Preparation of nanocatalysts with controlled morphology for applications in hydrogen purification and oxidation of contaminated hydrogen for electric energy generation

• Grant number: 17/15469-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: November 30, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Manuel Torresi
• Grantee: Rodolfo Molina Antoniassi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/26308-7 - Optimization of the physicochemical properties of nano -structured materials for applications in molecular recognition, catalysis and energy conversion/storage, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/08051-0 - Reshaping of platinum nanoparticles from Pt/C by halide ions into electrochemical applications, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Large quantities of hydrogen gas are consumed daily by the petroleum industry, chemical processes such as production of ammonia, methanol, and fatty acids. The hydrogen economy has an important environmental appeal, which brings the use of this gas as an energy source, since its burning is free of the releasing gases from combustion engines exhaust. One of the main issues related to the use of hydrogen is the form of its production with a high degree of purity. Among various methods to purify the hydrogen from the reforming process, preferential oxidation of CO with O2 (CO-PROX) is a simple, efficient and economically viable process, which involves catalysts. Considering the catalytic properties that the anisotropic nanomaterials offer, this project will aim to prepare, through one-pot synthesis, Pt nanoparticles with controlled morphologies, directly supported in CeO2, TiO2 and carbon, without any use of stabilizers or anchoring agents. For morphological control of the metallic nanoparticles, only salts of halides will be used, easily removed with a simple wash with water at the end of the synthesis. Size, composition and morphology of the obtained materials will be physicochemically characterized and will be subsequently employed for the catalytic function. The success of this project will contribute to the development of materials that are more active and selective for the reactions of CO-PROX and electro-oxidation of hydrogen contaminated with CO in electrochemical systems.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VITOR L. MARTINS; HERBERT R. NEVES; IVONNE E. MONJE; MARINA M. LEITE; PAULO F.M. DE OLIVEIRA; RODOLFO M. ANTONIASSI; SUSANA CHAUQUE; WILLIAM G. MORAIS; EDUARDO C. MELO; THIAGO T. OBANA; et al. An Overview on the Development of Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries – part II. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 92, n. 2, 2020-07-06. (17/10046-9, 17/20043-7, 19/09341-1, 17/15456-0, 13/22748-7, 19/02669-1, 18/23072-0, 15/26308-7, 18/11320-0, 17/15469-5)

ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; QUIROZ, JHON; BARBOSA, EDUARDO C. M.; PARREIRA, LUANNA S.; ISIDORO, ROBERTA A.; SPINACE, V, ESTEVAM; SILVA, JULIO C. M.; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.. Improving the Electrocatalytic Activities and CO Tolerance of Pt NPs by Incorporating TiO2 Nanocubes onto Carbon Supports. CHEMCATCHEM, v. 13, n. 8, FEB 2021. (14/09087-4, 16/17866-9, 16/00819-8, 15/26308-7, 15/11452-5, 17/15469-5, 17/11937-4)

MARTINS, VITOR L.; NEVES, HERBERT R.; MONJE, IVONNE E.; LEITE, MARINA M.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; CHAUQUE, SUSANA; MORAIS, WILLIAM G.; MELO, EDUARDO C.; OBANA, THIAGO T.; et al. An Overview on the Development of Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries - Part I. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 92, n. 2, 2020. (18/11320-0, 19/09341-1, 15/26308-7, 19/02669-1, 17/20043-7, 18/23072-0, 13/22748-7, 17/10046-9, 17/15456-0, 17/15469-5)

LEAL, GEORGIA BARBALHO; CIOTTI, LIGIA; WATACABE, BEATRIZ NAOMY; LOUREIRO DA SILVA, DANIELA C.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.; LINARDI, MARCELO; GIUDICI, REINALDO; VAZ, JORGE MOREIRA; SPINACE, V, ESTEVAM. Preparation of Au/TiO2 by a facile method at room temperature for the CO preferential oxidation reaction. Catalysis Communications, v. 116, p. 38-42, NOV 2018. (17/15469-5, 14/50279-4, 16/21227-1, 14/09087-4)

SANTOS QUEIROZ, CARLA MOREIRA; MACHADO, ARTHUR PIGNATARO; NOBORIKAWA PAIVA, ANA RITA; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO MOLINA; VAZ, JORGE MOREIRA; SPINACE, ESTEVAM VITORIO. Active Pt/CeO2 catalysts prepared by an alcohol-reduction process for low-temperature CO-PROX reaction. MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, v. 8, n. 3, SEP 2019. (14/50279-4, 17/11937-4, 14/09087-4, 17/15469-5)

ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; ERIKSON, HEIKI; SOLLA-GULLON, JOSE; TORRESI, ROBERTO M.; FELIU, JUAN M.. Formic acid electrooxidation on small, [100] structured, and Pd decorated carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, v. 400, p. 140-147, AUG 2021. (17/15469-5)

ERIKSON, HEIKI; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; SOLLA-GULLON, JOSE; TORRESI, ROBERTO M.; TAMMEVESKI, KAIDO; FELIU, JUAN M.. Oxygen electroreduction on small (< 10 nm) and {100}-oriented Pt nanoparticles. Electrochimica Acta, v. 403, p. 8-pg., 2022-01-20. (17/15469-5, 19/08051-0, 15/26308-7)

ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; MACHADO, ARTHUR P.; PAIVA, ANA RITA N.; QUEIROZ, CARLA M. S.; VAZ, JORGE M.; SPINACE, ESTEVAM, V; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.; CARMINE, EDUARDO; CAMARGO, PEDRO H. C.; TORRESI, ROBERTO M.. One-Step synthesis of PtFe/CeO2 catalyst for the Co-Preferential oxidation reaction at low temperatures. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 46, n. 34, p. 12-pg., 2021-05-03. (14/50279-4, 17/11937-4, 15/26308-7, 17/15469-5, 14/09087-4, 19/08051-0)

VITOR L. MARTINS; HERBERT R. NEVES; IVONNE E. MONJE; MARINA M. LEITE; PAULO F.M. DE OLIVEIRA; RODOLFO M. ANTONIASSI; SUSANA CHAUQUE; WILLIAM G. MORAIS; EDUARDO C. MELO; THIAGO T. OBANA; et al. An Overview on the Development of Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries – Part I. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 92, n. 2, 2020-07-06. (17/10046-9, 17/20043-7, 19/09341-1, 17/15456-0, 13/22748-7, 19/02669-1, 18/23072-0, 15/26308-7, 18/11320-0, 17/15469-5)

SANTOS, AILA O.; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; PONZIO, EDUARDO A.; ALVES, ODIVALDO C.. The formate electrooxidation on Pt/C and PtSnO2/C nanoparticles in alkaline media: The effect of morphology and SnO2 on the platinum catalytic activity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 45, n. 58, p. 33895-33905, NOV 27 2020. (17/15469-5, 15/26308-7)

ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; ERIKSON, HEIKI; SOLLA-GULLON, JOSE; TORRESI, ROBERTO M.; FELIU, JUAN M.. Small (< 5 nm), Clean, and Well-Structured Cubic Platinum Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization. CHEMELECTROCHEM, v. 8, n. 1, NOV 2020. (17/15469-5, 19/08051-0, 15/26308-7)

FERREIRA, JOAO C.; CAVALLARI, V, ROGER; BERGAMASCHI, VANDERLEI S.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; TEIXEIRA-NETO, ANGELA A.; LINARDI, MARCELO; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.. Palladium nanoparticles supported on mesoporous biocarbon from coconut shell for ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline media. MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, v. 7, n. 4, NOV 2018. (17/15469-5, 14/09087-4)

ANJOS, REBECCA P. R.; SANTOS, AILA O.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; ALVES, ODIVALDO C.; PONZIO, EDUARDO A.; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.. The Effect of Tin Addition to Platinum Catalysts with Different Morphologies towards Methanol Electrooxidation in Alkaline Media. ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS, v. 4, n. 6, p. 6253-6260, JUN 28 2021. (17/15469-5, 15/26308-7)

BARBOSA, JOSEANE R.; LEON, MARIANA N.; FERNANDES, CAIO M.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; ALVES, ODIVALDO C.; PONZIO, EDUARDO A.; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.. PtSnO2/C and Pt/C with preferential (100) orientation: High active electrocatalysts for ammonia electro-oxidation reaction. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, v. 264, MAY 5 2020. (17/15469-5)

MARTINS, VITOR L.; NEVES, HERBERT R.; MONJE, IVONNE E.; LEITE, MARINA M.; DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO F. M.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; CHAUQUE, SUSANA; MORAIS, WILLIAM G.; MELO, EDUARDO C.; OBANA, THIAGO T.; et al. An Overview on the Development of Electrochemical Capacitors and Batteries - part II. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 92, n. 2, 2020. (18/11320-0, 19/09341-1, 15/26308-7, 19/02669-1, 17/20043-7, 18/23072-0, 13/22748-7, 17/10046-9, 17/15456-0, 17/15469-5)