Electron Delocalization Disentangles Activity-Selectivity Trade-Off of Transition Metal Phosphide Catalysts in Oxidative Desulfurization
Juncong Zou,
Shaohua Wu,
Yan Lin
et al.
Abstract:Breaking the activity-selectivity trade-off has been a long-standing challenge in catalysis. Here, we proposed a nanoheterostructure engineering strategy to overcome the trade-off in metal phosphide catalysts for the oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of fuels. Experimental and theoretical results demonstrated that electron delocalization was the key driver to simultaneously achieve high activity and high selectivity for the molybdenum phosphide (MoP)/tungsten phosphide (WP) nanoheterostructure catalyst. The elec… Show more
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