Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

In situ tuning of electronic structure of catalysts using controllable hydrogen spillover for enhanced selectivity

  • Mi Xiong,
  • Zhe Gao,
  • Peng Zhao,
  • Guofu Wang,
  • Wenjun Yan,
  • Shuangfeng Xing,
  • Pengfei Wang,
  • Jingyuan Ma,
  • Zheng Jiang,
  • Xingchen Liu,
  • Jiping Ma,
  • Jie Xu,
  • Yong Qin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18567-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In situ tuning of the electronic structure of active sites is a long-standing challenge. Here, the authors report an approach to tune the electronic structure of cobalt species during the styrene epoxidation reaction by the introduction of controllable hydrogen spillover for enhanced selectivity.