How catalysts and experimental conditions determine the selective hydroconversion of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

S Chen, R Wojcieszak, F Dumeignil, E Marceau… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural stand out as bridges connecting biomass raw materials
to the biorefinery industry. Their reductive transformations by hydroconversion are key …

Stable and selective catalysts for propane dehydrogenation operating at thermodynamic limit

AH Motagamwala, R Almallahi, J Wortman… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Intentional (“on-purpose”) propylene production through nonoxidative propane
dehydrogenation (PDH) holds great promise for meeting the increasing global demand for …

Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation

Y Ma, S Song, C Liu, L Liu, L Zhang, Y Zhao, X Wang… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
It is a great challenge to regulate the precise placement of confined metal species and
assemble specific structures at the atomic level. Here we report the design and synthesis of …

Structural modulation and direct measurement of subnanometric bimetallic PtSn clusters confined in zeolites

L Liu, M Lopez-Haro, CW Lopes, S Rojas-Buzo… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Modulating the structures of subnanometric metal clusters at the atomic level is a great
synthetic and characterization challenge in catalysis. Here, we show how the catalytic …

Size-specific catalytic activity of platinum clusters enhances oxygen reduction reactions

K Yamamoto, T Imaoka, WJ Chun, O Enoki, H Katoh… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Colloidal platinum nanoparticles with diameters of 2–5 nm on carbon supports are currently
regarded as the best catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. However, the particle size …

Electronic structure of alumina-supported monometallic Pt and bimetallic PtSn catalysts under hydrogen and carbon monoxide environment

J Singh, RC Nelson, BC Vicente, SL Scott… - Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure of supported platinum and platinum–tin nanoparticles was investigated by Pt
L3 high-energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption spectroscopy (HERFD …

Structure and reactivity of Pt–In intermetallic alloy nanoparticles: Highly selective catalysts for ethane dehydrogenation

EC Wegener, Z Wu, HT Tseng, JR Gallagher, Y Ren… - Catalysis Today, 2018 - Elsevier
The structure of silica supported Pt and Pt–In bimetallic catalysts with nominal In: Pt atomic
ratios of 0.7 and 1.4 were determined by in situ synchrotron XAS and XRD. It was seen that …

Ethane dehydrogenation on pt/mg (al) o and ptsn/mg (al) o catalysts

V Galvita, G Siddiqi, P Sun, AT Bell - Journal of Catalysis, 2010 - Elsevier
The dehydrogenation of ethane to ethene on Sn-promoted Pt supported on calcined
hydrotalcite, PtSn/Mg (Al) O, was investigated with the aim of understanding the effects of Sn …

Novel Pt/Mg (In)(Al) O catalysts for ethane and propane dehydrogenation

P Sun, G Siddiqi, WC Vining, M Chi, AT Bell - Journal of catalysis, 2011 - Elsevier
Catalysts for the dehydrogenation of light alkanes were prepared by dispersing Pt on the
surface of a calcined hydrotalcite-like support containing indium, Mg (In)(Al) O. Upon …

Efficient catalytic system for chemoselective hydrogenation of halonitrobenzene to haloaniline using PtZn intermetallic compound

S Iihama, S Furukawa, T Komatsu - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticulate intermetallic PtZn acts as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for
chemoselective hydrogenation of halonitrobenzenes to haloanilines. Chloroanilines …