Al-Ni-Co quasicrystalline melt-spun alloy - microstructure and catalytic properties

<p>This set contains supplementary data for the work: Al-Ni-Co decagonal quasicrystal application as an energy-effective catalyst<br>for phenylacetylene hydrogenation, Sustainable Materials and Technologies 41 (2024) e01055, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01055</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>SEM BSE images present the microstructure of the cross-section of the ribbon.</p> <p>MS_Surf images show the surface of the ribbons acquired using an optical microscope.</p> <p>TEM images were named as follows:</p> <p>ms_ribb - melt-spun ribbon</p> <p>nabh4_ribb - ribbon cleaned with NaBH4 aqueous solution</p> <p>liq_ribb - ribbon recovered after phenylacetylene hydrogenation reaction&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="../api/records/13371995/draft/files/phenylacetylene%20hydrogenation%20reactions.ods/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">phenylacetylene hydrogenation reactions.ods</a> - Reaction course of phenylacetylene hydrogenation reactions with new portions of catalyst. Chemical composition of the reaction mixture was evaluated using the gas chromatography method.</p> <p>XPS spectra were collected for surfaces of ribbons in a melt-spun form and recovered after the phenylacetylene hydrogenation reaction.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The material preparation and microstructural analyses were performed at the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.</p> <p>The experimental procedure for material preparation, instrumentation, data collection and results analysis were described in the work: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01055</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Preparation of materials: Amelia Zięba</p> <p>TEM images collection (FEI&nbsp;Tecnai G2, ThermoFisher Titan Themis G2 200 Probe Cs-Corrected): Amelia Zięba, Lidia Lityńska-Dobrzyńska</p> <p>SEM images acquisition (FEI E-SEM XL-30): Amelia Zięba</p> <p>Catalytic performance tests: Dorota Duraczyńska</p> <p>XPS study: Mateusz Marzec</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></em></p> <p><strong><em>The work was financially supported by the National Science Centre (NCN), Poland, project No. 2021/41/N/ST8/02533.</em></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>