Facilitating hydrogen atom migration via a dense phase on palladium islands to a surrounding silver surface [Chemistry]

The migration of species across interfaces can crucially affect the performance of heterogeneous catalysts. A key concept in using bimetallic catalysts for hydrogenation is that the active metal supplies hydrogen atoms to the host metal, where selective hydrogenation can then occur. Herein, we demonstrate that, following dihydrogen dissociation on palladium...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Christopher R. O’Connor, Kaining Duanmu, Dipna A. Patel, Eri Muramoto, Matthiȷs A. van Spronsen, Dario Stacchiola, E. Charles H. Sykes, Philippe Sautet, Robert J. Madix, Cynthia M. Friend Tags: Inaugural Articles Physical Sciences Source Type: research