Neutron scattering studies of heterogeneous catalysis

X Yu, Y Cheng, Y Li, F Polo-Garzon, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the structural dynamics/evolution of catalysts and the related surface
chemistry is essential for establishing structure–catalysis relationships, where spectroscopic …

Surface coordination layer passivates oxidation of copper

J Peng, B Chen, Z Wang, J Guo, B Wu, S Hao, Q Zhang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Owing to its high thermal and electrical conductivities, its ductility and its overall non-toxicity,–
, copper is widely used in daily applications and in industry, particularly in anti-oxidation …

Vibrational spectroscopy with neutrons: Recent developments

SF Parker, AJ Ramirez-Cuesta, L Daemen - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this short review, we will briefly summarise the differences between INS spectroscopy and
conventional infrared and Raman spectroscopies. We will illustrate these with the current …

Bifunctional synergy in CO hydrogenation to methanol with supported Cu

ND Nielsen, J Thrane, AD Jensen, JM Christensen - Catalysis Letters, 2020 - Springer
Future energy storage could be distributed at local plants and involve production of
methanol from reaction of sustainably derived hydrogen with CO or CO 2 from locally …

Surface Lewis Acidity of Periphery Oxide Species as a General Kinetic Descriptor for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol on Supported Copper Nanoparticles

J Kim, BB Sarma, E Andrés, N Pfänder… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Oxide-supported copper nanoparticles exhibit promising properties as catalysts for the
selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. Both reaction rate and selectivity depend …

Copper Nanoplates for printing flexible high-temperature conductors

A Sheng, S Khuje, J Yu, T Parker, JY Tsai… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Copper has attracted immense interest in advanced electronics attributed to its abundance
and high electrical and thermal characteristics. However, the ease of oxidation when …

Characterization of oxide-supported Cu by infrared measurements on adsorbed CO

ND Nielsen, TEL Smitshuysen, CD Damsgaard… - Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Infrared spectroscopy on CO chemisorbed on Raney Cu and materials with Cu dispersed as
nanoparticles on oxide supports was used to evaluate support effects on the Cu surface …

The origin of opto-functional enhancement in ZnO/CuO nanoforest structure fabricated by submerged photosynthesis

Y Takahashi, M Jeem, L Zhang, S Watanabe - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Semiconductor hetero-nanostructures are of great interest for practical industry use. In this
report, we demonstrated ZnO/CuO nanoforest (NFRs) fabricated by galvanic submerged …

Mechanistic In Situ ATR-FTIR Studies on the Adsorption and Desorption of Major Intermediates in CO2 Electrochemical Reduction on CuO Nanoparticles

J Hsu, AM Eid, C Randall, MSE Houache… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activities is affecting the ecosystem
and civilization as we know it. CO2 removal from the atmosphere and emission reduction by …

A DFT and KMC based study on the mechanism of the water gas shift reaction on the Pd (100) surface

A Chutia, A Thetford, M Stamatakis… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a combined density functional theory (DFT) and Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC)
study of the water gas shift (WGS) reaction on the Pd (100) surface. We propose a …