Quantifying the photocatalytic role and activity at the edge and surface of Pd co-catalysts using N<sub>2</sub> fixation as a case
Shijie Wu, Jiafei Zhang, Wenbin Chen, Pingxing Xing, Xingchen Liu, Botao Teng, Leihong Zhao, Song Bai
Abstract
A protocol to quantitatively determine the atom-specific catalytic activities of the edge and surface atoms on metal co-catalysts toward photocatalytic N 2 fixation was presented, and the higher catalytic activity of the edge atoms was proved.
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