Argonne researcher Max Delferro enhanced a process for catalytic activity of vanadium for
hydrogenation. The advantage is that if we can make vanadium that is an abundant metal catalytically active there are huge cost savings compared to using noble metals like Platinum or Paladium.
“Getting single-atom vanadium into this special configuration on metal
oxide surfaces is not easy,” Delferro said. “It requires the use of
special synthetic techniques such as surface organometallic chemistry
and atomic layer deposition. However, if we can make vanadium or another
abundant metal as catalytically active as the noble metals, we can
create dramatic cost savings in these very common and commercially
important catalytic processes.” Delferro said in a press release by Argonne (LINK).
Publication: “Isolated, Well-Defined Organovanadium(III) on Silica: Single-Site Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes,” Chemical Communications
Argonne scientists make vanadium into a useful catalyst for hydrogenation https://t.co/CGSnHh0TRB pic.twitter.com/1nHLuOICOw— Science (@scienmag) May 26, 2017
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