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Intermetallic Co3Sn2 catalyst with isolated and electron-rich Co active sites for efficient acetylene semihydrogenation

Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04119H, Communication Nina Fei, Xiaohu Ge, Hao Jiang, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, Yueqiang Cao, Xing-Gui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan A hexagonal Co₃Sn₂ intermetallic catalyst with Sn-isolated, electron-rich Co sites is identified as a high-performance catalyst for acetylene semihydrogenation. Enhanced semihydrogenation is shown to originate from the kinetically favorable desorption...