Nanocatalysis: size-and shape-dependent chemisorption and catalytic reactivity

BR Cuenya, F Behafarid - Surface Science Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, the field of catalysis has experienced an astonishing transformation, driven
in part by more demanding environmental standards and critical societal and industrial …

Quantum mechanical studies of large metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and clusters

A Fernando, KLDM Weerawardene… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

Highly selective and stable nickel catalysts supported on ceria promoted with Sm2O3, Pr2O3 and MgO for the CO2 methanation reaction

GI Siakavelas, ND Charisiou, S AlKhoori… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work reports on the investigation of the catalytic performance for the
methanation of CO 2 over Ni catalysts based on CeO 2, and for the first time, of Ni catalysts …

Effect of Pd Coordination and Isolation on the Catalytic Reduction of O2 to H2O2 over PdAu Bimetallic Nanoparticles

T Ricciardulli, S Gorthy, JS Adams… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2+ O2→ H2O2) may enable low-cost H2O2
production and reduce environmental impacts of chemical oxidations. Here, we synthesize a …

Highly selective and stable Ni/La-M (M= Sm, Pr, and Mg)-CeO2 catalysts for CO2 methanation

GI Siakavelas, ND Charisiou, A AlKhoori… - Journal of CO2 …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the study presented herein, nickel catalysts supported on CeO 2 and, for the first time in
the literature, on La 2 O 3-Sm 2 O 3-CeO 2, La 2 O 3-Pr 2 O 3-CeO 2 and La 2 O 3-MgO …

AgPd and CuPd catalysts for selective hydrogenation of acetylene

MR Ball, KR Rivera-Dones, EB Gilcher… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The selective hydrogenation of acetylene has been studied over AgPd and CuPd catalysts.
Controlled surface reactions were used to synthesize these bimetallic nanoparticles on both …

Nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis: new mechanistic insights

S Schauermann, N Nilius… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles finely dispersed over oxide supports have found use as
heterogeneous catalysts in many industries including chemical manufacturing, energy …

Low-Temperature Pd/Zeolite Passive NOx Adsorbers: Structure, Performance, and Adsorption Chemistry

Y Zheng, L Kovarik, MH Engelhard… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Pd/zeolite passive NO x adsorber (PNA) materials were prepared with solution ion-
exchange between NH4/zeolites (Beta, ZSM-5, and SSZ-13) and PdCl2 solutions. The …

Facile Synthesis of Pd Nanosheets and Implications for Superior Catalytic Activity

S Ando, E Yamamoto, M Kobayashi, A Kumatani… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a member of the 2D materials family, 2D metal nanosheets (metallenes) have received
increasing attention due to their intriguing properties distinct from those of graphene and …

Quasi Pd1Ni single-atom surface alloy catalyst enables hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines

H Wang, Q Luo, W Liu, Y Lin, Q Guan, X Zheng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Hydrogenation of nitriles represents as an atom-economic route to synthesize amines,
crucial building blocks in fine chemicals. However, high redox potentials of nitriles render …