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Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7(20), p. 4641-4645

DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00071a

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Thermal activation of methane by vanadium boride cluster cations VBn+ (n = 3–6)

Journal article published in 2018 by Qiang Chen ORCID, Yan-Xia Zhao, Li-Xue Jiang, Hai-Fang Li, Jiao Chen, Ting Zhang, Qing-Yu Liu, Sheng-Gui He
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Abstract

A new type of active species, transition metal boride cluster cations [VBn+ (n = 3–6)], has been experimentally identified to dehydrogenate methane under thermal collision conditions. The B3 unit in VB3+ cluster is polarized by the V+ cation to activate CH4.