Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Molecular elucidating of an unusual growth mechanism for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in confined space

  • Nan Wang,
  • Yuchun Zhi,
  • Yingxu Wei,
  • Wenna Zhang,
  • Zhiqiang Liu,
  • Jindou Huang,
  • Tantan Sun,
  • Shutao Xu,
  • Shanfan Lin,
  • Yanli He,
  • Anmin Zheng,
  • Zhongmin Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14493-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Coke-induced catalyst deactivation draws increasing concerns in industrially catalytic processes. Here the authors provide a strategy integrating advanced mass spectroscopy and isotope labeling to uncover a cage-passing molecular route of coking species in molecular sieve catalysts.