A surface science view onto cuprous oxide: Growth, termination, electronic structure and optical response

N Nilius, J Goniakowski, C Noguera - Surface Science Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxides of copper have attracted the attention of scientists already for more than hundred
years. This fascination is fueled by many outstanding properties of the material, for example …

Cu-Based Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol

PS Murthy, W Liang, Y Jiang, J Huang - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Production of methanol from CO2 hydrogenation is a highly attractive method toward
recycling greenhouse gases to form clean, high-value commodity chemicals and fuels, with …

Vacancy ordering in ultrathin copper oxide films on Cu (111)

B Zhu, W Huang, H Lin, H Feng, K Palotás… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Oxide thin films grown on metal surfaces have wide applications in catalysis and beyond
owing to their unique surface structures compared to their bulk counterparts. Despite …

An Outlook on the Applications of Ru-Based Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to CO and CH4

PS Murthy, OJ Conquest, W Liang, C Stampfl… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
CO2 hydrogenation is a highly attractive chemical reaction that can reduce the concentration
of atmospheric carbon dioxide greenhouse gas and replace it with cleaner and more …

[HTML][HTML] Completing the picture of initial oxidation on copper

YJ Lee, TT Ly, T Lee, K Palotás, SY Jeong, J Kim… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate atomistic models for metal/oxide interfaces play a pivotal role in determining
copper-based interfacial processes, ranging from electronic circuitry wirings to chemical …

Develo** single-site Pt catalysts for the preferential oxidation of CO: A surface science and first principles-guided approach

J Liu, AJR Hensley, G Giannakakis, AJ Therrien… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report a comprehensive study combining surface science, Density Functional Theory
(DFT) calculations, and catalyst synthesis, characterization, and testing to investigate the …

A DFT Study and Microkinetic Simulation in Propylene Oxidation on the “29” CuxO/Cu(111) Surface

TT **ao, RS Li, GC Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
The propylene epoxidation reaction in a rich variety of other industrially important catalytic
processes was used for synthesis of many value-added products. As an attractive and …

Elucidation of a Metastable p (2× 1) O Atom Adlayer Structure on Cu (111)

A Dannar, GL Sly, V Lal, E Peurrung… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cu-based catalysts are ubiquitous in many industrial reactions, including methanol
synthesis. Under partially oxidizing conditions, Cu catalysts can have dynamic surface …

Water activation by single Pt atoms supported on a Cu2O thin film

AJ Therrien, K Groden, AJR Hensley, AC Schilling… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent advances in single atom catalysis have sparked interest in their use as low-cost and
high-efficiency catalysts in a wide variety of reactions. One such reaction that has been …

Dispersity-dependent activity of Pd on bare and pre-oxidized Cu (1 1 1) surface

J Zhang, K Zhang, Q Wang, X Tan, D Wang, X Wu… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Bimetallic systems can be significantly affected in terms of the catalytic activity by their
compositions as well as atomic structures. This study demonstrates that the single Pd atoms …