Blueprint from the interior of a catalyst

Irregularities in industrial catalysts can inhibit the conversion of crude oil, Utrecht University chemists have concluded. They were the first to provide a detailed blueprint of the interior of a commercially used catalyst for e.g. the production of transportation fuels from crude oil. They discovered a large number of dead ends. Their findings can contribute to the development of new and improved catalytic materials for the chemical industry. The study has been online published in the scientific journal Nature Materials.

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