Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W Jing, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Methane oxidation to methanol

NF Dummer, DJ Willock, Q He, MJ Howard… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The direct transformation of methane to methanol remains a significant challenge for
operation at a larger scale. Central to this challenge is the low reactivity of methane at …

Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts

Y Guo, M Wang, Q Zhu, D Xiao, D Ma - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
A large family of heterogeneous catalytic reactions require active sites with more than one
metal atom, that is, an ensemble of metal atoms. The ensemble requirement, which refers to …

The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis

C Vogt, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods
surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near …

Stabilizing Cu2+ Ions by Solid Solutions to Promote CO2 Electroreduction to Methane

X Zhou, J Shan, L Chen, BY Xia, T Ling… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Copper is the only metal catalyst that can perform the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction
(CRR) to produce hydrocarbons and oxygenates. Its surface oxidation state determines the …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation

Z Sun, CK Russell, KJ Whitty, EG Eddings, J Dai… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modulating anionic oxygen in metal oxides offers exceptional opportunities for energy
material synthesis via redox looping; however, several challenges such as overoxidation …

Oxo dicopper anchored on carbon nitride for selective oxidation of methane

P Xie, J Ding, Z Yao, T Pu, P Zhang, Z Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Selective conversion of methane (CH4) into value-added chemicals represents a grand
challenge for the efficient utilization of rising hydrocarbon sources. We report here dimeric …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2

J Mao, H Liu, X Cui, Y Zhang, X Meng, Y Zheng… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Conversion of methane to value-added chemicals at low temperature by directly using
inexpensive O2 as oxidant offers an ideal route for methane utilization but remains a great …