Intermetallic structures with atomic precision for selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes

Crystallographic facet selective HER catalysis: exemplified in FeP and NiP2 single crystals

“…Moreover, such line-compounds and their facets can be assessed and tuned for specic reactions and applications. 38,39 The effect of the hydrogen coverage was studied on the example of FeP [010] and [011] surfaces (Fig. S6 †).…”

Intermetallic Nanocatalysts from Heterobimetallic Group 10–14 Pyridine-2-thiolate Precursors

“…1,2,3,4 For example, compared to simple, single element metals, binary 10-14 intermetallics show enhanced catalytic activity, selectivity, and durability. 5,6,7 Among these, Pt-Sn nanocatalysts such as Pt3Sn and PtSn have been studied for a variety of reactions including alkane dehydrogenation, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 electro-oxidation of CO, formic acid, and methanol fuel cells, 21,22,23,24,25,26 methane conversion to ethylene, benzene, and napththalene, 27 dehydroisomerization of butane to isobutene, 28 and highly selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline, 29 3-nitrostyrene to 3-aminostyrene, 30 and of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. 31 Less studied are Pd-Sn and Ni-Sn binaries.…”

Pairwise semi-hydrogenation of alkyne to cis-alkene on platinum-tin intermetallic compounds

“…1a) that endows PtSn iNPs with accurate structures after synthesis and allows reactants to access the PtSn intermetallic surface during catalysis. 14,[16][17][18][19] We have also used selective hydrogenations to probe and illustrate the structure of these PtSn iNPs and its correlation to catalytic behaviors. 14,16,17 Additional details of the structural characterizations of PtSn iNPs and impregnated catalysts are summarized in the ESI (Fig.…”