Metal Molecules (M-M)

Metal Molecules can be used to prepare heterogeneous, homogeneous, thermo-, photo-, and electro- catalysts.

They are suitable for a broad range of chemical reactions including oxidation, reduction, hydrogenation, and dehydrogenation. Properties can be tuned through choice of Metal, size of Metal Molecule, and choice of support. Benefits include lower activation energies, increased conversion and selectivity, lower temperature and pressure operating conditions, and with exceptionally high stability, at temperatures up to 900 o C, and in the pH range 1-14, and against sintering, and oxidation. Compared to conventional catalysts they are very resistant to typical poisons, such as sulfur, chloride and carbon monoxide.

As Metal Molecules are so small, effectively all surface and no bulk, very small loadings, <1%, can be utilized. Further as Metal Molecule properties are primarily size dependent rather than element dependent, low cost and abundant Copper and Silver Metal Molecules can be used as alternatives to expensive and scarce Platinum group metals with similar results, offering a cost effective and environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional PGM based catalysts.

Metal-Molecules are manufactured by scalable aqueous methods and low-cost raw materials, no “exotic” processing equipment is required. Metal Molecules are deposited onto typical industrial catalyst supports to prepare Metal Molecule Catalysts that look and handle like conventional catalysts, but with improved performance.