Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Selective catalytic hydrogenation of nitroarenes is of great importance for dyestuff and
pharmaceutical industry. A critical step toward the rational design of targeted catalysts is to …

H2 dissociation plays crucial roles in catalytic hydrogenation reactions and hydrogen
storage. Metal-nanoparticle-based heterogeneous catalysts often dissociate H2 via a …

Value-added chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals synthesized by organic transformation
from raw materials via catalytic techniques have attracted enormous attention in the past few …

Understanding the structural dynamics of a catalyst under reaction conditions is challenging
but crucial regarding catalyst design. Here, by a combination of in situ/operando …

Since the discovery that ceria is an active catalyst for selective hydrogenation of alkynes,
there has been much debate on the catalytic mechanism. In this work, we propose, based on …

The cleavage of C–O bonds presents the crucial step for realizing the depolymerization of
lignin. Herein, we report that Ni nanoparticles (NiNPs) supported on CeO2 with oxygen …

In this work, ruthenium (Ru) catalysts supported on CeO2 nanorods (NR), nanocubes (NC),
and nanoctahedra (NO) were comparatively investigated to correlate the shape and …

A review. CeO 2 is widely used and investigated as an oxide catalyst or support due to its
unique redox property of oxygen storage and release. In this paper, the different …

Optimizing kinetic barriers of ammonia synthesis to reduce the energy intensity has recently
attracted significant research interest. The motivation for the research is to discover means …