Highly dispersed silica-supported iridium and iridium–aluminium catalysts for methane activation prepared <i>via</i> surface organometallic chemistry
Léon Escomel, Daniel F. Abbott, Victor Mougel, Laurent Veyre, Chloé Thieuleux, Clément Camp
Abstract
The grafting of an iridium-aluminium precursor onto silica followed by thermal treatment under H 2 yields small (<2 nm), narrowly distributed nanoparticles used as catalysts for methane H/D exchange.
Topics & Concepts
IridiumCatalysisAluminiumMethaneChemistryNanoparticleChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryEngineeringAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceNanomaterials for catalytic reactions