Weiye Qu

Oct 3, 2024 | nature.com | Dongrun Xu |Weiye Qu |Liwei Chen |Xingfu Tang |Xi Liu |Guangfeng Wei

AbstractCatalytic activity of metal particles is reported to originate from the appearance of nonmetallic states, but conductive metallic particles, as an electron reservoir, should render electron delivery between reactants more favorably so as to have higher activity. We present that metallic rhodium particle catalysts are highly active in the low-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide, whereas nonmetallic rhodium clusters or monoatoms on alumina remain catalytically inert.