Two-Dimensional Pd Rafts Confined in Copper Nanosheets for Selective Semihydrogenation of Acetylene

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 21; no. 13; pp. 5620 - 5626
• Main Authors: Fu, Xianbiao, Liu, Jian, Kanchanakungwankul, Siriluk, Hu, Xiaobing, Yue, Qin, Truhlar, Donald G, Hupp, Joseph T, Kang, Yijin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 14.07.2021
• Subjects: Chemistry; Materials Science; Physics; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Two-dimensional materials; interfaces; copper nanosheets; Pd rafts; acetylene semihydrogenation

The development of highly selective and active catalysts to catalyze an industrially important semihydrogenation reaction remains an open challenge. Here, we report the design of a bimetallic Pd/Cu(111) catalyst with Pd rafts confined in a Cu nanosheet, which exhibits desirable catalytic performance...