Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

R Das, CD Vecitis, A Schulze, B Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling
limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and …

Nanoadsorbents: classification, preparation, and applications (with emphasis on aqueous media)

M Khajeh, S Laurent, K Dastafkan - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, nanoscale solid materials have become very important because of their
special properties, 1, 2 and the nanomaterials field has gained increasing attention from …

Electronic modulation of metal-support interactions improves polypropylene hydrogenolysis over ruthenium catalysts

PA Kots, T **e, BC Vance, CM Quinn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ruthenium (Ru) is the one of the most promising catalysts for polyolefin hydrogenolysis. Its
performance varies widely with the support, but the reasons remain unknown. Here, we …

Identification and characterization of surface hydroxyl groups by infrared spectroscopy

K Hadjiivanov - Advances in Catalysis, 2014 - Elsevier
Surface hydroxyl groups are active centers in many catalytic reactions and can play an
important role during catalyst preparation. In this chapter, the application of infrared …

Characterization of oxide surfaces and zeolites by carbon monoxide as an IR probe molecule

KI Hadjiivanov, GN Vayssilov - 2002 - Elsevier
The review is a summary and analysis of the data characterizing CO adsorption on surface
cationic sites of oxides including supported materials and microporous and mesoporous …

ZrO2 Is Preferred over TiO2 as Support for the Ru-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone

J Ftouni, A Muñoz-Murillo, A Goryachev… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Catalyst stability in the liquid phase under polar conditions, typically required for the catalytic
conversion of renewable platform molecules, is a major concern but has been only sparsely …

In Situ Dispersion of Palladium on TiO2 During Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction: Formation of Atomically Dispersed Palladium

NC Nelson, L Chen, D Meira, L Kovarik… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The application of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) to high‐temperature hydrogenation requires
materials that thermodynamically favor metal atom isolation over cluster formation. We …

Tiny Species with Big Impact: High Activity of Cu Single Atoms on CeO2–TiO2 Deciphered by Operando Spectroscopy

J Mosrati, AM Abdel-Mageed, TH Vuong… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cu single-atom catalysts (SACs) supported on CeO2–TiO2 were prepared by a sol–gel
method and tested for CO oxidation between 120 and 350° C. Operando and in situ …

TiO2 Facet-dependent reconstruction and photocatalysis of CuOx/TiO2 photocatalysts in CO2 photoreduction

F Fang, Y Liu, X Sun, C Fu, YP Bhoi, W **ong… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of CuO x/TiO 2 photocatalysts with different TiO 2 nanocrystals as the supports were
prepared to explore the effect of CuO x-TiO 2 interaction on the reconstruction and …

Surface Phases of TiO2 Nanoparticles Studied by UV Raman Spectroscopy and FT-IR Spectroscopy

W Su, J Zhang, Z Feng, T Chen, P Ying… - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Surface phases of TiO2 nanoparticles (30∼ 200 nm) were studied by UV Raman
spectroscopy and FT-IR spectroscopy with CO and CO2 as probe molecules. UV Raman …