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 …

Liquid-phase effects on adsorption processes in heterogeneous catalysis

M Zare, MS Saleheen, N Singh, MJ Uline, M Faheem… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aqueous solvation free energies of adsorption have recently been measured for phenol
adsorption on Pt (111). Endergonic solvent effects of∼ 1 eV suggest solvents dramatically …

Carboxylic Acid Decarbonylation on Nickel: The Critical Role of the Acid Binding Geometry

KR Rao, RB Pace, H Suarez, E Santillan-Jimenez… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although renewable energy sources like solar and wind provide alternatives to fossil fuels
for electricity generation, liquid transportation fuels are still required for marine and aviation …

Effects of solvents on adsorption energies: a general bond-additivity model

J Akinola, CT Campbell, N Singh - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While a vast body of knowledge exists about adsorption energies of catalytic reaction
intermediates on solid surfaces in gas or vacuum conditions based on experimental studies …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling competitive adsorption phenomena in the aqueous phase reforming of carboxylic acids on Pt catalysts: An experimental and theoretical study

G Pipitone, AJR Hensley, A Omoniyi, G Zoppi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biorefinery-derived wastewater is considered a valuable source of energy and chemicals
thanks to its organic loading. However, it is constituted by different compounds which …

Understanding the influence of solvents on the Pt-catalyzed hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol

M Saleheen, O Mamun, AM Verma, D Sahsah… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bio-oil derived from fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass needs to be deoxygenated to
become a substitute for petroleum fuels. Here, we study the hydrodeoxygenation …

Dependency of solvation effects on metal identity in surface reactions

M Zare, M Saleheen, SK Kundu… - Communications Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Solvent interactions with adsorbed moieties involved in surface reactions are often believed
to be similar for different metal surfaces. However, solvents alter the electronic structures of …

Investigation of Ethane Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis on Pt (111), Pt (211), and Pt (100): Bayesian Quantification and Correction of DFT-Based Enthalpic and …

M Bello, OH Bamidele, G Terejanu, A Heyden - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Computational investigations of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions using density
functional theory (DFT) are often inaccurate, largely due to uncertainties in the choice of DFT …

Ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of acetic acid thermal decomposition on Pd (111)

HKK Nguyen, R Addou, KC Chukwu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acetic acid on Pd (111) is an excellent model system to study the effect of water on thermal
decomposition of fatty acids and other oxygenates. Acetic acid is a simple molecule that has …

Computational Investigation of the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Propanoic Acid over a Cu (111) Surface

B Rajbanshi, W Yang, A Yonge, SK Kundu… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cu-based alloy catalysts have recently been investigated experimentally for the
hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of biomass-derived organic acids. Here, the HDO of propanoic …