Size-selective hydrogenation at the subnanometer scale over platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in silicalite-1 single crystal hollow shells

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48648f
• Publication Date: 2013-12-09T16:41:17Z
• Authors: Shiwen Li; Tommy Boucheron; Alain Tuel; David Farrusseng; Frederic Meunier
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

Highly controlled "ship-in-a-bottle" platinum nanoparticles in silicalite-1 hollow single crystals have been prepared. This catalyst is highly active for toluene hydrogenation but shows no activity for the hydrogenation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene.