<i>In situ</i> K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination
Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, David Morgan, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, Matteo Aramini, Diego Gianolio, Paul Thompson, Peter Johnston, Graham J. Hutchings
Abstract
alone did not dramatically alter the Au electronic structure and consequently did not deactivate the thiosulfate catalyst.
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X-ray absorption spectroscopyAcetyleneLigand (biochemistry)In situCationic polymerizationCatalysisAbsorption spectroscopyChemistryPhotochemistryAbsorption (acoustics)SpectroscopyXANESChlorineSulfurCrystallographyInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryPhysicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsReceptorBiochemistryComposite materialCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions