Molecular views on Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

KT Rommens, M Saeys - Chemical Reviews, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
For nearly a century, the Fischer–Tropsch (FT) reaction has been subject of intense debate.
Various molecular views on the active sites and on the reaction mechanism have been …

The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis

C Vogt, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022‏ - nature.com
Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods
surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near …

Restructuring of titanium oxide overlayers over nickel nanoparticles during catalysis

M Monai, K Jenkinson, AEM Melcherts, JN Louwen… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Reducible supports can affect the performance of metal catalysts by the formation of
suboxide overlayers upon reduction, a process referred to as the strong metal–support …

Breaking structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation by tuning metal–oxide interfaces in supported cobalt nanoparticles

A Parastaev, V Muravev, EH Osta, TF Kimpel… - Nature Catalysis, 2022‏ - nature.com
A high dispersion of the active metal phase of transition metals on oxide supports is
important when designing efficient heterogeneous catalysts. Besides nanoparticles, clusters …

Industrial carbon dioxide capture and utilization: state of the art and future challenges

W Gao, S Liang, R Wang, Q Jiang, Y Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Dramatically increased CO2 concentration from several point sources is perceived to cause
severe greenhouse effect towards the serious ongoing global warming with associated …

Metal–support interactions in metal oxide-supported atomic, cluster, and nanoparticle catalysis

D Leybo, UJ Etim, M Monai, SR Bare… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Supported metal catalysts are essential to a plethora of processes in the chemical industry.
The overall performance of these catalysts depends strongly on the interaction of adsorbates …

Well-defined materials for heterogeneous catalysis: from nanoparticles to isolated single-atom sites

Z Li, S Ji, Y Liu, X Cao, S Tian, Y Chen, Z Niu… - Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
The use of well-defined materials in heterogeneous catalysis will open up numerous new
opportunities for the development of advanced catalysts to address the global challenges in …

New horizon in C1 chemistry: breaking the selectivity limitation in transformation of syngas and hydrogenation of CO 2 into hydrocarbon chemicals and fuels

W Zhou, K Cheng, J Kang, C Zhou… - Chemical Society …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic transformations of syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO), which is one of the most
important C1-chemistry platforms, and CO2, a greenhouse gas released from human …

Supported metal clusters: fabrication and application in heterogeneous catalysis

C Dong, Y Li, D Cheng, M Zhang, J Liu, YG Wang… - ACS …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Different from isolated metal atoms and large metal nanoparticles (NPs), supported metal
clusters (SMCs) possess distinct geometric and electronic structures and thus exhibit …

Recent advances in wood-derived monolithic carbon materials: Synthesis approaches, modification methods and environmental applications

Y Zuo, J Feng, TO Soyol-Erdene, Z Wei, T Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Wood-derived monolithic carbon materials have gained great interest and attention owing to
their unique porous structure, abundant longitudinally aligned microchannels, excellent …