New advances in using Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of catalysts and catalytic reactions

C Hess - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gaining insight into the mode of operation of heterogeneous catalysts is of great scientific
and economic interest. Raman spectroscopy has proven its potential as a powerful …

Active Site Engineering in Reticular Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

BB Rath, S Krause, BV Lotsch - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photochemical CO2 reduction using ubiquitous sunlight akin to natural photosynthesis is an
effective approach for conversion of renewable energy into useful chemical feedstock …

Characterizing photocatalysts for water splitting: from atoms to bulk and from slow to ultrafast processes

C Kranz, M Wächtler - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on light-driven catalysis has gained tremendous importance due to the ever-
increasing power consumption and the threatening situation of global warming related to …

Heterojunction photocatalysts for artificial nitrogen fixation: fundamentals, latest advances and future perspectives

J Lee, LL Tan, SP Chai - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an indispensable energy source, ammonia plays an essential role in agriculture and
various industries. Given that the current ammonia production is still dominated by the …

A perspective on heterogeneous catalysts for the selective oxidation of alcohols

S Najafishirtari, K Friedel Ortega… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Selective oxidation of higher alcohols using heterogeneous catalysts is an important
reaction in the synthesis of fine chemicals with added value. Though the process for primary …

An Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of a NiCu−TiO2 Photocatalyst for H2 Evolution

D Spanu, A Minguzzi, S Recchia… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cu-or Ni-decorated semiconductors represent a potential low-cost alternative to noble-metal-
modified photocatalysts. Even more effective are bimetallic NiCu nanoparticles, which can …

Braiding kinetics and spectroscopy in photo-catalysis: the spectro-kinetic approach

MJ Muñoz-Batista, MM Ballari, A Kubacka… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of kinetic and spectroscopic tools has become a key scientific methodology
for the understanding of catalytic behavior but its application in photocatalysis has inherent …

In situ and Operando Spectroscopies in Photocatalysis: Powerful Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Performance and the Reaction Mechanism

H Issa Hamoud, L Wolski, I Pankin, MA Bañares… - Topics in current …, 2022 - Springer
In photocatalysis, a set of elemental steps are involved together at different timescales to
govern the overall efficiency of the process. These steps are divided as follow:(1) photon …

[HTML][HTML] The upsurge of photocatalysts in antibiotic micropollutants treatment: Materials design, recovery, toxicity and bioanalysis

KR Davies, Y Cherif, GP Pazhani, S Anantharaj… - … of photochemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The excessive use of antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics and disinfectants for domestic
purposes and industries polluted the water bodies severely in the recent past. Thus released …

Towards full-spectrum photocatalysis: successful approaches and materials

A Kubacka, U Caudillo-Flores, I Barba-Nieto… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2021 - Elsevier
A main driver in the progress of the photocatalytic field is the development of catalytic
materials able to profit from the whole spectrum of the sun. To do it, such materials need to …