Unravelling synergistic effects in bi-metallic catalysts: deceleration of palladium–gold nanoparticle coarsening in the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde

• DOI: 10.1039/d3cy00289f
• Publication Date: 2023-06-02T08:35:21Z
• Authors: Jose Pinto; Andreas Weilhard; Luke T. Norman; Rhys W. Lodge; David M. Rogers; Aitor Gual; Israel Cano; Andrei N. Khlobystov; Peter Licence; Jesum Alves Ferna...
• Keywords: Precious metal

In this work, we demonstrate that the synergistic effect of PdAu nanoparticles (NPs) in hydrogenation reactions is not only related to high activity but also their stability when compared Pd mono-metallic NPs.