Abstract
The catalytic activities and stability of oxide‐supported metal catalysts are significantly affected by metal‐support interactions (MSI) between oxidic supports and supported metals. The surface properties of the support, such as its phase and defects, are crucial in MSI, including both the strong metal‐support interaction (SMSI) and electronic metal‐support interaction (EMSI). In this study, modulation of SMSI was achieved on rutile‐supported Pt nanoparticles (NP) over high‐temperature CO2 hydrogenation. The encapsulation of Pt NP surfaces with TiO2−x overlayers is precisely controlled by the defects. It is found that oxygen vacancy defects significantly enhance the catalytic stability of Pt/rutile under high‐temperature reverse water‐gas shift (RWGS) reaction by inhibiting the occurrence of SMSI. Pt/rutile with oxygen vacancies achieves a 301 molCO×gM‐1×h‐1 space time yield and considerably catalytic stability (decreased by 8%) at 800 °C over 100 h time‐on‐stream. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the adsorption capacity of Pt NP on the rutile overlayer can be reduced by increasing electron density. Experimental results combined with DFT calculations show that electron transfer from Pt NP to rutile is reduced by the oxygen vacancy defects on Pt/R, preserving the metallic nature of Pt species during CO2 hydrogenation, thereby preventing the formation of SMSI.
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