Metal-support interaction for heterogeneous catalysis: from nanoparticles to single atoms

Y Lou, J Xu, Y Zhang, C Pan, Y Dong, Y Zhu - Materials Today Nano, 2020 - Elsevier
With the downsizing of metal sizes (nanoparticles, nanoclusters, and single atoms), the
catalytic behaviors of supported metal species change significantly for various chemical …

Insights into the mechanistic CO2 conversion to methanol on single Ru atom anchored on MoS2 monolayer

H Detz, V Butera - Molecular Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Single atom catalysts (SACs) have received great attention due to their promising catalytic
activity and sustainability. In this regard, the catalytic activity toward CO 2 conversion …

Hierarchical Heterostructures of Ultrasmall Fe2O3-Encapsulated MoS2/N-Graphene as an Effective Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ND Chuong, TD Thanh, NH Kim… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this study, a facile approach has been successfully applied to synthesize a hierarchical
three-dimensional architecture of ultrasmall hematite nanoparticles homogeneously …

Machine Learning, Density Functional Theory, and Experiments to Understand the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 on CuPt/TiO2

V Sumaria, TB Rawal, YF Li, D Sommer… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The photoconversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons is a sustainable route for its transformation
into value-added compounds, which is crucial to mitigating energy and climate crises. CuPt …

Defect-Selective Energy Barrier Crossing during Adsorption of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles on Zinc Sulfide Crystals under Overall Electrostatic Repulsion

M Matten, T Lange, M Rohe, B Mei… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanofunctionalized particles are widely used in heterogeneous catalysis, additive
manufacturing, and environmental technologies. The electrostatically driven adsorption is an …

Interaction of zinc oxide nanoparticles with water: Implications for catalytic activity

TB Rawal, A Ozcan, SH Liu, SV Pingali… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Novel technological applications in catalysis and bactericidal formulation have emerged for
zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles owing to their ability to generate reactive oxygen species by …

Syngas molecules as probes for defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride: their adsorption and vibrations

T Jiang, D Le, TB Rawal, TS Rahman - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-layer, defect-laden hexagonal boron nitride (dh-BN) is attracting a great deal of
attention for its diverse applications: catalysis on the one hand, and single photon emission …

High Catalytic Activity of Pd1/ZnO(101̅0) toward Methanol Partial Oxidation: A DFT+KMC Study

TB Rawal, SR Acharya, S Hong, D Le, Y Tang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We perform density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the energetics for several
pathways associated with methanol partial oxidation (MPO) reaction on singly distributed Pd …

MoS2 Nanoclusters Grown on TiO2: Evidence for New Adsorption Sites at Edges and Sulfur Vacancies

RP Galhenage, H Yan, TB Rawal, D Le… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
MoS2 clusters have been grown on a TiO2 (110) substrate to provide a model surface for
better understanding the adsorbate interactions and chemical activity on titania-supported …

Methanol carbonylation to acetaldehyde on Au particles supported by single-layer MoS2 grown on silica

K Almeida, K Chagoya, A Felix, T Jiang… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Homogenous single-layer MoS 2 films coated with sub-single layer amounts of gold are
found to isolate the reaction of methanol with carbon monoxide, the fundamental step toward …