Surface chemistry and catalysis confined under two-dimensional materials

Q Fu, X Bao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are characterised by their strong intraplanar bonding but
weak interplanar interaction. Interfaces between neighboring 2D layers or between 2D …

Graphene-based heterogeneous catalysis: role of graphene

KM Yam, N Guo, Z Jiang, S Li, C Zhang - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Graphene, the reincarnation of a surface, offers new opportunities in catalytic applications,
not only because of its peculiar electronic structure, but also because of the ease of …

Atomic engineering of high-density isolated Co atoms on graphene with proximal-atom controlled reaction selectivity

H Yan, X Zhao, N Guo, Z Lyu, Y Du, S Xi, R Guo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Controllable synthesis of single atom catalysts (SACs) with high loading remains
challenging due to the aggregation tendency of metal atoms as the surface coverage …

Effect of doping temperatures and nitrogen precursors on the physicochemical, optical, and electrical conductivity properties of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene …

NPD Ngidi, MA Ollengo, VO Nyamori - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The greatest challenge in graphene-based material synthesis is achieving large surface
area of high conductivity. Thus, tuning physico-electrochemical properties of these materials …

Catalytic technologies for direct oxidation of methane to methanol: a critical tutorial on current trends, future perspectives, and techno-feasibility assessment

I Hussain, SA Ganiyu, H Alasiri, K Alhooshani - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our Earth planet has already started to experience climate change as a result of
socioeconomic changes, and the planet's remaining fossil fuel sources are expected to run …

Surface Van Hove singularity enabled efficient catalysis in low-dimensional systems: CO oxidation and hydrogen evolution reactions

L Liu, C Wang, L Zhang, C Liu, C Niu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface Van Hove singularity (SVHS) triggers exciting physical phenomena distinct from the
bulk. Herein, we explore the potential role of SVHS in catalysis for both CO oxidation and the …

Graphene-templated cobalt nanoparticle embedded nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for efficient visible-light photocatalysis

M Kotal, A Sharma, S Jakhar, V Mishra… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-assisted photocatalysis for the degradation of organic pollutants has recently
become an efficient green approach in the field of environmental pollution abatement …

Direct oxidation of methane to methanol enabled by electronic atomic monolayer–metal support interaction

Y Xi, A Heyden - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Direct, catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol (MTM) with molecular oxygen is a highly
desirable process to valorize methane. We propose that Rh-doped graphene (GR) …

Substrate engineering of graphene reactivity: towards high-performance graphene-based catalysts

N Guo, KM Yam, C Zhang - npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2018 - nature.com
Graphene-based solid-state catalysis is an emerging direction in research on graphene,
which opens new opportunities in graphene applications and thus has attracted enormous …

Doping of epitaxial graphene by direct incorporation of nickel adatoms

V Carnevali, LL Patera, G Prandini, M Jugovac… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct incorporation of Ni adatoms during graphene growth on Ni (111) is evidenced by
scanning tunneling microscopy. The structure and energetics of the observed defects is …