Controlling heterogeneous catalysis with organic monolayers on metal oxides

AH Jenkins, JW Medlin - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A key theme of heterogeneous catalysis research is achieving control of the
environment surrounding the active site to precisely steer the reactivity toward desired …

Highly selective conversion of phenol to cyclohexanol over Ru/Nb 2 O 5-n C18PA catalysts with increased acidity in a biphasic system under mild conditions

J Zhan, R Hu, X Luo, C Zhang, G Luo, J Fan… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclohexanol is an essential intermediate in the chemical industry for the synthesis of nylon
and other materials, but the direct hydrogenation of phenol to produce cyclohexanol is …

Control of Molecular Bonding Strength on Metal Catalysts with Organic Monolayers for CO2 Reduction

J Zhang, S Deo, MJ Janik… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of separate levers for controlling the bonding strength of different reactive
species on catalyst surfaces is challenging but essential for the design of highly active and …

Tunable Catalytic Performance of Palladium Nanoparticles for H2O2 Direct Synthesis via Surface-Bound Ligands

L F. de L. e Freitas, B Puértolas, J Zhang, B Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is a critical need for sustainable routes to produce hydrogen peroxide, H2O2. A
promising approach involves direct synthesis from molecular hydrogen and oxygen at (sub) …

On‐the‐fly Catalyst Modification: Strategy to Improve Catalytic Processes Selectivity and Understanding

J Sá, JW Medlin - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogenation is a quintessential process to the chemical industry. It is heavily involved in
organic synthesis and fuel production, among other processes. Preferentially the reactions …

Mild Hydrodeoxygenation of Aromatic Ketones by Pd/HxWO3–y with Plasmonic Features Assisted by Visible-NIR Light Irradiation

H Ge, Y Kuwahara, M Okada… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactions are important processes in the fields of bioenergy and
biorefining, as they enable the conversion of biomass into valuable products that can …

Phosphoric acid enhancement in a Pt-encapsulated Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) bifunctional catalyst for efficient hydro-deoxygenation of oleic acid from biomass

DP Phan, EY Lee - Journal of catalysis, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pt-doped H 3 PO 4@ MIL-101Cr catalysts, with a series of phosphoric acid
concentrations, were successfully synthesized using the double-solvent method for efficient …

Phosphonic acid promotion of supported Pd catalysts for low temperature vanillin hydrodeoxygenation in ethanol

P Hao, DK Schwartz, JW Medlin - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2018 - Elsevier
Bifunctional catalysts with activity for both hydrogenation and dehydration have been
frequently investigated for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO). Here, we report the application of …

Phosphonic acid modifiers for enhancing selective hydrodeoxygenation over Pt catalysts: The role of the catalyst support

PD Coan, MB Griffin, PN Ciesielski, JW Medlin - Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
Bifunctional catalysts comprised of both noble metal and Brønsted acid sites are of growing
interest for many reactions, such as the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of oxygenates produced …

[HTML][HTML] Palladium catalysts based on porous aromatic frameworks for vanillin hydrogenation: Tuning the activity and selectivity by introducing functional groups

MA Bazhenova, LA Kulikov, YS Bolnykh… - Catalysis …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of the current work was to study the activity of supported palladium catalysts based
on porous aromatic frameworks (PAF) in vanillin hydrogenation, and to develop the methods …