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ArticleNature communications2025

Optimizing selectivity via steering dominant reaction mechanisms in steam reforming of methanol for hydrogen production.

Mengyuan Zhang, Zhi Liu, Yong Yan, Diru Liu, Guangyan Xu, Yingsheng An, Yingtong Zou, Yunbo Yu, Joseph S Francisco, Hong He

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Mengyuan Zhang *State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhi Liu *State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yong YanGanjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou, China.
Diru LiuState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Guangyan XuState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. gyxu@rcees.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-7517
Yingsheng AnState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yingtong ZouState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yunbo YuState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ybyu@rcees.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2935-0955
Joseph S FranciscoDepartment of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. frjoseph@sas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5461-1486
Hong HeState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8476-8217

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enhancing selectivity towards specific products remains a pivotal challenge in energy catalysis. Herein, we present a strategy to refine selectivity via pathway optimization, exemplified by the rational design of catalysts for methanol steam reforming. Over traditional Pd/ZnO catalysts, the direct decomposition of key intermediates CH

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