Amorphous Interface-Confined Acetylene Semireduction under Industrially Relevant Acetylene-Lean Feeds

Yaoxin Dai; Laichun Zhao; Bufeng Zhang; Z.H. Liu; Shuangyin Wang; Shuaijun Pan

doi:10.1021/jacs.6c12149

Chemistry & materialsCatalysis & reactions

Amorphous Interface-Confined Acetylene Semireduction under Industrially Relevant Acetylene-Lean Feeds

Yaoxin Dai, Laichun Zhao, Bufeng Zhang, Z.H. Liu, Shuangyin Wang, Shuaijun Pan

Peer-reviewed journalReal-world use

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The optimized system achieves near-unity ethylene selectivity with strongly suppressed parasitic reactions, enabling efficient acetylene removal to below 5 ppm for 310 h.

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Appeared: Saturday, September 26. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Peer-reviewed journal.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c12149

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