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Oxygen-Vacancy-Induced Built-In Electric Field across MoCo Dual-Atomic Site Catalyst for Promoting Hydrogen Spillover in Hydrocracking and Hydrodesulfurization
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design and construction of highly efficient catalytic active
sites for promoting hydrogen spillover are of great significance for
improving hydrocracking (HCK) and hydrodesulfurization (HDS) performance
in slurry-phase hydrogenation of vacuum residue (VR) but are still
challenging. Herein, we report a carbon-supported MoCo dual-atomic
site catalyst (MoCo DAC/C) and propose an oxygen-vacancy-induced built-in
electric field (BIEF) regulation mechanism for promoting hydrogen
spillover in HCK and HDS. It was found that the coordination structure
of the MoCo dual-atomic was reconstructed and formed O vacancies in situ during hydrogenation process. The formation of O
vacancies not only provided macromolecular adsorption sites but also
broke the electronic balance and formed a weak BIEF between the Mo
and Co atoms. Meanwhile, H2 was activated at the Mo sites
to form active hydrogen species. The formation of BIEF promoted the
active hydrogen spillover from Mo to Co sites by a Mo–C–Co
bridging bond, thus improving the hydrogenation performance greatly.
In HCK of VR, the MoCo DAC/C demonstrates remarkable catalytic hydrogenation
activity with TOFT calculated for total metals up to 0.77
s–1 (two times enhancement than that of Mo single
atoms (SAs)/C), the per pass conversion of VR of 76 wt %, liquid product
yield of 92 wt %, and coke content of only 0.55 wt %. It also shows
robust HDS performance with dibenzothiophene (DBT) conversion of 70
wt %. Density functional theory reveals that the formation of the
O vacancies leads to the discrepancy of Bader charge between Mo and
Co atoms, and the resulting local electric field can favor the diffusion
of the positively charged (+0.10 e−) H atom. This work proposes
an oxygen-vacancy-induced BIEF regulation mechanism from an atomic
scale for enhancing the catalytic reaction process by promoting hydrogen
spillover, which provided novel insights for the design and development
of high-performance hydrogenation catalysts