Disentangling the size-dependent geometric and electronic effects of palladium nanocatalysts beyond selectivity

Hengwei Wang; Xiang-Kui Gu; Xusheng Zheng; Haibin Pan; Junfa Zhu; Si Chen; Lina Cao; Wei-Xue Li; Junling Lu

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat6413

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Disentangling the size-dependent geometric and electronic effects of palladium nanocatalysts beyond selectivity

View ORCID ProfileHengwei Wang¹,*,
View ORCID ProfileXiang-Kui Gu ²,*,
Xusheng Zheng³,
Haibin Pan³,
View ORCID ProfileJunfa Zhu³,
Si Chen¹,
View ORCID ProfileLina Cao¹,
View ORCID ProfileWei-Xue Li ¹,⁴,† and
View ORCID ProfileJunling Lu ¹,⁵,†

¹Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
²Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
³National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China.
⁴CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
⁵CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: junling{at}ustc.edu.cn (J.L.); wxli70{at}ustc.edu.cn (W.-X.L.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Advances 18 Jan 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 1, eaat6413
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat6413

Hengwei Wang

1Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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Xiang-Kui Gu

2Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.

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Xusheng Zheng

3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China.

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Haibin Pan

3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China.

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Junfa Zhu

3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China.

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Si Chen

1Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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Lina Cao

1Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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Wei-Xue Li

1Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

4CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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Junling Lu

1Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

5CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.

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For correspondence: junling@ustc.edu.cn wxli70@ustc.edu.cn

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