O2 Activation by Metal Surfaces: Implications for Bonding and Reactivity on Heterogeneous Catalysts

MM Montemore, MA Van Spronsen, RJ Madix… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

Influence of solvent structure and hydrogen bonding on catalysis at solid–liquid interfaces

DS Potts, DT Bregante, JS Adams, C Torres… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvent molecules interact with reactive species and alter the rates and selectivities of
catalytic reactions by orders of magnitude. Specifically, solvent molecules can modify the …

The degree of rate control: a powerful tool for catalysis research

CT Campbell - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
The “degree of rate control”(DRC) is a mathematical approach for analyzing multistep
reaction mechanisms that has proven very useful in catalysis research. It identifies the “rate …

Thermochemical aerobic oxidation catalysis in water can be analysed as two coupled electrochemical half-reactions

J Ryu, DT Bregante, WC Howland, RP Bisbey… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Heterogeneous aqueous-phase aerobic oxidations are important catalytic transformations;
however, their mechanisms and the role of O2 remain unclear. Here we show that …

Water Poisons H2 Activation at the Au–TiO2 Interface by Slowing Proton and Electron Transfer between Au and Titania

KB Sravan Kumar, TN Whittaker… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Understanding the dynamic changes at the active site during catalysis is a fundamental
challenge that promises to improve catalytic properties. While performing Arrhenius studies …

Iron species supported on a mesoporous zirconium metal-organic framework for visible light driven synthesis of quinazolin-4 (3H)-ones through one-pot three-step …

MR Ghaleno, M Ghaffari-Moghaddam, M Khajeh… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A bioinspired iron (III) porphyrinic Zr-MOF, PCN-222 (Fe), was modified by post-synthetic
cluster metalation with iron (III) chloride, as a cheap, earth-abundant, and environmentally …

Recent advances in the molecular-level understanding of catalytic hydrogenation and oxidation reactions at metal-aqueous interfaces

Y Gu, L Wang, BQ Xu, H Shi - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid-aqueous interfaces and their associated phenomena (adsorption, nucleation,
corrosion, catalysis, etc.) are ubiquitous in a multitude of chemical systems linking various …

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol on gold: Combination of kinetic experiments and computation approach to unravel the reaction mechanism

E Behravesh, MM Melander, J Wärnå, T Salmi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Selective alcohol dehydrogenation on heterogeneous catalysts is a key industrial reaction
for production of aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic compounds. Design of catalysts with …

Spectroscopic evidence for the involvement of interfacial sites in O–O bond activation over gold catalysts

A Sampath, T Ricciardulli, P Priyadarshini… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Catalytic functions at interfaces between oxides and Au nanoparticles assist the activation of
O2 and H2O2 during selective oxidations. We use in situ surface-enhanced Raman …

A critical assessment of the roles of water molecules and solvated ions in acid-base-catalyzed reactions at solid-water interfaces

X Yang, Z Liu, G Wei, Y Gu, H Shi - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid-aqueous interfaces and phenomena occurring at those interfaces are ubiquitously
found in a plethora of chemical systems. When it comes to heterogeneous catalysis …