Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Molecular-level insights into the electronic effects in platinum-catalyzed carbon monoxide oxidation

  • Wenyao Chen,
  • Junbo Cao,
  • Jia Yang,
  • Yueqiang Cao,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Zheng Jiang,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Gang Qian,
  • Xinggui Zhou,
  • De Chen,
  • Weikang Yuan,
  • Xuezhi Duan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27238-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A molecular-level understanding of the electronic effects remains a grand challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. Here, the authors report an unconventional kinetics strategy for bridging the upscaling gap between the microscopic fingerprints of active sites and the macroscopic catalytic performance.