A general principle to make more efficient catalysts could have great economic implications.
In an advance they consider a breakthrough in computational chemistry research, chemical engineers have developed model of how catalytic reactions work at the atomic scale. This understanding could allow engineers and chemists to develop more efficient catalysts and tune industrial processes -- potentially with enormous energy savings, given that 90% of the products we encounter in our lives are produced, at least partially, via catalysis.
From Science Daily citing Lang Xu, et al., "Formation of active sites on transition metals through reaction-driven migration of surface atoms." 380 (6640) Science 70 (2023) DOI: 10.1126/science.add0089
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