The deposition of small transition metal (TM) clusters on transition metal carbides (TMC) gives rise to bifunctional catalysts with multiple active sites. This family of single-cluster catalysts (SCCs) offers exciting opportunities for enabling a wider range of chemical reactions owing to their strong metal-support interactions, which drastically modify the catalytic properties of the supported metal atoms. In this work, we use first-principles Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations to investigate the conversion of CO and CH on Pt/HfC, which was identified as the most promising TM/TMC combination in a previous DFT-based high-throughput screening study. We analyze the interplay between the Pt clusters and the HfC support, evaluating the catalytic activity, selectivity, and adlayer composition across a broad range of operating conditions ( , , and ) and Pt loadings. This study evaluates five different industrial processes, including the dry reforming (DRM), steam reforming (SRM), and partial oxidation (POM) of methane, as well as the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction and its reverse (RWGS). Our results demonstrate that the deposition of Pt clusters on HfC systematically enhances the catalytic performance, even at a Pt loading as low as ∼0.02 ML. This work illustrates the extensive catalytic benefits of SCCs and highlights the importance of considering diffusion steps and lateral interactions in kinetic modeling.
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