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When Outliers Make All The Difference
Author(s) -
Grabow Lars C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201200411
Subject(s) - bifunctional , catalysis , dissociation (chemistry) , copper , molecule , hydrogen , chemistry , bifunctional catalyst , combinatorial chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering
Cutting costs with copper: Facile dissociation of hydrogen molecules on isolated Pd atoms followed by diffusion to the dominating Cu surface are the two key ingredients for a novel class of bifunctional catalysts. The resulting H atoms are weakly bound to the catalyst surface and are readily available for subsequent selective hydrogenation steps.