Photocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia: Insights into the role of defect engineering in photocatalysts

H Shen, M Yang, L Hao, J Wang, J Strunk, Z Sun - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Engineering of defects in semiconductors provides an effective protocol for improving
photocatalytic N 2 conversion efficiency. This review focuses on the state-of-the-art progress …

Defect engineering and characterization of active sites for efficient electrocatalysis

X Yan, L Zhuang, Z Zhu, X Yao - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis plays a decisive role in various energy-related applications. Engineering the
active sites of electrocatalysts is an important aspect to promote their catalytic performance …

Engineering CeO2 configurations to regulate the CuOx dispersion and switch pathways of preferential CO oxidation

J Ding, C Xu, G Fan, T Naren, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Constructing highly dispersed catalysts is of tremendous interest for catalysis. However, the
mechanism and avenue to tune dispersive behavior and thus reactivity of supported …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Zr-and Ce-doped indium oxide

F Salomone, E Sartoretti, S Ballauri, M Castellino… - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, climate change has become a major issue that needs to be addressed.
Many efforts have been made on the reduction of CO 2 emissions and its conversion in …

Toward informed design of nanomaterials: a mechanistic analysis of structure–property–function relationships for faceted nanoscale metal oxides

HE Rudel, MKM Lane, CL Muhich, JB Zimmerman - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale metal oxides (NMOs) have found wide-scale applicability in a variety of
environmental fields, particularly catalysis, gas sensing, and sorption. Facet engineering, or …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of Cu-doped ceria through a combined spectroscopic approach: Involvement of different catalytic sites in CO oxidation

E Sartoretti, C Novara, MC Paganini, M Chiesa… - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Copper-ceria mixed oxides are widely considered promising catalysts for oxidation
reactions, especially when the participation of lattice oxygen is required. However, the …

A high entropy oxide designed to catalyze CO oxidation without precious metals

C Riley, A De La Riva, JE Park… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The chemical complexity of single-phase multicationic oxides, commonly termed high
entropy oxides (HEOs), enables the integration of conventionally incompatible metal cations …

Praseodymium doping in ceria-supported palladium nanocatalysts as an effective strategy to minimize the inhibiting effects of water during methane oxidation

S Ballauri, E Sartoretti, M Hu, C D'Agostino, Z Ge… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study reports an improved design for Pd/Ce-Pr catalysts. Pd-impregnated
nanostructured ceria-praseodymia catalysts with different compositions were …

Nanostructured ceria-based catalysts doped with La and Nd: How acid-base sites and redox properties determine the oxidation mechanisms

E Sartoretti, C Novara, A Chiodoni, F Giorgis… - Catalysis Today, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, novel ceria-based nanocatalysts containing different quantities of La
and Nd were prepared via hydrothermal synthesis. The effects of doping on the structural …

Synthesis and specific properties of the ceria and ceria-zirconia nanocrystals and their aggregates showing outstanding catalytic activity in redox reactions—A review

R Dziembaj, M Molenda, L Chmielarz - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-stoichiometric CeO2− y, especially in the form of nanocrystal aggregates, exhibits
exceptional catalytic activity in redox reactions. It significantly improves the activity of …