Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

Computational methods in heterogeneous catalysis

BWJ Chen, L Xu, M Mavrikakis - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The unprecedented ability of computations to probe atomic-level details of catalytic systems
holds immense promise for the fundamentals-based bottom-up design of novel …

Metal catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis: from single atoms to nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show
different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown …

Transition metal nanoparticles as nanocatalysts for Suzuki, Heck and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions

M Ashraf, MS Ahmad, Y Inomata, N Ullah… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transition metal (TM) catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are the utmost versatile and
reliable methods for the production of many industrially important fine chemicals. The …

Seed‐mediated growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals

Y Xia, KD Gilroy, HC Peng, X Xia - … Chemie International Edition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

Nanocatalysis by noble metal nanoparticles: controlled synthesis for the optimization and understanding of activities

TS Rodrigues, AGM da Silva… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble-metal nanoparticles have been widely employed in catalysis. As catalytic properties
are dependent on their physical/chemical parameters, strategies for their controlled …

Methods and strategies for the synthesis of diverse nanoparticles and their applications: a comprehensive overview

C Dhand, N Dwivedi, XJ Loh, ANJ Ying, NK Verma… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Ongoing advances in nanotechnology research have established a variety of methods to
synthesize nanoparticles (NPs) from a diverse range of materials, including metals …

Heterogeneous selective oxidation over supported metal catalysts: From nanoparticles to single atoms

H Yang, G Li, G Jiang, Z Zhang, Z Hao - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective catalytic oxidation plays a crucial role in both fine chemical and petrochemical
industries for the production of significant intermediates, however, it remains challenging to …

Shape-controlled synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals: thermodynamic versus kinetic products

Y Xia, X Xia, HC Peng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Perspective provides a contemporary understanding of the shape evolution of colloidal
metal nanocrystals under thermodynamically and kinetically controlled conditions. It has …