Interstitial modification of palladium nanoparticles with boron atoms as a green catalyst for selective hydrogenation

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chan, Chun Wong Aaron ^a   Mahadi, Abdul Hanif ^a   Li, Molly Meng Jung ^a   Corbos, Elena Cristina ^b   Tang, Chiu ^c   Jones, Glenn ^b,d   Kuo, Winson Chun Hsin ^d   Cookson, James ^b   Brown, Christopher Michael ^b   Bishop, Peter Trenton ^b   Tsang, Shik Chi Edman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; BORON; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOCATALYST; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 85026767077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6787     Document Type: Article

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