1 Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica, and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla. Avda. Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. patricia@iiq.csic.es.
2 Department of Material Science and Metallurgic Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cádiz, Spain.
3 IMEYMAT: Institute of Research on Electron Microscopy and Materials of the University of Cádiz, Spain.
4 Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla. Avda. Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
A series of RuSNS nanoparticles, prepared by decomposition of Ru(COD)(COT) with H2 in the presence of an SNS ligand, have been found to catalyse the reduction of the greenhouse gas N2O to N2 employing different hydrosilanes.