Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Anchoring Cu1 species over nanodiamond-graphene for semi-hydrogenation of acetylene

  • Fei Huang,
  • Yuchen Deng,
  • Yunlei Chen,
  • Xiangbin Cai,
  • Mi Peng,
  • Zhimin Jia,
  • Jinglin Xie,
  • Dequan Xiao,
  • Xiaodong Wen,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Zheng Jiang,
  • Hongyang Liu,
  • Ding Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12460-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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It is highly desired to explore cheap, non-toxic transition metals catalysts for semihydrogenation of acetylene. Here, isolated Cu atoms anchored onto a defective nanodiamond-graphene support exhibit robust catalytic performance in acetylene semihydrogenation in comparison with supported Cu clusters.