Ultrathin metal films for transparent electrodes of flexible optoelectronic devices

J Yun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The need for the development of transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) supported on
flexible polymer substrates has explosively increased in response to flexible polymer‐based …

Zinc oxide nanorods for light-activated gas sensing and photocatalytic applications

Q Zhang, G Xie, M Duan, Y Liu, Y Cai… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The demand for environmental monitoring and remediation stimulates tremendous research
efforts to develop highly efficient and advanced functional nanomaterials capable of …

The Enigma of Methanol Synthesis by Cu/ZnO/Al2O3-Based Catalysts

A Beck, MA Newton, LGA van de Water… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The activity and durability of the Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 (CZA) catalyst formulation for methanol
synthesis from CO/CO2/H2 feeds far exceed the sum of its individual components. As such …

High-performance Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts for methanol steam reforming with enhanced Cu-ZnO synergy effect via magnesium assisted strategy

Z Cheng, W Zhou, G Lan, X Sun, X Wang… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methanol steam reforming (MSR) is an attractive approach to produce hydrogen for fuel
cells. Due to the limited catalyst loading volume and frequent start-ups and shut-downs on …

Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina

B Xie, RJ Wong, TH Tan, M Higham, EK Gibson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although photoexcitation has been employed to unlock the low-temperature equilibrium
regimes of thermal catalysis, mechanism underlining potential interplay between electron …

Pt3Co Octapods as Superior Catalysts of CO2 Hydrogenation

MU Khan, L Wang, Z Liu, Z Gao, S Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As the electron transfer to CO2 is a critical step in the activation of CO2, it is of significant
importance to engineer the electronic properties of CO2 hydrogenation catalysts to enhance …

Hydrogen spillover enabled active Cu sites for methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation over Pd doped CuZn catalysts

B Hu, Y Yin, G Liu, S Chen, X Hong, SCE Tsang - Journal of Catalysis, 2018 - Elsevier
Surface modification with Pd is an effective way for improved activity in CO 2 hydrogenation
to methanol over commercial Cu-ZnO catalysts via a so-called hydrogen spillover …

Why are polar surfaces of ZnO stable?

D Mora-Fonz, T Lazauskas, MR Farrow… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We probe and rationalize the complex surface chemistry of wurtzite ZnO by employing
interatomic potential calculations coupled with a Monte Carlo procedure that sampled over …

Integration of Quantum Confinement and Alloy Effect to Modulate Electronic Properties of RhW Nanocrystals for Improved Catalytic Performance toward CO2 …

W Zhang, L Wang, H Liu, Y Hao, H Li, MU Khan… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The d-band center and surface negative charge density generally determine the adsorption
and activation of CO2, thus serving as important descriptors of the catalytic activity toward …

Reconstruction of supported metal nanoparticles in reaction conditions

M Duan, J Yu, J Meng, B Zhu, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoparticles (NPs) dispersed on a high‐surface‐area support are normally used as
heterogeneous catalysts. Recent in situ experiments have shown that structure …