaust gases were fed via NaOH to scrub residual HCl from the gas phase [125,126].

4. Conclusions

The effects of the nanoparticle shape, i.e., of the type of exposed surface facets, on selective hydrogenation of TCE to ethylene were examined for Pt and Pd NPs supported on ZrO2. Catalytic selectivity strongly depends on the type of metal and the exposed surface structures.
Cubic and cuboctahedral Pt NPs selectively produced ethane by full hydrogenation, even though they had different surface facets (c (100) and co (111) + (100)). Compared to the catalytic activity of c Pt NPs, the co Pt NPs lost catalytic activity more rapidly.
Spherical Pd NPs with stepped surfaces produced both ethylene and (somewhat more) ethane and showed higher catalytic activity at low reaction temperature, which decreased strongly due to poisoning by chlorine and carbonaceous species. In contrast to the s Pd NPs, polyhedral and multiply-twinned Pd NPs achieved higher selectivity towards ethylene and were more stable. The smooth Pd (111) surfaces seem to favor selectivity towards ethylene. It was confirmed that the hydrodechlorination reaction of TCE is structure sensitive and that catalytic selectivity can be altered by controlling the surface facets/structure. Designing the shape and thus surface properties of nanoparticles is a feasible route towards obtaining valuable catalytic products, but more studies are clearly needed.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/10/11/1314/s1, Table S1: Results of ICP-OES., Figure S1: (a–d) TEM, (e) EDX, and (f) HR-TEM of ZrO2 supported cubic (c) Pt NPs (slightly rounded) after pretreatment and reaction., Figure S2: (a,b) STEM, (c) EDX, (d,e) TEM and (f) (HR-)TEM of ZrO2 supported cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs after pretreatment and reaction., Figure S3: (a) STEM, (b) EDX, (c) HR-TEM and (d) FFT of ZrO2 supported spherical (s) Pd NPs after pretreatment and reaction., Figure S4: (a) STEM, (b) EDX, (c) HR-TEM and (d) FFT of ZrO2 supported mixed-shape (m) Pd NPs after pretreatment and reaction.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, S.S., O.Y.S. and G.R.; methodology, O.Y.S., S.S. and G.R.; investigation, O.Y.S. and C.W.; resources, S.S. and G.R.; data curation, O.Y.S.; writing—original draft preparation, O.Y.S. and, G.R.; writing—review and editing, O.Y.S., S.S. and G.R.; and supervision, S.S., G.R. and O.Y.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by Gumushane University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Department, grant number 20.F5119.01.02 and 20.F5119.01.01. Instrumental access was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) via SFB FOXSI (F4502-N16) and I4434-N. Open Access Funding by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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Figure 1. (HR-)TEM micrographs of cubic (c) Pt NPs: (a) overview; (b,c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
Figure 1. (HR-)TEM micrographs of cubic (c) Pt NPs: (a) overview; (b,c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
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Figure 2. (HR)TEM micrographs of cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs: (a,b) overview; (c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
Figure 2. (HR)TEM micrographs of cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs: (a,b) overview; (c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
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Figure 3. (HR)TEM micrographs of spherical (s) Pd NPs: (a,b) overview; (c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
Figure 3. (HR)TEM micrographs of spherical (s) Pd NPs: (a,b) overview; (c) HR-TEM; and (d) FFT pattern.
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Figure 4. (HR)TEM micrographs of polyhedral and multiply-twinned (mixed shaped m) Pd NPs: overview (a,b); HR-TEM (c); and FFT pattern (d).
Figure 4. (HR)TEM micrographs of polyhedral and multiply-twinned (mixed shaped m) Pd NPs: overview (a,b); HR-TEM (c); and FFT pattern (d).
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Figure 5. Size distribution histograms of cubic Pt (a), cuboctahedral Pt (b), spherical Pd (c) and mixed-shape Pd (d) nanoparticles (based on counting about 120 particles of each sample).
Figure 5. Size distribution histograms of cubic Pt (a), cuboctahedral Pt (b), spherical Pd (c) and mixed-shape Pd (d) nanoparticles (based on counting about 120 particles of each sample).
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Figure 6. The XRD Patterns of the NPs (supported on SBA-15).
Figure 6. The XRD Patterns of the NPs (supported on SBA-15).
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Figure 7. FTIR spectra of Pt and Pd NPs supported on ZrO2, exposed to 10 mbar CO at room temperature; spectra acquired after evacuation. Adsorbate species are schematically illustrated.
Figure 7. FTIR spectra of Pt and Pd NPs supported on ZrO2, exposed to 10 mbar CO at room temperature; spectra acquired after evacuation. Adsorbate species are schematically illustrated.
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Figure 8. Selective hydrodechlorination (HDCl) of TCE to ethylene. Full hydrogenation to ethane should be avoided.
Figure 8. Selective hydrodechlorination (HDCl) of TCE to ethylene. Full hydrogenation to ethane should be avoided.
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Figure 9. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported cubic (c) and cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs: (a) ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethane yield vs. time at 150 °C.
Figure 9. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported cubic (c) and cuboctahedral (co) Pt NPs: (a) ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethane yield vs. time at 150 °C.
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Figure 10. The interaction of ethylene with metal surface atoms.
Figure 10. The interaction of ethylene with metal surface atoms.
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Figure 11. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported spherical (s) Pd NPs: (a) ethylene and ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethylene and ethane yield vs. time at 200 °C.
Figure 11. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported spherical (s) Pd NPs: (a) ethylene and ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethylene and ethane yield vs. time at 200 °C.
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Figure 12. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported mixed-shape (m) Pd NPs: (a) ethylene and ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethylene and ethane yield vs. time at 200 °C.
Figure 12. Catalytic HDCl of TCE on ZrO2 supported mixed-shape (m) Pd NPs: (a) ethylene and ethane yield vs. temperature; and (b) ethylene and ethane yield vs. time at 200 °C.
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