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 …

An overview: Facet-dependent metal oxide semiconductor gas sensors

X Gao, T Zhang - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018 - Elsevier
Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors possess extensive applications due to their
high sensitivity, low cost, and simplicity. To boost their excellent sensing performance and …

The active sites of Cu–ZnO catalysts for water gas shift and CO hydrogenation reactions

Z Zhang, X Chen, J Kang, Z Yu, J Tian, Z Gong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Cu–ZnO–Al2O3 catalysts are used as the industrial catalysts for water gas shift
(WGS) and CO hydrogenation to methanol reactions. Herein, via a comprehensive …

Well-defined Cu 2 O photocatalysts for solar fuels and chemicals

S Rej, M Bisetto, A Naldoni, P Fornasiero - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The shape-controlled synthesis of cuprous oxide (Cu2O) photocatalysts with both low or
high index crystal planes has received increasing attention due to their unique facet …

Copper lattice tension boosts full-cell CO electrolysis to multi-carbon olefins and oxygenates

W Ma, S **e, B Zhang, X He, X Liu, B Mei, F Sun… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Electrocatalytic upgrading of CO to value-added multi-carbon (C 2+) compounds is a
promising approach to efficient carbon utilization. However, current full-cell systems have …

Crystal plane effect of ceria on supported copper oxide cluster catalyst for CO oxidation: Importance of metal–support interaction

WW Wang, WZ Yu, PP Du, H Xu, Z **, R Si, C Ma… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Copper–ceria as one of the very active catalysts for oxidation reactions has been widely
investigated in heterogeneous catalysis. In this work, copper oxide (1 wt% Cu loading) …

Facet-dependent electrooxidation of propylene into propylene oxide over Ag3PO4 crystals

J Ke, J Zhao, M Chi, M Wang, X Kong, Q Chang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The electrooxidation of propylene into propylene oxide under ambient conditions represents
an attractive approach toward propylene oxide. However, this process suffers from a low …

Boosting C3H6 Epoxidation via Tandem Photocatalytic H2O2 Production over Nitrogen-Vacancy Carbon Nitride

Q Zhang, L Li, Q Zhou, H Zhang, H Zhang, B An… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Propylene oxide (PO) is an important raw material in the plastics industry. The propylene
epoxidation using O2 without H2 and noble metals is considered a fantasy reaction. Here …

Highly Efficient Epoxidation of Propylene with In Situ-Generated H2O2 over a Hierarchical TS-1 Zeolite-Supported Non-Noble Nickel Catalyst

W Li, L Chen, M Qiu, W Li, Y Zhang, Y Zhu, J Li… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Propylene epoxidation with H2 and O2 to propylene oxide (PO) is a very valuable reaction.
Considering the precious gold catalysts commonly used in the current research, the design …

Adsorption and activation of molecular oxygen over atomic copper (I/II) site on ceria

L Kang, B Wang, Q Bing, M Zalibera, R Büchel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Supported atomic metal sites have discrete molecular orbitals. Precise control over the
energies of these sites is key to achieving novel reaction pathways with superior selectivity …