Ag-doped Pd nano-dendritic for promoting the electrocatalytic oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol
Xinwei Li, Xiaoyu You, Zhuang Yan, Caoyu Yang, Lulu Zuo, Xuewei Huang, Lin Chang, Siyu Lu, Zhiyong Tang
Abstract
We report an Ag doped Pd nano-dendritic catalyst, which achieves high selectivity of EG production from ethylene. Both experiment and theory reveal that the catalyst not only reduces the reaction barrier of coupling steps but also facilitates the desorption of EG.
Topics & Concepts
Ethylene glycolEthyleneCatalysisSelectivityDopingNano-Materials scienceDesorptionChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryAdsorptionComposite materialEngineeringOptoelectronicsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsCatalytic Processes in Materials Science