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The influence of spatial scale of active sites on the catalytic performance: Probing into C2H2 semi-hydrogenation on the Cu and S-modified Cu catalysts

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Synthetic Strategies of Supported Pd-Based Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene: A Review and Perspectives

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C2H2 semi-hydrogenation on the PdxMy cluster/graphdiyne catalysts: Effects of cluster composition and size on the activity and selectivity

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Cu2O-catalyzed C2H2 selective hydrogenation: Use of S for efficiently enhancing C2H4 selectivity and reducing the formation of green oil precursor

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C2H2 semi-hydrogenation over Cu catalysts: Revealing the influence of Cu active site types on the catalytic performance

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Cu Catalysts Doped with a Heteroatom into the Subsurface: Unraveling the Role of Subsurface Chemistry in Tuning the Catalytic Performance of C2H2 Selective Hydrogenation

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C2H2 selective hydrogenation over metal-doped CeO2 catalysts: Unraveling the role of metal and surface frustrated Lewis acid-base pair in tuning catalytic performance

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Density-functional theory study on hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate over copper catalyst: Effect of copper valence state

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The first-principles calculation to predict electroreduction of CO2 to ethanol over Al/Cu(111) bimetallic catalyst

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C2H2 selective hydrogenation over s-doped graphene supported single-atom catalyst: Unraveling the roles of metal type and coordination environment in tuning catalytic performance

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C2H2 semi-hydrogenation on the Pdshell@Mcore (M = Cu, Ag, Au) alloy catalysts: The influence of shell Pd ensemble form on the catalytic activity and selectivity

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C2H2 selective hydrogenation over the single-atom Pt1/Cu catalysts: Unraveling the role of Pt active site type and its coordination environment in regulating catalytic performance

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C2H2 Selective Hydrogenation to C2H4: Engineering the Surface Structure of Pd-Based Alloy Catalysts to Adjust the Catalytic Performance

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The effects of doping metal type and ratio on the catalytic performance of C2H2 semi-hydrogenation over the intermetallic compound-containing Pd catalysts

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A DFT study and microkinetic analysis of CO oxidation to dimethyl oxalate over Pd stripe and Pd single atom-doped Cu(111) surfaces

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