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ArticleNature communications2025

Quantifying electronic and geometric effects on the activity of platinum catalysts for water-gas shift.

Xiansheng Li, Xing Wang, Arik Beck, Mikalai Artsiusheuski, Qianyu Liu, Qiang Liu, Henrik Eliasson, Frank Krumeich, Ulrich Aschauer, Giovanni Pizzi and 3 more

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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 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Xiansheng Li *Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Xing Wang *Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3356-9108
Arik BeckInstitute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5267-3141
Mikalai ArtsiusheuskiInstitute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-9568
Qianyu LiuInstitute of Informatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Qiang LiuPaul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Henrik EliassonElectron Microscopy Center, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Frank KrumeichInstitute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-1536
Ulrich AschauerDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-6377
Giovanni PizziPaul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3583-4377
Rolf ErniElectron Microscopy Center, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2391-5943
Jeroen A van BokhovenInstitute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. jeroen.vanbokhoven@chem.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-2284
Luca ArtigliaPaul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. luca.artiglia@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-6447

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 178943Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 187185Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 196381Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 196946Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 205602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unique catalytic activity of small nanoparticles can be attributed to their distinctive electronic structure and/or their ability to expose sites with a unique geometry. Quantifying and distinguishing the contributions of these effects to catalytic performance presents a challenge, given the complexity arising from multiple influencing factors and the lack of a quantitative structure-activity relationship. Here, we show that the intrinsic activity of platinum atoms at the perimeter corner sites is three orders of magnitude higher as a result of an electronic structure effect, with a threshold occurring at an average nanoparticle size of 1-1.5 nm. The contributions to the activity of atomically dispersed platinum, large nanoparticles and sodium-induced support modification are minor. This comprehensive and quantitative structure-activity correlation was demonstrated and verified on real-world Pt/CeO

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PMID40681512
PMCPMC12274351

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