Gai, P.L., Kourtakis, K. and Boyes, E.D. (2005) In situ nanoscale wet imaging of the heterogenous catalyzation of nitriles in a solution phase: novel hydrogenation chemistry through nanocatalysts on nanosupports. Catalysis Letters, 102 (1-2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1011-372X
Abstract
Wet-environmental transmission electron microscopy studies of heterogeneous hydrogenation of complex nitriles in a liquid phase over new mesoporous cobalt-promoted ruthenium nanocatalysts on reducible nanotitania supports are presented. The desorbed organic products in the dynamic liquid phase hydrogenation are imaged situ on the nanoscale. The direct studies on the “nanocomposite” catalysts are correlated with parallel reaction chemistry measurements. They demonstrate high hydrogenation activity at low operating temperatures in the presence of atomic scale anion vacancy defects associated with Lewis acid sites at the nanosupport surface and an electronic and synergistic contribution to the promoter mechanism. The combined synergistic effect between the two metals and the interaction with the reduced nanosupport leading to an electronic modification lead to highly reactive site for the hydrogenation catalysis. The results illustrate novel selective hydrogenation chemistry with mesoporous nanocatalyst systems on nanosupports.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2009 12:19 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2009 12:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-005-5195-5 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag (Germany) |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10562-005-5195-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:5824 |