Surface Engineering of a Supported PdAg Catalyst for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid: Elucidating the Active Pd Atoms in Alloy Nanoparticles

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 140; no. 28; pp. 8902 - 8909
• Main Authors: Mori, Kohsuke, Sano, Taiki, Kobayashi, Hisayoshi, Yamashita, Hiromi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 18.07.2018

The hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) to formic acid (FA; HCOOH), a renewable hydrogen storage material, is a promising means of realizing an economical CO2-mediated hydrogen energy cycle. The development of reliable heterogeneous catalysts is an urgent yet challenging task associated with such...