Operando Electron Microscopy of Catalysts: The Missing Cornerstone in Heterogeneous Catalysis Research?

SW Chee, T Lunkenbein, R Schlögl… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis in thermal gas-phase and electrochemical liquid-phase chemical
conversion plays an important role in our modern energy landscape. However, many of the …

The reverse water gas shift reaction: a process systems engineering perspective

M González-Castaño, B Dorneanu… - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic reduction of CO2 into value-added products has been considered a compelling
solution for alleviating global warming and energy crises. The reverse water gas shift …

Geminal-atom catalysis for cross-coupling

X Hai, Y Zheng, Q Yu, N Guo, S **, X Zhao, S Mitchell… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have well-defined active sites, making them of potential
interest for organic synthesis,,–. However, the architecture of these mononuclear metal …

Role of Defects in the Interplay between Adsorbate Evolving and Lattice Oxygen Mechanisms of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in RuO2 and IrO2

A Zagalskaya, V Alexandrov - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The mechanistic interplay between the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and material
degradation during water electrolysis is not yet well understood even for the most studied …

Single-atom catalysts designed and prepared by the atomic layer deposition technique

J Fonseca, J Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique allows the synthesis of materials at the atomic
scale to be controlled. ALD has been adapted to design and prepare single-atom catalysts …

The Role of In Situ/Operando IR Spectroscopy in Unraveling Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Catalysis

E Groppo, S Rojas-Buzo, S Bordiga - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysts undergo thermal-and/or adsorbate-induced dynamic changes
under reaction conditions, which consequently modify their catalytic behavior. Hence, it is …

A heterogeneous single-atom palladium catalyst surpassing homogeneous systems for Suzuki coupling

Z Chen, E Vorobyeva, S Mitchell, E Fako… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions, central tools in fine-chemical synthesis,
predominantly employ soluble metal complexes despite recognized challenges with product …

In situ manipulation of the active Au-TiO2 interface with atomic precision during CO oxidation

W Yuan, B Zhu, K Fang, XY Li, TW Hansen, Y Ou… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The interface between metal catalyst and support plays a critical role in heterogeneous
catalysis. An epitaxial interface is generally considered to be rigid, and tuning its intrinsic …

Unravelling structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation over nickel

C Vogt, E Groeneveld, G Kamsma, M Nachtegaal… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Continuous efforts in the field of materials science have allowed us to generate smaller and
smaller metal nanoparticles, creating new opportunities to understand catalytic properties …

Experimental characterization techniques for plasmon-assisted chemistry

E Cortés, R Grzeschik, SA Maier… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Plasmon-assisted chemistry is the result of a complex interplay between electromagnetic
near fields, heat and charge transfer on the nanoscale. The disentanglement of their roles is …