Unconventional low temperature decomposition of a saturated hydrocarbon over atomically-dispersed titanium-aluminum-boron catalyst

Homogeneous Pt-group metal-based complexes make up the majority of C-H bond activation catalysts, but they are characterized by high cost and low abundance. Here, the authors report atomically dispersed titanium-aluminum-boron nanopowder for low-temperature catalytic activation of aliphatic C-H bonds via the element-specific cooperative mechanistic roles.