In-situ/operando techniques to identify active sites for thermochemical conversion of CO2 over heterogeneous catalysts

K Feng, Y Wang, M Guo, J Zhang, Z Li, T Deng… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of CO 2 to fuels or chemicals is considered to be an effective
pathway to mitigate the greenhouse effect. To develop new types of efficient and durable …

Transition metal carbide catalysts for Upgrading lignocellulosic biomass-derived oxygenates: A review of the experimental and computational investigations into …

D Akmach, S Bathla, CC Tran, S Kaliaguine… - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbide (TMC) catalysts, due to their noble metal like characteristics, have
emerged as potential candidates for the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of biomass derived …

Engineered MoxC/TiO2 interfaces for efficient noble metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen production

Y Wang, L Mino, F Pellegrino, N Homs… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photoinduced hydrogen production is a promising green strategy to store the power from the
Sun as chemical energy. One major challenge is to obtain efficient photocatalytic systems …

Cooperative effects between Ni-Mo alloy sites and defective structures over hierarchical Ni-Mo bimetallic catalysts enable the enhanced hydrodeoxygenation activity

Y Zhang, G Fan, L Yang, L Zheng… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Currently, the rational design of non-noble metal catalysts for highly efficient biomass
upgrading into biofuels and chemicals is quite desired. In this regard, tuning the oxophilic …

Molybdenum Oxycarbide Supported Rh‐Clusters with Modulated Interstitial C–O Microenvironments for Promoting Hydrogen Evolution

W Wang, W Geng, L Zhang, Z Zhao, Z Zhang, T Ma… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tuning the microenvironment and electronic structure of support materials is essential
strategy to induce electron transfer between supports and active centers, which is of great …

Regulating the nanoscale intimacy of metal and acidic sites in Ru/γ-Al2O3 for the selective conversions of lignin-derived phenols to jet fuels

S Chen, W Wang, X Li, P Yan, W Han, T Sheng… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of biomass-derived oxy-compounds to advanced
hydrocarbon fuels usually requires bifunctional catalysts containing metals and acidic sites …

Study of the performance of SiO2-supported Mo2C and metal-promoted Mo2C catalysts for the hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol

LF Sosa, PM de Souza, RA Rafael… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of Mo 2 C, Mo 2 C/SiO 2, Ni-Mo x C y/SiO 2, and Cu-Mo x C y/SiO 2
catalysts for the hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol at 300° C and atmospheric pressure was …

Two-dimensional metal carbides for electro-and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

NS Powar, CB Hiragond, D Bae, SI In - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2022 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional metal carbides have recently emerged as a promising catalyst for photo-
and electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction processes due to their high surface area to volume ratio …

Molybdenum oxide decorated Ru catalyst for enhancement of lignin oil hydrodeoxygenation to hydrocarbons

W Lv, X Hu, Y Zhu, Y Xu, S Liu, P Chen, C Wang… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, the catalysts of ruthenium and molybdenum oxide nanoparticles supported on
activated carbon (AC) were synthesized by precursor stepwise impregnation and employed …

Recent advances in carbon dioxide adsorption, activation and hydrogenation to methanol using transition metal carbides

P Ranjan, VB Saptal, JK Bera - ChemSusChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The inevitable emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the burning of a substantial amount
of fossil fuels has led to serious energy and environmental challenges. Metal‐based …