Control of surface reactivity towards unsaturated C C bonds and H over Ni-based intermetallic compounds in semi-hydrogenation of acetylene
Control of surface reactivity towards unsaturated C C bonds and H over Ni-based intermetallic compounds in semi-hydrogenation of acetylene
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jcat.2019.02.018
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发表时间:
2019-04
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Yuanjun Song;Siris Laursen
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作者:
Yuanjun Song;Siris Laursen
Intermetallic compounds composed of transition metals and semimetals or post-transition metals have been shown to exhibit elevated selectivity in olefins and aromatics production and other reactions that require control of Cdouble bond C activation and functionalization. The vast number of element combinations available for intermetallic compound production necessitates down-selecting to isolate catalytically useful compositional spaces. In this study, we have investigated the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene over isoelectronic intermetallic compounds composed of nickel and the boron group elements at a bulk stoichiometry of 1: 1. We have isolated that orbital overlap between IMC constituent elements tracks well with the nature of their bulk bonding, surface reactivity, and catalytic preference for the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene. The trend isolated appears to be universal and marks a subspace within intermetallic compounds that is promising to focus further studies upon. Results also suggest the possibility of accessing New Br ø nsted–Evans–Polanyi relationships over a subspace of intermetallic compounds.