Single-atom catalysis: Insights from model systems

F Kraushofer, GS Parkinson - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The field of single-atom catalysis (SAC) has expanded greatly in recent years. While there
has been much success developing new synthesis methods, a fundamental disconnect …

Theoretical insights into the surface physics and chemistry of redox-active oxides

R Rousseau, VA Glezakou, A Selloni - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Redox-active oxides find use in many applications, including catalysts, photovoltaic devices,
self-cleaning glasses, chemical sensors and electronic components. Their utility derives …

Structure of a model TiO2 photocatalytic interface

H Hussain, G Tocci, T Woolcot, X Torrelles, CL Pang… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The interaction of water with TiO2 is crucial to many of its practical applications, including
photocatalytic water splitting. Following the first demonstration of this phenomenon 40 years …

Structure of Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Surfaces

CL Pang, R Lindsay, G Thornton - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
TiO 2 is exploited in a number of applications, including solar power, catalysis, gas sensing,
and corrosion protection, where surface properties are central to operation. This commercial …

Chemical reactions on rutile TiO 2 (110)

CL Pang, R Lindsay, G Thornton - Chemical Society Reviews, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the surface chemistry of TiO2 is key to the development and optimisation of
many technologies, such as solar power, catalysis, gas sensing, medical implantation, and …

Thermally-driven processes on rutile TiO2 (1 1 0)-(1× 1): A direct view at the atomic scale

Z Dohnálek, I Lyubinetsky, R Rousseau - Progress in Surface Science, 2010 - Elsevier
The technological importance of TiO2 has led to a broad effort aimed at understanding the
elementary steps that underlie catalytic and photocatalytic reactions. The most stable …

Oxide surface science

U Diebold, SC Li, M Schmid - Annual review of physical …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Most metals are oxidized under ambient conditions, and metal oxides show interesting and
technologically promising properties. This has motivated much recent research on oxide …

A DFT-D study of structural and energetic properties of TiO2 modifications

J Moellmann, S Ehrlich, R Tonner… - Journal of physics …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The structures and relative energies of the three naturally occurring modifications of titanium
dioxide (rutile, brookite and anatase) were investigated. For an accurate description, atom …

Surface structures and thermodynamics of low-index of rutile, brookite and anatase–A comparative DFT study

TR Esch, I Gadaczek, T Bredow - Applied Surface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Titania surfaces have been studied theoretically and experimentally for many decades due
to their photocatalytic properties. In this paper we present a theoretical study where we …

Particles Morphology and Surface Properties As Investigated by HRTEM, FTIR, and Periodic DFT Calculations: From Pyrogenic TiO2 (P25) to Nanoanatase

L Mino, G Spoto, S Bordiga… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
By combining electron microscopy, FTIR spectroscopy of different CO isotopic mixtures, and
DFT calculations, a complete assignment of the IR spectrum of CO adsorbed on P25 (a …