“…To avoid such water poisoning, many researchers have been making efforts to increase hydrophobicity of the supports. Pt nanoparticles (Pt NPs) or Pt-loaded catalysts mixed with various hydrophobic supports, such as styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer (SDB), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and so on, were developed for catalyst packing for catalyzing LPCE much more stably and efficiently. − In a comparison of the direct mixture of Pt NPs and the above hydrophobic supports (defined as the first support), the Pt-loaded catalyst plays a more efficient role because another hydrophobic component (defined as the second support) is introduced first to increase the proportion of active sites actually exposed. , Although the efficiency of the catalytic exchange process was improved through increasing the dispersion of the Pt site, due to the water molecules involved in the reaction, severe internal diffusion resistance for water molecules reaching the Pt active site still exists in the channels of second support. In fact, to achieve the high efficiency of LPCE, more than 50% of the hydrophilic packings were usually filled into the reaction column to enhance the efficient contact between hydrophobic catalyst and liquid water containing deuterium or tritium .…”