Table 1 Comparison of acetylene semihydrogenation performance between EAH of NHC–Cu and the reported TAH of thermocatalysts.

From: Efficient electrocatalytic acetylene semihydrogenation by electron–rich metal sites in N–heterocyclic carbene metal complexes

Catalyst

Feed gas composition

T (°C)

SV (mL/gcat/h)

TOF (s−1)

Specific selectivity (%)

Residual C2H2 (p.p.m.)

Stability (h)

Refs.

NHC–Cu

C2H2/C2H4 (1/99)

25

9.6 × 105

2.1 × 10−2

>99

~30

100

This work

Cu1/ND@G

C2H2/C2H4/H2/He (1/20/10/69)

200

3 × 103

1.7 × 10−3

>98

500

60

48

Ni3Ga

C2H2/C2H4/H2/He (0.5/50/10/39.5)

200

4 × 104

1.4 × 10−6

77

500

50

49

Al13Fe

C2H2/C2H4/H2/He (0.5/50/5/44.5)

200

9 × 104

/

82

1000

20

50

Pd/PPS

C2H2/C2H4/H2/C3H8/N2 (0.6/49.3/0.9/0.6/48.6)

100

3.26 × 102

/

>65

60

200

51

Pd@SOD

C2H2/H2/N2 (0.6/6/93.4)

150

3 × 104

/

94.5

12

50

7

Single–atom Pd

C2H2/C2H4/H2/He (0.5/50/5/44.5)

120

1.2 × 103

/

93.4

200

3

52

PdZn@ZIF-8C

C2H2/C2H4/H2/Ar (0.65/50/5/44.35)

115

4.8 × 104

/

80

2200

12

53

Pd–Pt/SiO2

C2H2/C2H4/H2 (1.67/3.33/95)

80

1.35 × 105

/

40

167

/

8

Ni3ZnC0.7

C2H2/C2H4/H2/He (0.5/20/4.5/75)

200

/

/

93

50

12

54

Graphene

C2H2/C2H4/H2/N2 (0.1/0.9/3/94)

110

1.46 × 104

/

92

210

/

55