The concept of active site in heterogeneous catalysis

C Vogt, BM Weckhuysen - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods
surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P Xie… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

Nanoscale engineering of catalytic materials for sustainable technologies

S Mitchell, R Qin, N Zheng, J Pérez-Ramírez - Nature nanotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
Nanostructured materials of diverse architecture are ubiquitous in industrial catalysis. They
offer exciting prospects to tackle various sustainability challenges faced by society. Since the …

Steam-created grain boundaries for methane C–H activation in palladium catalysts

W Huang, AC Johnston-Peck, T Wolter, WCD Yang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Defects may display high reactivity because the specific arrangement of atoms differs from
crystalline surfaces. We demonstrate that high-temperature steam pretreatment of palladium …

Tandem In2O3-Pt/Al2O3 catalyst for coupling of propane dehydrogenation to selective H2 combustion

H Yan, K He, IA Samek, D Jing, MG Nanda, PC Stair… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Tandem catalysis couples multiple reactions and promises to improve chemical processing,
but precise spatiotemporal control over reactive intermediates remains elusive. We used …

Structural evolution of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts dictates reactivity

L DeRita, J Resasco, S Dai, A Boubnov, HV Thang… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
The use of oxide-supported isolated Pt-group metal atoms as catalytic active sites is of
interest due to their unique reactivity and efficient metal utilization. However, relationships …

The renaissance of the Sabatier reaction and its applications on Earth and in space

C Vogt, M Monai, GJ Kramer, BM Weckhuysen - Nature catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
The Sabatier reaction (that is, CO2 methanation) is undergoing a revival for two main
reasons. First, the power-to-gas concept offers the prospect of large-scale recycling of (point …

Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis

J Resasco, F Abild-Pedersen, C Hahn, Z Bao… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Combining computational and experimental methods is a powerful approach to understand
the variables that govern catalyst performance and ultimately design improved materials …

Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis

Y Yang, Y Xiong, R Zeng, X Lu, M Krumov… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysis has been the cornerstone for enhancing energy efficiency, minimizing
environmental impacts and carbon emissions, and enabling a more sustainable way of …