Al13 Fe4 as a low-cost alternative for palladium in heterogeneous hydrogenation

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 690-693

  Armbruster M ^a   Kovnir, K ^a,f   Friedrich, M ^a   Teschner, D ^b   Wowsnick, G ^a   Hahne, M ^c   Gille, P ^c   Szentmiklosi L ^d   Feuerbacher, M ^e   Heggen, M ^e   Girgsdies, F ^b   Rosenthal, D ^b   Schlogl R ^b   Grin, Yu ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COSTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ETHYLENE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGENATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERMETALLICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PALLADIUM; SOLDERING ALLOYS; TRANSITION METALS;

ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HYDROGENATION CATALYST; KNOWLEDGE BASED DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; SUBSTITUTIONAL ALLOYS; TRANSITION METAL ATOMS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84864345182     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3347     Document Type: Article

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