Highly active, selective and stable catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol are immensely sought after. Now, using a broad range of spectroscopic methods, in-plane double sulfur vacancies of MoS2 sheets have been suggested to catalyse this reaction using an unusual mechanism.
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Studt, F. Catalysis by unusual vacancies. Nat Catal 4, 184–185 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00593-2
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