Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

J Pang, RG Mendes, A Bachmatiuk, L Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

The significance of properly reporting turnover frequency in electrocatalysis research

S Anantharaj, PE Karthik, S Noda - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, turnover frequency (TOF) has served as an accurate descriptor of the intrinsic
activity of a catalyst, including those in electrocatalytic reactions involving both fuel …

The state of zinc in methanol synthesis over a Zn/ZnO/Cu (211) model catalyst

P Amann, B Klötzer, D Degerman, N Köpfle, T Götsch… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The active chemical state of zinc (Zn) in a zinc-copper (Zn-Cu) catalyst during carbon
dioxide/carbon monoxide (CO2/CO) hydrogenation has been debated to be Zn oxide (ZnO) …

Solid–vapor interface engineered covalent organic framework membranes for molecular separation

NA Khan, R Zhang, H Wu, J Shen, J Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with intrinsic, tunable, and uniform pores are potent
building blocks for separation membranes, yet poor processing ability and long processing …

Water at interfaces

O Björneholm, MH Hansen, A Hodgson… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interfaces of neat water and aqueous solutions play a prominent role in many
technological processes and in the environment. Examples of aqueous interfaces are …

Subsurface oxide plays a critical role in CO2 activation by Cu(111) surfaces to form chemisorbed CO2, the first step in reduction of CO2

M Favaro, H Xiao, T Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A national priority is to convert CO2 into high-value chemical products such as liquid fuels.
Because current electrocatalysts are not adequate, we aim to discover new catalysts by …

Tuning redox transitions via inductive effect in metal oxides and complexes, and implications in oxygen electrocatalysis

DA Kuznetsov, B Han, Y Yu, RR Rao, J Hwang… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
The reduction and oxidation (redox) of transition metals allow storing charge/energy in Li-ion
batteries and electrochemical capacitors and play an important role in catalysis of …

The Role of In Situ/Operando IR Spectroscopy in Unraveling Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Catalysis

E Groppo, S Rojas-Buzo, S Bordiga - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysts undergo thermal-and/or adsorbate-induced dynamic changes
under reaction conditions, which consequently modify their catalytic behavior. Hence, it is …

The dynamics of overlayer formation on catalyst nanoparticles and strong metal-support interaction

A Beck, X Huang, L Artiglia, M Zabilskiy, X Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysts play a pivotal role in the chemical industry. The strong metal-
support interaction (SMSI), which affects the catalytic activity, is a phenomenon researched …