Kitchen foil inspired aluminium compound could replace platinum and palladium in key industrial catalysts

Researchers built an aluminium catalyst rivaling rare metals

Researchers from King’s College London and Trinity College Dublin say they’ve developed cyclotrialumane, a new aluminium compound that could act as a substitute for pricey platinum and palladium in industrial catalysts. Published in Nature Communications, the finding points to potentially cheaper, cleaner, and more sustainable manufacturing—if scaled beyond the lab.