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CHEMCATCHEM
卷 9, 期 4, 页码 604-609出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201601134
关键词
density functional calculations; hydrogenation; interfaces; platinum; surfactants
资金
- BSC-RES
- ICIQ Foundation
- MINECO [CTQ2015-68770-R]
- ETH Zurich
Nanoparticles are applied in a variety of industrially relevant transformations as heterogeneous catalysts typically with the help of an external force (pressure, temperature, or voltage) to steer the chemistry. The modification of platinum nanoparticles by a phosphate-amino surfactant enables catalysis without external energy supply in the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline. This can be attributed to the complex surfactant/metal interface which is able to split hydrogen into protons and electrons. The subsequent hydrogenation process mimics the electrochemical reduction described by Haber. The surfactant decorated Pt catalyst is two orders of magnitude more active than the state-of-the-art Pb-poisoned Pt catalyst. Our study provides a new approach to understand the functionality of emerging catalytic systems and can be applied to design new materials with optimal interfaces.
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