Laihao Luo

Sep 29, 2024 | nature.com | Laihao Luo |Hongliang Li

AbstractAcetone serves as an important solvent and building block for the chemical industry, but the current industrial synthesis of acetone is generally accompanied by the energy-intensive and costly cumene process used for phenol production. Here we propose a sustainable route for acetone synthesis via propane wet reforming at a moderate temperature of 350 oC with the use of platinum-tin nanoparticles supported on γ-aluminium oxide (PtSn/γ-Al2O3) as catalyst.

Sep 8, 2024 | nature.com | Laihao Luo |Hong-Jie Peng |Kun Jiang |Qiu Jiang |Jie Zeng |Tingting Zheng

AbstractMetal hydrides are crucial intermediates in numerous catalytic reactions. Intensive efforts have been dedicated to constructing molecular metal hydrides, where toxic precursors and delicate mediators are usually involved. Herein, we demonstrate a facile pressure-induced methodology to generate a cost-effective heterogeneous electrocatalytic metal hydride surface for sustainable hydrogen transfer.