A mini review of in situ near-ambient pressure XPS studies on non-noble, late transition metal catalysts

L Zhong, D Chen, S Zafeiratos - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing prices of noble metals and the progress in synthesis of nanomaterials,
non-noble transition metal catalysts have gained considerable interest in heterogeneous …

Synchrotron soft X‐ray absorption spectroscopy study of carbon and silicon nanostructures for energy applications

J Zhong, H Zhang, X Sun, ST Lee - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon and silicon materials are two of the most important materials involved in the history
of the science and technology development. In the last two decades, C and Si nanoscale …

Operando surface studies on metal-oxide interfaces of bimetal and mixed catalysts

J Kim, H Choi, D Kim, JY Park - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The formation of metal-oxide interfaces in catalytic systems exhibits a synergistic
phenomenon between metal and reducible oxides, often referred to as the strong metal …

Nanocatalysis I: synthesis of metal and bimetallic nanoparticles and porous oxides and their catalytic reaction studies

K An, GA Somorjai - Catalysis Letters, 2015 - Springer
In recent heterogeneous catalysis, much effort has been made in understanding how the
size, shape, and composition of nanoparticles and oxide-metal interfaces affect catalytic …

A new strategy to transform mono and bimetallic non-noble metal nanoparticles into highly active and chemoselective hydrogenation catalysts

L Liu, F Gao, P Concepción, A Corma - Journal of Catalysis, 2017 - Elsevier
A new strategy to transform non-noble metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) into highly active
and selective metallic NPs as hydrogenation catalysts by a simple carbon coating process …

Dynamic (Sub) surface‐Oxygen Enables Highly Efficient Carbonyl‐Coupling for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

YC Chu, KH Chen, CW Tung, HC Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, high‐valent Cu species (ie, Cuδ+) are clarified to enhance multi‐carbon
production in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nonetheless, the …

Metal–organic-framework-derived Co/Cu–Carbon nanoparticle catalysts for furfural hydrogenation

KW Golub, TP Sulmonetti, LA Darunte… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The transformation of Co, Cu, and mixed Co/Cu MOF-74 crystals into bimetallic, carbon-
supported Co–Cu catalysts is investigated via high-temperature pyrolysis. Mixed-metal …

In Situ Spectroscopic Investigation into the Active Sites for Crotonaldehyde Hydrogenation at the Pt Nanoparticle–Co3O4 Interface

G Kennedy, G Melaet, HL Han, WT Ralston… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde by platinum nanoparticles supported on cobalt oxide
was used as a reaction to probe the effect of the interface between the two materials on the …

The Effect of Copper Loading on Iron Carbide Formation and Surface Species in Iron‐Based Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts

D Peña, L Jensen, A Cognigni, R Myrstad… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of copper as promoter on iron carbide formation and the nature of surface species
on iron‐based catalyst during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was investigated. Iron …

Co–Cu nanoparticles: synthesis by galvanic replacement and phase rearrangement during catalytic activation

R Nafria, A Genc, M Ibanez, J Arbiol… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
The control of the phase distribution in multicomponent nanomaterials is critical to optimize
their catalytic performance. In this direction, while impressive advances have been achieved …