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ArticleACS catalysis2025

Engineering Catalytic Efficiency by Thiolate-Protected Trimetallic (Cu, Pd, Au) Nanoclusters: Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift.

Stephan Pollitt, Thomas Haunold, Sakiat Hossain, Gereon Behrendt, Michael Stöger-Pollach, Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Noelia Barrabés, Malte Behrens, Yuichi Negishi, Günther Rupprechter

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Article in ACS catalysis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Trimetallic Single-Atom Alloys: Active Site Synergy or Most Reactive Atom Dominance? The Case of RhPtCu(111).The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2026
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10 authors.

Stephan PollittInstitute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BC, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
Thomas HaunoldInstitute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BC, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
Sakiat HossainDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
Gereon BehrendtInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3730-967X
Michael Stöger-PollachUniversity Service Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy (USTEM), TU Wien, Stadionallee 2/057-02, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Tokuhisa KawawakiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-8964
Noelia BarrabésInstitute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BC, 1060 Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-3115
Malte BehrensInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-5011
Yuichi NegishiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1399
Günther RupprechterInstitute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BC, 1060 Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8040-1677

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Abstract

The "crude oil exodus" and energy transition will finally hinge on the availability of hydrogen. Catalytic processes like the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction may significantly contribute to its production and become crucial for utilizing alternative feedstocks. This work demonstrates how thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters can be employed as precursors for single-atom alloy (SAA) catalysts. The clusters serve as carriers of heteroatom dopants (Cu, Pd) while precisely maintaining 25 metal atoms per cluster (<1 nm). Using the 2PET ligand during synthesis led to high yield and cluster stability, but ligand exchange was required to link clusters to a ZnO support efficiently. Introducing pMBA as a ligand enabled a homogeneous cluster distribution on the ZnO surface, creating a well-defined catalyst with dual functionality. This SAA catalyst, outperforming a Cu/ZnO/Al

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single-atom alloy catalystsSMSIthiolate-protected nanoclusterstrimetallic nanoclusterswater−gas shift reaction

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