Gold catalysts containing interstitial carbon atoms boost hydrogenation activity
Gold is among the least active metals toward molecules at a solid-liquid or solid-gas interface. Here the authors demonstrate that the gold nanocatalysts with d electron gain due to C occupying interstitial sites in its lattice boost catalytic hydrogenation.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18322-x |