Stabilization of Metal Nanoparticles in Cubic Mesostructured Silica and Its Application in Regenerable Deep Desulfurization of Warm Syngas

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• 作者：Liyu Li ; David L. King ; Jun Liu ; Qisheng Huo ; Kake Zhu ; Chongmin Wang ; Mark Gerber ; Don Stevens ; Yong Wang
• 刊名：Chemistry of Materials
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：November 24, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：21
• 期：22
• 页码：5358-5364
• 全文大小：987K
• 年卷期：v.21,no.22(November 24, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5002

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Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles supported on high surface area materials are widely used in industry for fuel and chemical production and for environmental pollution control, but preventing nanosized particle sintering has remained a great challenge. In this paper, we report that Ni−Cu alloy nanoparticles can be effectively stabilized in cubic mesostructured silica (SBA-16) following a conventional impregnation and thermal treatment process. The three-dimensional interconnected cage structure of the mesoporous SBA-16 allows good accessibility of reactant gas molecules to the metal nanoparticles and confines these particles within its nanosized cages. This confinement hinders metal nanoparticle migration and sintering under harsh conditions. A new class of regenerable metal-based adsorbents which can remove sulfur impurities from warm syngas stream down to less than 60 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) is described. This same confinement strategy is expected to have impact for minimizing sintering or particle coarsening of nanosized materials employed in other applications.