In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Metal-support interaction for heterogeneous catalysis: from nanoparticles to single atoms

Y Lou, J Xu, Y Zhang, C Pan, Y Dong, Y Zhu - Materials Today Nano, 2020 - Elsevier
With the downsizing of metal sizes (nanoparticles, nanoclusters, and single atoms), the
catalytic behaviors of supported metal species change significantly for various chemical …

Tuning/exploiting strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) in heterogeneous catalysis

CJ Pan, MC Tsai, WN Su, J Rick, NG Akalework… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2017 - Elsevier
Interactions between metals and supports are of fundamental interest in heterogeneous
catalysis. The electronic, geometric and bifunctional effects originating from Strong Metal …

Supervised machine-learning-based determination of three-dimensional structure of metallic nanoparticles

J Timoshenko, D Lu, Y Lin… - The journal of physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tracking the structure of heterogeneous catalysts under operando conditions remains a
challenge due to the paucity of experimental techniques that can provide atomic-level …

Nanocatalysis: size-and shape-dependent chemisorption and catalytic reactivity

BR Cuenya, F Behafarid - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, the field of catalysis has experienced an astonishing transformation, driven
in part by more demanding environmental standards and critical societal and industrial …

Quantum mechanical studies of large metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and clusters

A Fernando, KLDM Weerawardene… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

The effect of gold particle size on AuAu bond length and reactivity toward oxygen in supported catalysts

JT Miller, AJ Kropf, Y Zha, JR Regalbuto, L Delannoy… - Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Au catalysts with different metallic particle sizes and supported on silica, alumina, titania,
zirconia, ceria, and niobia were prepared, and the reduced catalysts were characterized by …

Catalytic conversion of ethane to valuable products through non-oxidative dehydrogenation and dehydroaromatization

H Saito, Y Sekine - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical utilization of ethane to produce valuable chemicals has become especially
attractive since the expanded utilization of shale gas in the United States and associated …

A combined in situ time-resolved UV–Vis, Raman and high-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study on the deactivation behavior of Pt and PtSn …

A Iglesias-Juez, AM Beale, K Maaijen, TC Weng… - Journal of catalysis, 2010 - Elsevier
The catalytic performances of Pt/Al2O3 and Pt–Sn/Al2O3 catalysts for the dehydrogenation
of propane through consecutive reaction–regeneration cycles have been studied under …

Effects of the support on the morphology and electronic properties of supported metal clusters: modern concepts and progress in 1990s

AY Stakheev, LM Kustov - Applied Catalysis A: General, 1999 - Elsevier
Modern trends in studying the influence of the support on the electronic state, morphology,
and catalytic properties of supported metal particles are reviewed. The analysis of new …