Origins of complex solvent effects on chemical reactivity and computational tools to investigate them: a review

JJ Varghese, SH Mushrif - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Solvents are crucial components in specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries and in
electrochemical and photoelectrochemical processes, and are increasingly being used in …

Progress in computational and machine‐learning methods for heterogeneous small‐molecule activation

GH Gu, C Choi, Y Lee, AB Situmorang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical conversion of small molecules such as H2, H2O, O2, N2, CO2, and CH4 to
energy and chemicals is critical for a sustainable energy future. However, the high chemical …

Influence of electrolyte cations on Ni (Fe) OOH catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction

J Zaffran, MB Stevens, CDM Trang, M Nagli… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Iron-doped, nickel oxyhydroxide (Ni (Fe) OOH) is one of the best catalysts for the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) under alkaline conditions. Due to Ni (Fe) OOH's layered structure …

Adsorption and activation of methane on the (110) surface of rutile-type metal dioxides

Y Tsuji, K Yoshizawa - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018 - ACS Publications
Methane strongly adsorbs on the (110) surface of IrO2, a rutile-type metal dioxide. Its C–H
bond is facilely dissociated even below room temperature, as predicted in a few theoretical …

Solvent–adsorbate interactions and adsorbate-specific solvent structure in carbon dioxide reduction on a stepped Cu surface

T Ludwig, JA Gauthier, KS Brown, S Ringe… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, the structure of water and its interactions with various carbon dioxide reduction
intermediates adsorbed on a Cu (211) surface is investigated using density functional …

Selectivity of the first two glycerol dehydrogenation steps determined using scaling relationships

M Valter, EC Santos, LGM Pettersson, A Hellman - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Glycerol is a byproduct of biodiesel production and an abundant feedstock that can be used
for the synthesis of high-value chemicals. There are many approaches for glycerol …

Solvation effects on methanol decomposition on Pd (111), Pt (111), and Ru (0001)

M Garcia-Ratés, R García-Muelas… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Solvation is crucial in many chemical and electrochemical processes related to alcohol
conversion on metal surfaces. Particularly, understanding the dehydrogenation mechanism …

Force field for water over Pt (111): Development, assessment, and comparison

SN Steinmann, R Ferreira De Morais… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal/water interfaces are key in many natural and industrial processes, such as corrosion,
atmospheric, or environmental chemistry. Even today, the only practical approach to …

Synergistic Contribution of the Acidic Metal Oxide–Metal Couple and Solvent Environment in the Selective Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol: A Combined Experimental and …

JJ Varghese, L Cao, C Robertson, Y Yang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Comprehensive mechanistic insights into the aqueous-phase hydrogenolysis of glycerol by
the ReO x–Ir catalyst were obtained by combining density functional theory (DFT) …

Molecular mechanisms of methane dry reforming on Co 3 Mo 3 N catalyst with dual sites

N Manavi, B Liu - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic performance of Co3Mo3N for dry reforming of methane (DRM) was
investigated using periodic density functional theory (DFT). The full mechanism revealed …