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 …

State of the art and perspectives in heterogeneous catalysis of CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol

J Zhong, X Yang, Z Wu, B Liang, Y Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has resulted
in great environmental impacts. The selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, the first …

Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol

D Li, F Xu, X Tang, S Dai, T Pu, X Liu, P Tian, F Xuan… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The surface structure of heterogeneous catalysts is closely associated with their catalytic
performance. Current efforts for structural modification mainly focus on improving the catalyst …

Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol

J Hu, L Yu, J Deng, Y Wang, K Cheng, C Ma… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The low-temperature hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol is of great significance for the
recycling of this greenhouse gas to valuable products, however, it remains a great challenge …

Active sites for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnO catalysts

S Kattel, PJ Ramírez, JG Chen, JA Rodriguez, P Liu - Science, 2017 - science.org
The active sites over commercial copper/zinc oxide/aluminum oxide (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3)
catalysts for carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation to methanol, the Zn-Cu bimetallic sites or …

Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions at the Metal/Oxide Interface

S Kattel, P Liu, JG Chen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The chemical transformation of CO2 not only mitigates the anthropogenic CO2 emission into
the Earth's atmosphere but also produces carbon compounds that can be used as …

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 …

Advances in the Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts and Thermocatalytic Processes for CO2 Utilization

S De, A Dokania, A Ramirez, J Gascon - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Utilization of CO2 as feedstock to produce fine chemicals and renewable fuels is a highly
promising field, which presents unique challenges in its implementation at scale …

Exploring the ternary interactions in Cu–ZnO–ZrO2 catalysts for efficient CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

Y Wang, S Kattel, W Gao, K Li, P Liu, JG Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The synergistic interaction among different components in complex catalysts is one of the
crucial factors in determining catalytic performance. Here we report the interactions among …

Confinement of Ultrasmall Cu/ZnOx Nanoparticles in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Selective Methanol Synthesis from Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2

B An, J Zhang, K Cheng, P Ji, C Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The interfaces of Cu/ZnO and Cu/ZrO2 play vital roles in the hydrogenation of CO2 to
methanol by these composite catalysts. Surface structural reorganization and particle growth …