Noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

Y Shi, Z Lyu, M Zhao, R Chen, QN Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Recent advances in carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol via heterogeneous catalysis

X Jiang, X Nie, X Guo, C Song, JG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The utilization of fossil fuels has enabled an unprecedented era of prosperity and
advancement of well-being for human society. However, the associated increase in …

Accessing parity-forbidden d-d transitions for photocatalytic CO2 reduction driven by infrared light

X Li, L Li, G Chen, X Chu, X Liu, C Naisa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A general approach to promote IR light-driven CO2 reduction within ultrathin Cu-based
hydrotalcite-like hydroxy salts is presented. Associated band structures and optical …

Asymmetric Sites on the ZnZrOx Catalyst for Promoting Formate Formation and Transformation in CO2 Hydrogenation

Z Feng, C Tang, P Zhang, K Li, G Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The role of formate species for CO2 hydrogenation is still under debate. Although formate
has been frequently observed and commonly proposed as the possible intermediate, there …

Insights into the Influence of CeO2 Crystal Facet on CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Pd/CeO2 Catalysts

F Jiang, S Wang, B Liu, J Liu, L Wang, Y **ao… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
CeO2 is an excellent potential material for CO2 hydrogenation attributed to the highly
tunable properties including metal–support interaction and abundant oxygen vacancy. In …

Metal-Free Catalysis: A Redox-Active Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Microporous Polymer for Selective Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction to CH4

S Barman, A Singh, FA Rahimi… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Achieving more than a two-electron photochemical CO2 reduction process using a metal-
free system is quite exciting and challenging, as it needs proper channeling of electrons. In …

The state of zinc in methanol synthesis over a Zn/ZnO/Cu (211) model catalyst

P Amann, B Klötzer, D Degerman, N Köpfle, T Götsch… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The active chemical state of zinc (Zn) in a zinc-copper (Zn-Cu) catalyst during carbon
dioxide/carbon monoxide (CO2/CO) hydrogenation has been debated to be Zn oxide (ZnO) …

Highly Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Methanation with Water Vapor on Single‐Atom Platinum‐Decorated Defective Carbon Nitride

X Shi, Y Huang, Y Bo, D Duan, Z Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven CO2 methanation with water is an important route to simultaneously address
carbon neutrality and produce fuels. It is challenging to achieve high selectivity in CO2 …

Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2

J Mao, H Liu, X Cui, Y Zhang, X Meng, Y Zheng… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Conversion of methane to value-added chemicals at low temperature by directly using
inexpensive O2 as oxidant offers an ideal route for methane utilization but remains a great …

Computational methods in heterogeneous catalysis

BWJ Chen, L Xu, M Mavrikakis - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The unprecedented ability of computations to probe atomic-level details of catalytic systems
holds immense promise for the fundamentals-based bottom-up design of novel …