The Penn State Research Foundation

Xiaoxing Wang

Jian Zheng

Mauricio Terrones

James J Strohm

Morinobu Endo

Chunshan Song

Yu Lei

Rodolfo Cruz-Silva

Kazunori Fujisawa

Weidong Gu

Tianyi Zhang

He Liu

Chao Xie

Ana Laura Elias Arriaga

Cynthia Guerrero-Bermea

A group of reductive 2D materials (R2D) with extended reactive vacancies and a method for making the R2D with extended reactive vacancies are provided, especially the example of the reductive boron nitride (RBN). To create defects such as vacancies, boron nitride (BN) powders are milled at cryogenic temperatures. Vacancies are produced by milling, and the vacancies can be used to reduce various metal nanostructures on RBN. Due to the thermal stability of the RBN and the enhanced catalytic performance of metal nanostructures, RBN-metals can be used for different catalysts, including electrochemical catalysts and high temperature catalysts.

Reductive boron nitride with extended reactive vacancies for catalytic applications

The invention relates to novel bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts, their manufacture and use in both steam reforming and oxidative steam reforming of liquid fuels such as jet fuels, diesel fuels and gasoline to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen for fuel cell applications. The invention further relates to manufacture of synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas for chemicals synthesis and fuel processing. The catalysts have high sulfur tolerance and carbon resistance when used in steam reforming and/or oxidative steam reforming of heavy hydrocarbon fuels.

Sulfur-tolerant and carbon-resistant catalysts

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