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Carbon nitride supported Fe2 cluster catalysts with superior performance for alkene epoxidation.


ABSTRACT: Sub-nano metal clusters often exhibit unique and unexpected properties, which make them particularly attractive as catalysts. Herein, we report a "precursor-preselected" wet-chemistry strategy to synthesize highly dispersed Fe2 clusters that are supported on mesoporous carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4). The obtained Fe2/mpg-C3N4 sample exhibits superior catalytic performance for the epoxidation of trans-stilbene to trans-stilbene oxide, showing outstanding selectivity of 93% at high conversion of 91%. Molecular oxygen is the only oxidant and no aldehyde is used as co-reagent. Under the same condition, by contrast, iron porphyrin, single-atom Fe, and small Fe nanoparticles (ca. 3?nm) are nearly reactively inert. First-principles calculations reveal that the unique reactivity of the Fe2 clusters originates from the formation of active oxygen species. The general applicability of the synthesis approach is further demonstrated by producing other diatomic clusters like Pd2 and Ir2, which lays the foundation for discovering diatomic cluster catalysts.

SUBMITTER: Tian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003949 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Carbon nitride supported Fe<sub>2</sub> cluster catalysts with superior performance for alkene epoxidation.

Tian Shubo S   Fu Qiang Q   Chen Wenxing W   Feng Quanchen Q   Chen Zheng Z   Zhang Jian J   Cheong Weng-Chon WC   Yu Rong R   Gu Lin L   Dong Juncai J   Luo Jun J   Chen Chen C   Peng Qing Q   Draxl Claudia C   Wang Dingsheng D   Li Yadong Y  

Nature communications 20180615 1


Sub-nano metal clusters often exhibit unique and unexpected properties, which make them particularly attractive as catalysts. Herein, we report a "precursor-preselected" wet-chemistry strategy to synthesize highly dispersed Fe<sub>2</sub> clusters that are supported on mesoporous carbon nitride (mpg-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>). The obtained Fe<sub>2</sub>/mpg-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sample exhibits superior catalytic performance for the epoxidation of trans-stilbene to trans-stilbene oxide, s  ...[more]

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