Nanostructured ceria-based materials: synthesis, properties, and applications

C Sun, H Li, L Chen - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The controllable synthesis of nanostructured CeO2-based materials is an imperative issue
for environment-and energy-related applications. In this review, we present the recent …

Oxygen defects and surface chemistry of ceria: quantum chemical studies compared to experiment

J Paier, C Penschke, J Sauer - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
As one of the most significant rare earth oxides, ceria (CeO 2) has attracted much interest
over the past decades. In catalysis, 1, 2 CeO2 serves as a widely used support material and …

Structure of the catalytically active copper–ceria interfacial perimeter

A Chen, X Yu, Y Zhou, S Miao, Y Li, S Kuld… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Cu/CeO2 catalysts are highly active for the low-temperature water–gas shift—a core reaction
in syngas chemistry for tuning the H2/CO/CO2 proportions in feed streams—but the direct …

Catalysis by doped oxides

EW McFarland, H Metiu - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Metal oxide catalysts have numerous industrial applications. 1− 7 In addition, oxides
catalyze many important reactions whose conversion or selectivity is too low to be …

Oxygen vacancies in transition metal and rare earth oxides: Current state of understanding and remaining challenges

MV Ganduglia-Pirovano, A Hofmann, J Sauer - Surface science reports, 2007 - Elsevier
Defects at transition metal (TM) and rare earth (RE) oxide surfaces, neutral oxygen
vacancies in particular, play a major role in a variety of technological applications. This is the …

Hubbard‐corrected DFT energy functionals: The LDA+ U description of correlated systems

B Himmetoglu, A Floris, S De Gironcoli… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this review article is to assess the descriptive capabilities of the Hubbard‐rooted
LDA+ U method and to clarify the conditions under which it can be expected to be most …

Pt atomic single-layer catalyst embedded in defect-enriched ceria for efficient CO oxidation

S **e, L Liu, Y Lu, C Wang, S Cao, W Diao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The local coordination structure of metal sites essentially determines the performance of
supported metal catalysts. Using a surface defect enrichment strategy, we successfully …

Photosensitized peroxidase mimicry at the hierarchical 0D/2D heterojunction‐like quasi metal‐organic framework interface for boosting biocatalytic disinfection

L Huang, DW Sun, H Pu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) are a versatile toolbox for the bioinspired design of
nanozymes for antibacterial applications and beyond, however, designing a nanozyme by …

Creating single-atom Pt-ceria catalysts by surface step decoration

F Dvořák, M Farnesi Camellone, A Tovt… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts maximize the utilization of supported precious metals by exposing
every single metal atom to reactants. To avoid sintering and deactivation at realistic reaction …

High Catalytic Activity and Chemoselectivity of Sub-nanometric Pd Clusters on Porous Nanorods of CeO2 for Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes

S Zhang, CR Chang, ZQ Huang, J Li, Z Wu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Sub-nanometric Pd clusters on porous nanorods of CeO2 (PN-CeO2) with a high Pd
dispersion of 73.6% exhibit the highest catalytic activity and best chemoselectivity for …