Size-selective hydrogenation at the subnanometer scale over platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in silicalite-1 single crystal hollow shells

Shiwen Li; Tommy Boucheron; Alain Tuel; David Farrusseng; Frederic Meunier

doi:10.1039/c3cc48648f

Size-selective hydrogenation at the subnanometer scale over platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in silicalite-1 single crystal hollow shells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 21;50(15):1824-6. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48648f. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

Authors

Shiwen Li¹, Tommy Boucheron, Alain Tuel, David Farrusseng, Frederic Meunier

Affiliation

¹ Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Lyon 1, CNRS 2, Av. Albert Einstein F-69626, Villeurbanne, France. frederic.meunier@ircelyon.univ-lyon1.fr.

PMID: 24398573
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48648f

Abstract

Highly controlled "ship-in-a-bottle" platinum nanoparticles in silicalite-1 hollow single crystals have been prepared. This catalyst is highly active for toluene hydrogenation but shows no activity for the hydrogenation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene.