Supported catalysts based on layered double hydroxides for catalytic oxidation and hydrogenation: general functionality and promising application prospects

J Feng, Y He, Y Liu, Y Du, D Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidation and hydrogenation catalysis plays a crucial role in the current chemical industry
for the production of key chemicals and intermediates. Because of their easy separation and …

Surface chemistry of Au/TiO2: Thermally and photolytically activated reactions

DA Panayotov, JR Morris - Surface Science Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The fascinating particle size dependence to the physical, photophysical, and chemical
properties of gold has motivated thousands of studies focused on exploring the ability of …

The mechanism of ethylene epoxidation catalysis

MO Özbek, RA Van Santen - Catalysis letters, 2013 - Springer
Today ethylene oxide can be produced industrially with~ 90% selectivity through the
epoxidation of ethylene over silver catalyst. The past decades there has been a substantial …

Silver residues as a possible key to a remarkable oxidative catalytic activity of nanoporous gold

LV Moskaleva, S Röhe, A Wittstock… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, several forms of unsupportedgold were shown to display a remarkable activity to
catalyze oxidation reactions. Experimental evidence points to the crucial role of residual …

Why silver is the unique catalyst for ethylene epoxidation

MO Ozbek, I Onal, RA Van Santen - Journal of Catalysis, 2011 - Elsevier
The activities of Cu2O (001), Ag2O (001), and Au2O (001) surfaces for direct ethylene
epoxidation and alternative paths for EO isomerization are studied. Among these three oxide …

Going Beyond Silver in Ethylene Epoxidation with First‐Principles Catalyst Screening

M Huš, M Grilc, J Teržan, S Gyergyek… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ethylene epoxidation is industrially and commercially one of the most important selective
oxidations. Silver catalysts have been state‐of‐the‐art for decades, their efficiency steadily …

Icosahedral Crown Gold Nanocluster Au43Cu12 with High Catalytic Activity

Y Gao, N Shao, Y Pei, XC Zeng - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Structural and catalytic properties of the gold alloy nanocluster Au43Cu12 are investigated
using a density-functional method. In contrast to the pure Au55 nanocluster, which exhibits a …

Unraveling molecular transformations on surfaces: a critical comparison of oxidation reactions on coinage metals

X Liu, RJ Madix, CM Friend - Chemical Society Reviews, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
The coinage metals, copper, silver, and gold, have unique characteristics for selective
oxidation catalysis, particularly for partial oxidation of alcohols and olefins. A basic …

Role of Au− C interactions on the catalytic activity of AU nanoparticles supported on TiC (001) toward molecular oxygen dissociation

JA Rodriguez, L Feria, T Jirsak… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
High-resolution photoemission and density functional calculations on realistic slab surface
models were used to study the interaction and subsequent dissociation of O2 with Au …

Active site of catalytic ethene epoxidation: machine-learning global pathway sampling rules out the metal sites

D Chen, PL Kang, ZP Liu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ethene epoxidation on Ag-based catalysts, an important heterogeneous catalytic reaction
with large-scale global wide production, has generated continuous debate on the active site …