Improved selectivity by stabilizing and exposing active phases on supported Pd nanoparticles in acetylene-selective hydrogenation

Abstract

Palladium dynamics: Under hydrogenation conditions, saturating over-active palladium by carbon diffusion leads to a stable and selective particle surface. By choosing supports with suitable geometric structures and establishing a strong interaction between supports and metal particles, accumulated species can be regularly rearranged and reaction-selective phases can be exposed (see figure). Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.