La nanocatálisis de una sola molécula revela la energía de activación catalítica de un solo nanocatalizador

Tao Chen1,2, Yuwei Zhang1, Weilin Xu1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science , 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.

Resumen

Los investigadores estudiaron nanocatalizadores de oro individuales, revelando variaciones significativas en las energías de activación para las reacciones catalíticas. Esto pone de relieve la heterogeneidad estática y ofrece información sobre los mecanismos de catálisis heterogéneos.

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