Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2026, Vol. 90: 117-129.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(26)65204-7

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Hydrogen-induced Ptσ+-O-Ti4+-(H-oxygen vacancy) interfacial sites in Pt/TiO2 for enhanced low-temperature CO oxidation

Junbo Tiana,b,d,j,1, Peng Zhengc,1, Shuang Dengd,*(), Yongjun Jie,*(), Tengfei Zhangf, Zhiyi Sung, Wenxing Cheng,*(), Yi-Chi Wangh, Lin Guh, Dong Sui, Guangwen Xuc, Ziyi Zhongj,*(), Fabing Sua,c,*()   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    b School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    c Key Laboratory on Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, China
    d State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
    e School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
    f Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, Shandong, China
    g Energy & Catalysis Centre, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
    h Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy and Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
    i Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    j Department of Chemical Engineering, and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion (MATEC), Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2026-03-23 Accepted:2026-06-05 Online:2026-11-18 Published:2026-11-19
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    1These authors contributed equally to this work.

  • Supported by:
    Jing-Jin-Ji Regional Integrated Environmental Improvement-National Science and Technology Major Project(2024ZD1200400);National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFC3707001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52025025);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52250402);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22305138);Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52421001);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2024M761649);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(GZC20231203);Shuimu Scholar from Tsinghua University

Abstract:

Understanding reconstructed interfacial sites is crucial for enhancing the catalytic conversion efficiency, as these sites can facilitate reactant adsorption, transformation, and desorption. Herein, we report an unconventional interfacial structure of Ptσ+-O-Ti4+-Hδ+-oxygen vacancy (OV), in which atomic hydrogen binds to Ti4+ sites via a charge-compensation mechanism involving subsurface OVs. This restructuring induced by hydrogen creates electron-rich Pt centers and interfacial oxygen, resulting in spatial elongation of the Pt-O and O-Ti bonds. This Ptσ+-O site, stabilized by -Ti4+-(H-OV), promotes the activation of CO adsorption/interfacially absorbed oxygen and interfacial lattice oxygen, effectively coupling the Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Mars-van Krevelen pathways. These sites facilitate the rapid CO2 formation and desorption. Consequently, this system achieves complete CO conversion at 120 °C with an ultralow Pt loading of 0.17 wt% (even in the presence of 0.005% SO2 and 10% vol H2O) and a 59-fold increase in turnover frequency compared to the control sample lacking this interfacial structure.

Key words: CO oxidation, Pt/TiO2 catalyst, Hydrogen reduction, Oxygen vacancy, Interfacial structure