A Simulation Study for Trimetallic Nanosized Alloy (Ni, Cu, and Ag) in Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds: A Case Study of “Nitrophenols”

Table 1

Examples of some measured bimetallic and trimetallic systems.

Catalyst (5 wt% loading on alumina)	Time to reach 100% conversion (sec)
	PNP	MNP	ONP
Ni	505	149	80
1Ni:1Cu	426	67	125
2Ni:1Cu	145	23	43
1Ni:2Cu	669	106	197
1Ni:1Ag	403	64	119
1Ni:2Ag	603	96	178
2Ni:1Ag	136	22	40
1Ni:1Cu:1Ag	275	44	81
1Ni:2Cu:1Ag	300	47	89
1Ni:1Cu:2Ag	327	52	96
2Ni:1Cu:1Ag	138	22	41
2Ni:1Cu:2Ag	320	52	95
2Ni:2Cu:1Ag	179	29	53