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 …

Recent advances in heterogeneous selective oxidation catalysis for sustainable chemistry

Z Guo, B Liu, Q Zhang, W Deng, Y Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidation catalysis not only plays a crucial role in the current chemical industry for the
production of key intermediates such as alcohols, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones and organic …

Electronic Interactions on Platinum/(Metal‐Oxide)‐Based Photocatalysts Boost Selective Photoreduction of CO2 to CH4

P Liu, YL Men, XY Meng, C Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
By supporting platinum (Pt) and cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles on indium oxide
(In2O3), we fabricated a CdS/Pt/In2O3 photocatalyst. Selective photoreduction of carbon …

Approaches to improving the selectivity of nanozymes

SV Somerville, Q Li, J Wordsworth, S Jamali… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes mimic enzymes and that includes their selectivity. To achieve selectivity,
significant inspiration for nanoparticle design can come from the geometric and molecular …

Time-resolved copper speciation during selective catalytic reduction of NO on Cu-SSZ-13

A Marberger, AW Petrov, P Steiger, M Elsener… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Practical catalysts often operate under dynamic conditions of temperature variations and
sudden changes of feed composition that call for understanding of operation and catalyst …

Synergy between metallic and oxidized Pt sites unravelled during room temperature CO oxidation on Pt/ceria

FC Meunier, L Cardenas, H Kaper… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pt‐based materials are widely used as heterogeneous catalysts, in particular for pollutant
removal applications. The state of Pt has often been proposed to differ depending on …

Time-resolved in situ DRIFTS study on NH 3-SCR of NO on a CeO 2/TiO 2 catalyst

J Yang, S Ren, M Wang, Z Chen, L Chen… - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ce–Ti catalysts were considered as a promising replacement for V–Ti based catalysts for
selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) with NH3. In this work, a …

Size effect of ruthenium nanoparticles in catalytic carbon monoxide oxidation

SH Joo, JY Park, JR Renzas, DR Butcher, W Huang… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Carbon monoxide oxidation over ruthenium catalysts has shown an unusual catalytic
behavior. Here we report a particle size effect on CO oxidation over Ru nanoparticle (NP) …

Chemical imaging of spatial heterogeneities in catalytic solids at different length and time scales

BM Weckhuysen - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic solids in the spotlight: Detailed insight into the working principles of heterogeneous
catalysts is essential for the design of improved or totally new ones. Such insight can be …

Advanced X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy: in situ catalytic studies

J Singh, C Lamberti, JA van Bokhoven - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Knowledge of the structure of catalysts is essential to understand their behavior, which
further facilitates development of an active, selective, and stable catalyst. Determining the …