Abstract:
Nanosheets MoS
2 with only 6 layers have been successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method and used as support to prepare a series of Pt and Pt
M (
M=Ru, Pd, Co and Ni) bimetallic catalysts for low temperature aqueous-phase reforming of methanol (APRM) to produce hydrogen. Among those catalysts, PtCo supported on MoS
2 nanosheets catalyst exhibited the best performance, and its turnover frequency (TOF) of H
2 formation reached 37142 h
-1 at 220℃. The N
2 adsorption-desorption, TEM, H
2-TPR and XPS results showed that PtCo/MoS
2 performed the highest reduction degree, and the strong electronic interaction between Pt and MoS
2 enhanced the adsorption and activation of methanol on the electron-deficient Pt, thus promoted the methanol reforming.