Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Selective catalytic hydrogenation has wide applications in both petrochemical and fine
chemical industries, however, it remains challenging when two or multiple functional groups …

The articulation of the notion of “frustrated Lewis pairs”(FLPs) emerged from the discovery
that H2 can be reversibly activated by combinations of sterically encumbered main group …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Selective hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated alcohols is a
challenging class of reactions, yielding valuable intermediates for the production of …

Noble metals nanoparticles (NPs) and single atoms (SAs) supported on nitrogen-doped
carbon (NC) materials display remarkable activity and selectivity in a wide variety of …

The search for new catalytic materials has relied on highly time-and human-resource-
consuming procedures. The appearance of theoretical methods that employ density …

Water adsorbed at the metal–support interface (MSI) plays an important role in multiple
reactions. Due to its importance in CO preferential oxidation (PrOx), we examined H2 …

Surface and interface states of noble metal nanoparticles (MNPs), closely related to the
catalytic performance, have been of great concern to academics in the field of catalysis. The …

Catalytic reactions involving molecular hydrogen are at the heart of many transformations in
the chemical industry. Classically, hydrogenations are carried out on Pd, Pt, Ru or Ni …