Stabilization of a nanoporous NiCu dilute alloy catalyst for non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation
Nare Janvelyan, M. A. Van Spronsen, Chenghao Wu, Zhen Qi, M. M. Montemore, Junjun Shan, Dmitri N. Zakharov, F. Xu, J. Anibal Boscoboinik, Miquel Salmerón, Eric A. Stach, Maria Flyztani-Stephanopoulos, Juergen Biener, C. M. Friend
Abstract
<italic>In situ</italic> and <italic>ex situ</italic> X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron-microscopy reveal that the stability of nanoporous NiCu alloy catalysts for non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation improves by generating kinetically trapped Ni<sup>2+</sup> subsurface states.
Topics & Concepts
DehydrogenationNanoporousCatalysisAlloyX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyEthanolOxidative phosphorylationChemistryChemical engineeringMaterials sciencePhotochemistryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryEngineeringBiochemistryNanoporous metals and alloysElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials Science