Gaining insight into the mode of operation of heterogeneous catalysts is of great scientific
and economic interest. Raman spectroscopy has proven its potential as a powerful …

Because of their extensive use as chemical building blocks, light olefins, such as propylene
(propene) and ethylene (ethene), are among the most important types of compounds in the …

The exothermic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane reaction to generate propene has the
potential to be a game-changing technology in the chemical industry. However, even after …

Defect sites play an essential role in ceria catalysis. In this study, ceria nanocrystals with well-
defined surface planes have been synthesized and utilized for studying defect sites with …

Supported VO x catalysts are promising for use in propane dehydrogenation (PDH) because
of the relatively superior activity and stable performance upon regeneration. However, the …

Supported vanadium oxides are one of the most promising alternative catalysts for propane
dehydrogenation (PDH) and efforts have been made to improve its catalytic performance …

Oxygen chemistry plays a pivotal role in numerous chemical reactions. In particular,
selective cleavage of C–H bonds by metal oxo species is highly desirable in …

This Account first gives a historical overview of the development of octahedral molecular
sieve (OMS) and octahedral layer (OL) materials based on porous mixed-valent manganese …

The OH groups on the Zr-based nodes of ultrastable UiO-66 can be metallated with VV ions
in a facile fashion to give the derivative VUiO-66. This metallated MOF exhibits high stability …

Resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy has several advantages over the normal Raman
spectroscopy (RS) widely used for in situ characterization of solid catalysts and catalytic …