10.1002/anie.202106459
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and wide energies, while the hybridization peaks obviously
moved near to the Fermi level for the surface reconstructed Pt-
Cd with more Cd atoms on the surface, suggesting a relatively
weak interaction. Thus, by controlling the reconstruction of Pt-Cd
surface, a high selectivity towards styrene was achieved, which
was well consistent with the experiments.
reconstructions of other Pt-Cd-M NPs (M = Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, and
Sn). We believe this work not only provides a unique strategy for
the surface reconstructions of Pt-based NPs, but also sheds
new lights on designing highly selective catalysts for
hydrogenation.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by Ministry of Science and
Technology
(2017YFA0208200,
2016YFA0204100),
the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (22025108,
51802206), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
(BK20180846), the Priority Academic Program Development of
Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the Project of
Scientific
and Technologic
Infrastructure of Suzhou
(SZS201905), and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of
Energy Materials for Electric Power (No. 2018B030322001).
Yong Xu acknowledges the start-up supports from Guangdong
University of Technology. Yu Jin, Pengtang Wang and Xinnan
Mao contributed equally to this work.
Keywords: Platinum
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Cadmium
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Top-Down
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Surface
reconstruction • Hydrogenation
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