Understanding catalyst surfaces during catalysis through near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

L Nguyen, FF Tao, Y Tang, J Dou, XJ Bao - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis occurs on the surface of a catalyst particle in a gas or liquid
environment of reactants. The surface of the catalyst particle acts as an active chemical …

A mini review of in situ near-ambient pressure XPS studies on non-noble, late transition metal catalysts

L Zhong, D Chen, S Zafeiratos - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing prices of noble metals and the progress in synthesis of nanomaterials,
non-noble transition metal catalysts have gained considerable interest in heterogeneous …

Potential‐Dependent Morphology of Copper Catalysts During CO2 Electroreduction Revealed by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy

GH Simon, CS Kley… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical AFM is a powerful tool for the real‐space characterization of catalysts under
realistic electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) conditions. The evolution of structural …

Influence of metal oxide support acid sites on Cu-catalyzed nonoxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde

S Hanukovich, A Dang, P Christopher - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Selective ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde is an important reaction because
acetaldehyde is a useful commodity chemical and can serve as a building block to produce …

Understanding Methanol Synthesis on Inverse ZnO/CuOx/Cu Catalysts: Stability of CH3O Species and Dynamic Nature of the Surface

I Orozco, E Huang, M Mahapatra, J Kang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inverse ZnO/Cu catalysts are key systems in the conversion of CO2, a common atmospheric
pollutant, into methanol, a high-value chemical and fuel. The chemistry of methanol and …

High-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy

M Salmeron, B Eren - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This is a Review of recent studies on surface structures of crystalline materials in the
presence of gases in the mTorr to atmospheric pressure range, which brings surface science …

Methanol decomposition on copper surfaces under ambient conditions: mechanism, surface kinetics, and structure sensitivity

R Ben David, A Ben Yaacov, AR Head, B Eren - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we study the adsorption of methanol vapor under ambient pressure and temperature
conditions on low-index Cu surfaces using surface-sensitive infrared (IR) and X-ray …

In Situ Studies of Methanol Decomposition Over Cu(111) and Cu2O/Cu(111): Effects of Reactant Pressure, Surface Morphology, and Hot Spots of Active Sites

I Orozco, E Huang, M Mahapatra, R Shi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The dissociative adsorption of methanol was investigated on Cu (111) and ultrathin Cu2O
films. We employed synchrotron-based Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy …

Controlling hot electron flux and catalytic selectivity with nanoscale metal-oxide interfaces

SW Lee, JM Kim, W Park, H Lee, GR Lee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Interaction between metal and oxides is an important molecular-level factor that influences
the selectivity of a desirable reaction. Therefore, designing a heterogeneous catalyst where …

Effect of the Chemical States of Copper on Methanol Decomposition and Oxidation

J Wang, C Li, Y Zhu, S Patel… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The decomposition and oxidation reactions of CH3OH over metallic Cu (100) and Cu2O-
covered Cu (100) surfaces are studied by using a combination of in situ ambient-pressure X …