Inside Back Cover: Single-Step Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from Syngas over Nanoparticle-Derived Bifunctional Pd/CeO2/Al2O3 Catalysts (Angew. Chem. 16/2025)

Abstract

The single-step syngas-to-dimethyl ether process offers both economic and technical advantages over the current two-step industrial synthesis. A highly active bifunctional Pd/CeO₂/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst is reported by Yuemin Wang, Silke Behrens et al. in their Research Article (e202423273). Pd clusters/particles confined on the nanoparticulate ceria matrix feature abundant interfacial Pd²⁺ sites and adjacent O vacancies, accounting for the superior performance in both activity and stability.