In 2010 the emission of CO2 from anthropic activities amounted at ca. 30000 Mt, 43% of
which was from coal combustion, 36% from oil, and 20% from gas. 1 Growth of consumption …

The need to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is pushing toward
the use of “renewable carbon”, so to avoid as much as possible burning “fossil carbon”. It …

Value-added chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals synthesized by organic transformation
from raw materials via catalytic techniques have attracted enormous attention in the past few …

The growing threat of global climate change has received increasing attention in recent
years. The conversion of CO2 to fuels and chemicals is vital for reducing emissions of …

Dialkyl carbonates are important organic compounds and chemical intermediates with the
label of “green chemicals” due to their moderate toxicity, biodegradability for human health …

Highly thermodynamically stable carbon dioxide is now used industrially as a feedstock for
the carboxylation of four types of reactive substrates. The first category comprises oxygen …

The direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO2 and methanol has recently
attracted much attention because such a process would allow the application of green …

Cerium oxide (CeO2) was recently reported to function as a highly active heterogeneous
catalyst in the flow synthesis of 2-imidazolidinone (EU) without gas-phase CO2 from …

Ceria has been the subject of thorough investigations, mainly because of its use as an active
component of catalytic converters for the treatment of exhaust gases. However, ceria‐based …

This paper describes the synthesis of ceria catalysts with octahedron, nanorod, nanocube
and spindle-like morphologies via a template-free hydrothermal method. The surface …