Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the most important chemical processes of various
industries performed on catalyst nanoparticles with different sizes or/and shapes. In the past …

The catalytic conversion of CO 2 to fuels or chemicals is considered to be an effective
pathway to mitigate the greenhouse effect. To develop new types of efficient and durable …

Nanoparticle (NP) catalysts are ubiquitous in energy systems, chemical production, and
reducing the environmental impact of many industrial processes. Under reactive …

Due to the uniform and stable pore structure, mesoporous silica has attracted increasing
research attention as a catalyst support material. As a large family of mesoporous silica …

The dynamical structure of a catalyst determines the availability of active sites on its surface.
However, how nanoparticle (NP) catalysts re-structure under reaction conditions and how …

Bimetallic catalyst is a major group of the heterogeneous catalysts which has been widely
investigated for many important catalytic processes such as biomass upgrading. The …

Catalytic complete oxidation of CH4 at relatively low temperatures is significant for removing
unburned CH4 from the exhaust of combustion engines fueled with natural gas or liquefied …

High coverage structures for CO on Pt (111) and Pt (100) surfaces are studied by density
functional theory modeling and compared to high-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy …

Tracking surface chemistry of a catalyst during catalysis is significant for fundamental
understanding of catalytic performance of the catalyst since it allows for establishing an …

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a crucial surface analysis technique that has
become a key tool in the study of heterogeneous catalysis. Detecting surface chemistry …