Cu-based nanocatalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2

H Xie, T Wang, J Liang, Q Li, S Sun - Nano Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding CO 2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) and developing robust catalysts for
selective CO2RR is key to closing carbon cycle and to achieving energy sustainability with …

Reactivity of metal clusters

Z Luo, AW Castleman Jr, SN Khanna - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Ligand Design in Atomically Precise Copper Nanoclusters and Their Application in Electrocatalytic Reactions

Y Liu, J Yu, Y Lun, Y Wang, Y Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) are compositionally well‐defined and also structurally precise
materials with unique molecule‐like properties and discrete electronic energy levels …

Copper Cluster Size Effect in Methanol Synthesis from CO2

B Yang, C Liu, A Halder, EC Tyo… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Size-selected Cu n catalysts (n= 3, 4, 20) were synthesized on Al2O3 thin films using mass-
selected cluster deposition. A systematic study of size and support effects was carried out for …

CO2 Methanation on Cu-Cluster Decorated Zirconia Supports with Different Morphology: A Combined Experimental In Situ GIXANES/GISAXS, Ex Situ XPS and …

A Halder, C Lenardi, J Timoshenko, A Mravak… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Subnanometer copper tetramer–zirconia catalysts turn out to be highly efficient for CO2
hydrogenation and its conversion to methane. The cluster size and substrate morphology …

From isolated ions to multilayer functional materials using ion soft landing

J Laskin, GE Johnson, J Warneke… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to deposit intact polyatomic ions with well‐defined composition, charge state, and
kinetic energy onto surfaces makes preparative mass spectrometry, also called ion soft …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges for catalysis in the Science and Technology Roadmap on Catalysis for Europe: moving ahead for a sustainable future

P Lanzafame, S Perathoner, G Centi, S Gross… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective discusses the general concepts that will guide future catalysis and related
grand challenges based on the Science and Technology Roadmap on Catalysis for Europe …

Exploring the Catalytic Properties of Unsupported and TiO2-Supported Cu5 Clusters: CO2 Decomposition to CO and CO2 Photoactivation

P López-Caballero, AW Hauser… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, we explore the decomposition of CO2 on unsupported and TiO2-supported Cu5
clusters via computational modeling, using both finite cluster and periodic slab structures of …

Electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 on size-selected nanoclusters of first-row transition metal nanoclusters: a comprehensive mechanistic investigation

RK Raju, P Rodriguez, EN Brothers - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recycling CO2 back to fuels offers an ideal solution to control anthropogenic global CO2
emissions as well as providing a sustainable green solution to alternative energy resources …

Activation of CO 2 by supported Cu clusters

SK Iyemperumal, NA Deskins - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to useful chemicals is a potent way to mitigate this
greenhouse gas, but the challenge lies in finding active reduction catalysts. Using density …