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Catalysts made from vapour

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Traditional catalyst synthesis primarily hinges on liquid-phase methods. Nevertheless, a quarter of a century ago, the advent of vapour-phase methods such as atomic layer deposition opened up important alternatives to atomically tailor catalysts and boost their performance.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of an ALD process and its key advantages for heterogeneous catalyst fabrication.

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  1. Conformal Coating of Nanomaterials (CoCooN), Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Matthias Filez, Jolien Dendooven & Christophe Detavernier

  2. Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for Sustainable Solutions (cMACS), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Filez, M., Dendooven, J. & Detavernier, C. Catalysts made from vapour. Nat Catal 7, 2–3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-01098-w

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