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Stable Au nanoparticles confined in boron nitride shells for optimizing oxidative desulfurization

Linjie Lu1,2Jing He1Peiwen Wu1( )Yang Sun1Mingqing Hua1Peng Cui1Wenshuai Zhu1,2( )Huaming Li1Zhichang Liu2Chunming Xu2
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
College of Chemical Engineering and Environment, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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Two-dimensional porous boron nitride functions as the outer shell for improving the sintering-resistance of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). The confinement effect endows Au nanocatalysts more efficient in aerobic oxidation.

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Supported gold (Au) nanocatalysts have long played an important role in numerous heterogeneous catalysis. However, the dominant difficulty of poor thermodynamic stability hampers its practical application. Herein, a core–shell structured Au nanocatalyst with Au nanoparticles (NPs) confined in boron nitride (BN) shells is proposed for enhanced thermodynamic stability. The two-dimensional porous structure of BN not only functions as a physical separator for the sintering resistance of Au NPs, but also provides a microchannel for catalytic reaction substrates. Besides, owing to the confinement effect, a strengthened interaction between well-designed Au NPs and the BN can be expected, which further boosts the stability and catalytic activity. Detailed experiments show that a proper BN shell thickness is important to maintain the balance between the sintering resistance and catalytic activity. A significantly boosted performance of 97.2% conversion in oxidative desulfurization (ODS) was obtained with a proper number of BN coating layers, outperforming the one with a thicker BN shell. Moreover, the recyclability of the prepared catalyst was investigated with no obvious decrease in catalytic performance after 10 runs, greatly higher than that without a BN shell, suggesting excellent durability.

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Lu L, He J, Wu P, et al. Stable Au nanoparticles confined in boron nitride shells for optimizing oxidative desulfurization. Nano Research, 2023, 16(10): 12076-12083. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5113-9
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Received: 10 June 2022
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