Surface chemistry and catalysis of oxide model catalysts from single crystals to nanocrystals

S Chen, F Xiong, W Huang - Surface Science Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Fundamental understandings of surface chemistry and catalysis of solid catalysts are of
great importance for the developments of efficient catalysts and corresponding catalytic …

Molecular-Level Insights into Photocatalysis from Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies on TiO2(110)

MA Henderson, I Lyubinetsky - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
The field of heterogeneous photocatalysis has grown considerably in the decades since
Fujishima and Honda's ground-breaking publications on photoelectrochemistry on TiO2. 1 …

Spectroscopic Observation of Dual Catalytic Sites During Oxidation of CO on a Au/TiO2 Catalyst

IX Green, W Tang, M Neurock, JT Yates Jr - Science, 2011 - science.org
The prevailing view of CO oxidation on gold-titanium oxide (Au/TiO2) catalysts is that the
reaction occurs on metal sites at the Au/TiO2 interface. We observed dual catalytic sites at …

O2 Activation on Ceria Catalysts—The Importance of Substrate Crystallographic Orientation

C Yang, X Yu, S Heißler, PG Weidler… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An atomic‐level understanding of dioxygen activation on metal oxides remains one of the
major challenges in heterogeneous catalysis. By performing a thorough surface‐science …

Molecular Oxygen Adsorption Behaviors on the Rutile TiO2(110)-1×1 Surface: An in Situ Study with Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

S Tan, Y Ji, Y Zhao, A Zhao, B Wang… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A knowledge of adsorption behaviors of oxygen on the model system of the reduced rutile
TiO2 (110)-1× 1 surface is of great importance for an atomistic understanding of many …

Surface chemistry of TiO 2 connecting thermal catalysis and photocatalysis

L Wu, C Fu, W Huang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions catalyzed under heterogeneous conditions have recently expanded
rapidly from traditional thermal catalysis to photocatalysis due to the rising concerns about …

CO dissociation activated through electron attachment on the reduced rutile TiO(110)-11 surface

S Tan, Y Zhao, J Zhao, Z Wang, C Ma, A Zhao… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
Converting CO 2 to useful compounds through the solar photocatalytic reduction has been
one of the most promising strategies for artificial carbon recycling. The highly relevant …

CO Oxidation at Rutile TiO2(110): Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Titanium Interstitials

YY Yu, XQ Gong - ACS Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present a detailed investigation of the adsorption and oxidation of CO by O2 at rutile
TiO2 (110). PBE, PBE+ U, and PBE+ UD methods were tested in calculations to allow a …

Rutile surface properties beyond the single crystal approach: new insights from the experimental investigation of different polycrystalline samples and periodic DFT …

L Mino, G Spoto, S Bordiga… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The relationships between particle morphology and surface properties for different kinds of
rutile polycrystalline samples have been thoroughly investigated, combining FTIR …

Direct Observation of Site-Specific Molecular Chemisorption of O2 on TiO2(110)

ZT Wang, Y Du, Z Dohnálek… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Molecularly chemisorbed O2 species were directly imaged on reduced TiO2 (110) at 50 K
with high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Two different O2 adsorption …