Directing reaction pathways via in situ control of active site geometries in PdAu single-atom alloy catalysts

Single-atom alloys are promising catalysts for a number of different reactions. Here, the authors demonstrate that carbon monoxide can be used to transition a PdAu catalyst between a single atom and a cluster phase which exhibit distinct selectivities for ethanol dehydrogenation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mengyao Ouyang, Konstantinos G. Papanikolaou, Alexey Boubnov, Adam S. Hoffman, Georgios Giannakakis, Simon R. Bare, Michail Stamatakis, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, E. Charles H. Sykes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21555-z