Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit

Felicia R. Lucci, Jilei Liu, Matthew D. Marcinkowski, Ming Yang, Lawrence F. Allard, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos () and E. Charles H. Sykes ()
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Felicia R. Lucci: Tufts University
Jilei Liu: Tufts University
Matthew D. Marcinkowski: Tufts University
Ming Yang: Tufts University
Lawrence F. Allard: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos: Tufts University
E. Charles H. Sykes: Tufts University

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Platinum is ubiquitous in the production sectors of chemicals and fuels; however, its scarcity in nature and high price will limit future proliferation of platinum-catalysed reactions. One promising approach to conserve platinum involves understanding the smallest number of platinum atoms needed to catalyse a reaction, then designing catalysts with the minimal platinum ensembles. Here we design and test a new generation of platinum–copper nanoparticle catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene,, an industrially important reaction. Isolated platinum atom geometries enable hydrogen activation and spillover but are incapable of C–C bond scission that leads to loss of selectivity and catalyst deactivation. γ-Alumina-supported single-atom alloy nanoparticle catalysts with

Date: 2015
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