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Selectivity control for electroreduction of ketones

Nature Catalysis volume 2, pages 186–187 (2019)Cite this article

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The selective electrochemical conversion of ketones to value-added products still represents a challenge, due to a lack of fundamental understanding. Now, a principle has been revealed that allows the steering of the electroreduction of aliphatic ketones on platinum by carefully controlling the coordination number of the platinum atoms.

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Fig. 1: Selectivity of the electrocatalytic reduction of aliphatic ketones on a platinum catalyst can be steered by controlling the coordination number (CN) of the platinum atoms.

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Matanović, I. Selectivity control for electroreduction of ketones. Nat Catal 2, 186–187 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0253-3

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