Organic chemistry on solid surfaces

Z Ma, F Zaera - Surface science reports, 2006 - Elsevier
Chemistry on solid surfaces is central to many areas of practical interest such as
heterogeneous catalysis, tribology, electrochemistry, and materials processing. With the …

Mechanism of Methanol Synthesis on Cu through CO2 and CO Hydrogenation

LC Grabow, M Mavrikakis - Acs Catalysis, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a comprehensive mean-field microkinetic model for the methanol synthesis and
water-gas-shift (WGS) reactions that includes novel reaction intermediates, such as formic …

Catalyst Selection over an Electrochemical Reductive Coupling Reaction toward Direct Electrosynthesis of Oxime from NOx and Aldehyde

W Chen, Y Wu, Y Jiang, G Yang, Y Li, L Xu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aqueous electrochemical coupling reactions, which enable the green synthesis of complex
organic compounds, will be a crucial tool in synthetic chemistry. However, a lack of informed …

Methanol decomposition on Cu (111): a DFT study

J Greeley, M Mavrikakis - Journal of Catalysis, 2002 - Elsevier
Self-consistent periodic DFT–GGA calculations are used to investigate the methanol
decomposition pathway on both equilibrium and stretched Cu (111) surfaces. The …

Water co-catalyzed selective dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde and hydrogen

J Shan, FR Lucci, J Liu, M El-Soda, MD Marcinkowski… - Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The non-oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde is considered a promising
method to produce formaldehyde and clean hydrogen gas. Although Cu-based catalysts …

Model studies with gold: a versatile oxidation and hydrogenation catalyst

M Pan, J Gong, G Dong, CB Mullins - Accounts of Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Historically, scientists have considered gold an inert catalyst constituent. However, in recent
decades, chemists have discovered that nanoscale gold shows exceptional activity for many …

Molecular-scale perspective of water-catalyzed methanol dehydrogenation to formaldehyde

MB Boucher, MD Marcinkowski, ML Liriano… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Methanol steam reforming is a promising reaction for on-demand hydrogen production.
Copper catalysts have excellent activity and selectivity for methanol conversion to hydrogen …

Surface structure dependence of the dry dehydrogenation of alcohols on Cu (111) and Cu (110)

ZT Wang, Y Xu, M El-Soda, FR Lucci… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols is considered as an important method to
produce aldehydes for the chemical industry and hydrogen gas. However, current industrial …

Ethanol Decomposition: C C Cleavage Selectivity on Rh (111)

E Vesselli, A Baraldi, G Comelli, S Lizzit… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Ethanol adsorption, desorption and decomposition on Rh (111) have been studied by X‐ray
photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature‐programmed desorption experiments. The …

Carbon− carbon bond formation on model titanium oxide surfaces: identification of surface reaction intermediates by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy

H Qiu, H Idriss, Y Wang, C Wöll - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The interaction of CH2O with perfect and defective TiO2 (110) surfaces (produced by
overannealing and Ar ion sputtering methods) was studied by thermal desorption …