This review covers the structure of, and chemical reactions on, well-defined cerium oxide
surfaces. Ceria, or mixed oxides containing ceria, are critical components in automotive …

Defects at transition metal (TM) and rare earth (RE) oxide surfaces, neutral oxygen
vacancies in particular, play a major role in a variety of technological applications. This is the …

Highly selective oxidation of methane to methanol has long been challenging in catalysis.
Here, we reveal key steps for the promotion of this reaction by water when tuning the …

Because of their excellent properties and extensive applications, ceria nanomaterials have
attracted much attention in recent years. This perspective provides a comprehensive review …

Infrared absorption spectroscopy has proven to be one of the most powerful spectroscopic
techniques available for the characterization of catalytic systems. Although the history of IR …

In this review, we highlight recent progress (2008–2016) in infrared reflection absorption
spectroscopy (IRRAS) studies on oxide powders achieved by using different types of metal …

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy undoubtedly represents one of the most important tools in
catalysis research. In this review, recent catalytic applications of the most popular IR …

Fundamental understandings of surface chemistry and catalysis of solid catalysts are of
great importance for the developments of efficient catalysts and corresponding catalytic …

The atomic and electronic structure of (111),(110), and (100) surfaces of ceria (CeO 2) were
studied using density-functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation. Both …

The development of surface science of solid metal surfaces during the last 50 years has
been intimately connected with heterogeneous catalysis and culminated in the Nobel prize …