Role of oxygen vacancies in nanostructured metal-oxide gas sensors: a review

M Al-Hashem, S Akbar, P Morris - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019 - Elsevier
Investigations into the mechanisms governing the behavior of metal oxide gas sensors
continue to be of great interest. Oxygen vacancies are a ubiquitous defect in this class of …

Recent Trends in Plasmon‐Assisted Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

RG Ciocarlan, N Blommaerts, S Lenaerts… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Direct photocatalytic reduction of CO2 has become an highly active field of research. It is
thus of utmost importance to maintain an overview of the various materials used to sustain …

Practical guides for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS): Interpreting the carbon 1s spectrum

TR Gengenbach, GH Major, MR Linford… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The carbon 1s photoelectron spectrum is the most widely fit and analyzed narrow scan in the
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) literature. It is, therefore, critically important to adopt …

Unravelling the effect of charge dynamics at the plasmonic metal/semiconductor interface for CO2 photoreduction

L Collado, A Reynal, F Fresno, M Barawi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sunlight plays a critical role in the development of emerging sustainable energy conversion
and storage technologies. Light-induced CO2 reduction by artificial photosynthesis is one of …

Present and new frontiers in materials research by ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

J Schnadt, J Knudsen… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this topical review we catagorise all ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
publications that have appeared between the 1970s and the end of 2018 according to their …

A mini review of in situ near-ambient pressure XPS studies on non-noble, late transition metal catalysts

L Zhong, D Chen, S Zafeiratos - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasing prices of noble metals and the progress in synthesis of nanomaterials,
non-noble transition metal catalysts have gained considerable interest in heterogeneous …

The role of CO2 dissociation in CO2 hydrogenation to ethanol on CoCu/silica catalysts

Z Wang, C Yang, X Li, X Song, C Pei, ZJ Zhao, J Gong - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
CoCu-based catalysts are widely used in CO x hydrogenation reactions to produce higher
alcohols due to the CC coupling ability of Co and the ability of Cu to produce alcohols. This …

A discussion of approaches for fitting asymmetric signals in X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), noting the importance of Voigt‐like peak shapes

GH Major, TG Avval, DI Patel, D Shah… - Surface and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although the fundamental, theoretical peak shape in X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy
(XPS) is Lorentzian, some Gaussian character is observed in most XPS signals. Additional …

Surface Orientation and Pressure Dependence of CO2 Activation on Cu Surfaces

T Yang, T Gu, Y Han, W Wang, Y Yu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A fundamental understanding of interactions between catalysts and gas molecules is
essential for the development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts. In this study, ambient …

CO2 Activation on Ni(111) and Ni(100) Surfaces in the Presence of H2O: An Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

J Cai, Y Han, S Chen, EJ Crumlin, B Yang… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nickel-based catalysts play an important role in the chemical transformation of CO2. A
fundamental understanding of the interaction between CO2 and Ni surfaces at atomic level …