Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Review of supported metal nanoparticles: synthesis methodologies, advantages and application as catalysts

MJ Ndolomingo, N Bingwa, R Meijboom - Journal of Materials Science, 2020‏ - Springer
Supported metal nanoparticles, M-NPs, are of great scientific and economic interest as they
encompass application in chemical manufacturing, oil refining and environmental catalysis …

Self-activated Ni cathode for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia: from fundamentals to scale-up for treatment of industrial wastewater

W Zheng, L Zhu, Z Yan, Z Lin, Z Lei… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic reduction has recently received increasing attention as a method of
converting waste nitrate into value-added ammonia, but most studies have focused on …

New horizon of nanoparticle and cluster catalysis with dendrimers

K Yamamoto, T Imaoka, M Tanabe, T Kambe - Chemical reviews, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Among various approaches synthesizing metal nanoparticles and tiny clusters, a template
method using dendrimers has significant advantages over other chemical approaches with …

Catalysis with colloidal ruthenium nanoparticles

MR Axet, K Philippot - Chemical reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
This review provides a synthetic overview of the recent research advancements addressing
the topic of catalysis with colloidal ruthenium metal nanoparticles through the last five years …

Kinetic analysis of the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by metallic nanoparticles

S Gu, S Wunder, Y Lu, M Ballauff… - The Journal of …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
We present a study on the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol (Nip) to 4-aminophenol (Amp)
by sodium borohydride (BH4–) in the presence of metal nanoparticles in aqueous solution …

Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol: a quantitative assessment of the role of dissolved oxygen in determining the induction time

E Menumerov, RA Hughes, S Neretina - Nano letters, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by borohydride is one of the foremost
model catalytic reactions because it allows for a straightforward assessment of catalysts …

Effect of nanoparticle ligands on 4-nitrophenol reduction: Reaction rate, induction time, and ligand desorption

RD Neal, RA Hughes, P Sapkota, S Ptasinska… - ACS …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Ligands are the quintessential synthesis tool in the preparation of colloidal metal catalysts,
allowing for the rational design of nanostructured surfaces with high activity and selectivity …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic analysis of 4-nitrophenol reduction by “water-soluble” palladium nanoparticles

A Iben Ayad, D Luart, A Ould Dris, E Guénin - Nanomaterials, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The most important model catalytic reaction to test the catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles
is the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol by sodium borohydride as it can be …

Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol by gold catalysts: the influence of borohydride concentration on the induction time

RD Neal, Y Inoue, RA Hughes… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
A comprehensive mechanistic framework is key to the effective utilization of model catalytic
reactions. Although the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by borohydride has emerged as one of …