Metal nanoparticles have received intense scientific attention in the field of catalysis. Precise
engineering of nanomaterials' size, shape and surface composition, including adsorbed …

Transition-metal nanoparticles are privileged materials in catalysis due to their high specific
surface areas and abundance of active catalytic sites. Although many of these catalysts are …

The decoration of noble metal-based catalysts with metal oxides can improve their catalytic
performance for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol (COL) …

The superior hydrogenation of carbonyl (C= O) bonds in α, β-unsaturated aldehydes (UAL)
has attracted considerable attention from economic and industrial perspectives. Several …

Due to coexistence of two conjugated unsaturated functional groups in cinnamaldehyde
(CAL), exploring efficient catalysts with desirable selectivity to highly value-added products …

Selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CAL) to cinnamyl alcohol (COL) was
conducted over a series of FeO x-doped Pt catalysts supported on a 15 wt% Al 2 O 3@ SBA …

Catalysts are conventionally designed with a focus on enthalpic effects, manipulating the
Arrhenius activation energy. This approach ignores the possibility of designing materials to …

The binding of molecules to the surface of nanoparticles (NPs) for the use as ligands to
manipulate the catalytic properties of NPs is an emerging research area. Various studies …

The introduction of a suitable co-catalyst is a promising way to improve the catalytic
efficiency of Pt catalysts. Herein, SBA-15 modified with well-dispersed Mo2N nanoparticles …

Abstract Co x Fe 1-x Al 2 O 4+ δ composite oxides were prepared using a sol-gel method
with glucose as hard template. Pt nanoparticles supported on Co x Fe 1-x Al 2 O 4+ δ were …