A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

Alloys play a crucial role in several heterogeneous catalytic processes, and their
applications are expected to rise rapidly. This is essentially related to the vast number of …

Selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene is an industrially important reaction. Pd-
based catalysts have been proved to be efficient for the acetylene conversion, while …

The intermetallic compounds Pd3Ga7, PdGa, and Pd2Ga are found to be highly selective
semihydrogenation catalysts for acetylene outperforming established systems. The stability …

The effect of various changes to the palladium catalyst during its stabilization in the course of
the selective hydrogenation of ethyne‐ethene mixtures (formation of hydride and carbide …

Developments in the last three decades of kinetics of selective hydrogenation of ethyne in
ethene‐rich streams on palladium catalysts are reviewed. Most of the studies can be …

The selective hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes is a crucial step in the synthesis of fine
chemicals. However, the widely utilized palladium (Pd)‐based catalysts often suffer from …

The structurally well-defined intermetallic compounds PdGa and Pd3Ga7 constitute suitable
catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene. The surface properties of PdGa and …

The kinetics for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene–ethylene mixtures over model Pd
(111) and bimetallic Pd–Ag alloy surfaces were examined using first principles-based kinetic …

Adsorption and co-adsorption of ethylene, acetylene and hydrogen on Pd-Ag particles,
supported on thin alumina films, have been studied by temperature programmed desorption …