Dilute alloys based on Au, Ag, or Cu for efficient catalysis: from synthesis to active sites

JD Lee, JB Miller, AV Shneidman, L Sun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of new catalyst materials for energy-efficient chemical synthesis is critical
as over 80% of industrial processes rely on catalysts, with many of the most energy-intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing complexity in catalyst design: From volcanos and scaling to more sophisticated design strategies

SM Stratton, S Zhang, MM Montemore - Surface Science Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Volcano plots and scaling relations are commonly used to design catalysts and understand
catalytic behavior. These plots are a useful tool due to their robust and simple analysis of …

Hierarchical Nanospheres with Polycrystalline Ir&Cu and Amorphous Cu2O toward Energy‐Efficient Nitrate Electrolysis to Ammonia

MA Akram, B Zhu, J Cai, S Qin, X Hou, P Jin, F Wang… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical reduction reaction of nitrate (NITRR) provides a sustainable route toward
the green synthesis of ammonia. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to achieve high …

Mechanistic insights into nonoxidative ethanol dehydrogenation on NiCu single-atom alloys

DA Patel, G Giannakakis, G Yan, HT Ngan, P Yu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ethanol dehydrogenation presents a promising pathway toward the production of
acetaldehyde, a valuable building block in chemicals production. Under nonoxidative …

High-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy

M Salmeron, B Eren - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This is a Review of recent studies on surface structures of crystalline materials in the
presence of gases in the mTorr to atmospheric pressure range, which brings surface science …

Methanol decomposition on copper surfaces under ambient conditions: mechanism, surface kinetics, and structure sensitivity

R Ben David, A Ben Yaacov, AR Head, B Eren - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we study the adsorption of methanol vapor under ambient pressure and temperature
conditions on low-index Cu surfaces using surface-sensitive infrared (IR) and X-ray …

Unveiling alloying effects on the catalytic activities of Cu3Pt and Cu3Pd for nonoxidative dehydrogenation and esterification of ethanol

R Wu, L Wang - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the alloying effects of the Cu catalyst, we performed extensive density
functional theory (DFT) calculations to study the reaction mechanisms of ethanol …

In Situ Studies of Methanol Decomposition Over Cu(111) and Cu2O/Cu(111): Effects of Reactant Pressure, Surface Morphology, and Hot Spots of Active Sites

I Orozco, E Huang, M Mahapatra, R Shi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The dissociative adsorption of methanol was investigated on Cu (111) and ultrathin Cu2O
films. We employed synchrotron-based Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy …

Catalytic membrane nano reactor with Cu/ZnO in situ immobilized in membrane pores for methanol dehydrogenation to formaldehyde

Y Wang, S Fan, Z Xiao, Z Mai, K Bai, J Chen… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
A catalytic membrane nano reactor (CMNR) with deep-permeation nanocomposite structure
(DPNS) has been fabricated by flowing synthesis for methanol dehydrogenation to …

Interfacial tandem catalysis for ethylene carbonylation and C–C coupling to 3-pentanone on Rh/ceria

Q Guo, Y Wang, J Han, J Zhang, F Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alkene carbonylation holds the promise to provide atom-efficient, clean routes for the
production of ester, aldehyde, amide, etc., and CO insertion followed by C–C bond coupling …