Identification of active Zr-WOx clusters on a ZrO2 support for solid acid catalysts

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 722-728

  Zhou, Wu ^a   Ross Medgaarden, Elizabeth I ^a   Knowles, William V ^b   Wong, Michael S ^b   Wachs, Israel E ^a   Kiely, Christopher J ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKANE; DIMETHYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; OXIDE; SOLVENT; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY;

ACIDS; ALKANES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; METHANOL; METHYL ETHERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TUNGSTEN; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 70749142791     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.433     Document Type: Article

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