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The dynamics of the peel

Nature Catalysis volume 3, pages 333–334 (2020)Cite this article

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Understanding the surface structure of a catalyst under a reaction environment is challenging, yet necessary. Now, a combination of in situ methods reveals the reversible formation of a surface alloy as the active phase for core–shell Ni–Au nanoparticles during CO2 hydrogenation, which could not be detected by ex situ methods.

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Fig. 1: In situ demonstration of reaction-driven evolution of a Ni@Au catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation.

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Wang, R. The dynamics of the peel. Nat Catal 3, 333–334 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-0451-z

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