title: Lithium and boron as interstitial palladium dopants for catalytic partial hydrogenation of acetylene.
abstract: It is demonstrated that light elements, including lithium and boron atoms, can take residence in the octahedral (interstitial) site of a Pd lattice by modifying the electronic properties of the metal nanoparticles, and hence the adsorptive strength of a reactant. The blocking of the sub-surface sites to H in the modified materials results in significantly higher selectivity for the partial catalytic hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ieuan T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Elisabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH, UK.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meng-Jung Li
authors.affiliation: Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew P E
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: York
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Shik Chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Edman Tsang
mesh_terms: D000114:Acetylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006865:Hydrogenation; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010165:Palladium; D008094:Lithium; D001895:Boron; D000114:Acetylene