• Combined experimental and theoretical study of acetylene semi-hydrogenation over Pd/Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub> 

      Goncalves, Liliana PL; Wang, Jianguang; Vinati, Simone; Barborini, Emanuele; Wei, Xian-Kui; Heggen, Marc; Franco, Miguel; Sousa, Juliana PS; Petrovykh, Dmitri Y; Soares, Olívia Salomé Gonçalves Pinto; Kovnir, Kirill; Akola, Jaakko; Kolen'ko, Yury V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The semi-hydrogenation of acetylene (C2H2 + H2 = C2H4, ΔH = −172 kJ mol−1) is a well-studied reaction that is important for purification of ethylene, C2H4, feed used in polyethylene production. Pd-based catalysts are most ...