Understanding how surface structure affects catalyst selectivity is limited by the ability to synthesize atomically precise active-site ensembles. Now, by using intermetallic Pd–Zn, a series of well-defined multinuclear Pd–metal–Pd catalytic sites have been generated and studied, providing insights into their selectivity for the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene.
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Mortensen, M., Laursen, S. Catalytic site seeing. Nat. Chem. 14, 483–485 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00943-y
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