Advances and mechanistic insights in the catalytic semi-hydrogenation of acetylene over non-metallic catalysts

F Zhang, Q Zhang, Y Chen, L Xu, Z Li, Q Wang… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acetylene semi-hydrogenation reaction is a critical transformation process for removing
trace levels of acetylene from industrial ethylene streams. Noble metal catalysts are …

Frustrated Lewis Pairs in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Theoretical Insights

Q Wan, S Lin, H Guo - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalysts have attracted much recent interest because of their
exceptional ability to activate small molecules in homogeneous catalysis. In the past ten …

Removal of Bromine from the non-metallic fraction in printed circuit board via its Co-pyrolysis with alumina

L Ali, HA Mousa, M Al-Harahsheh, S Al-Zuhair… - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of a recycling approach of the printed circuit board (PCBs), and, thus, the
quality of polymeric constituents, primarily rests on the capacity to eliminate the bromine …

Decomposition of selected chlorinated volatile organic compounds by ceria (CeO 2)

HA Miran, M Altarawneh, ZT Jiang… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) are toxic chemical entities emitted
invariably from stationary thermal operations when a trace of chlorine is present. Replacing …

Reductive defluorination and mechanochemical decomposition of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs): from present knowledge to future remediation …

P Roesch, C Vogel, FG Simon - International Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past two decades, per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have emerged as
worldwide environmental contaminants, calling out for sophisticated treatment …

Towards H 2 O catalyzed N 2-fixation over TiO 2 doped Ru n clusters (n= 5, 6): a mechanistic and kinetic approach

S Ghoshal, A Pramanik, P Sarkar - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
H2O driven N2 fixation is known as the best alternative pathway to synthesise NH3 under
ambient conditions. The thermodynamic non-spontaneous reaction can be accomplished by …

Alumina-mediated mechanochemical method for simultaneously degrading perfluorooctanoic acid and synthesizing a polyfluoroalkene

H Lv, N Wang, L Zhu, Y Zhou, W Li, H Tang - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of large-scale processes for disposing harmful perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is
an important issue, since it was listed as a persistent organic pollutant in 2015. In this work …

Electronic structure of atomically dispersed supported iridium catalyst controls iridium aggregation

SF Kurtoglu, AS Hoffman, D Akgul, M Babucci… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Supported iridium complexes, Ir (C2H4) 2/support, were characterized by X-ray absorption
spectroscopy during a temperature ramp to 120° C in flowing H2. Iridium in complexes …

A kinetic model for halogenation of the zinc content in franklinite

M Altarawneh, OH Ahmed, M Al-Harahsheh… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) signifies a major source of recyclable zinc. Most of the zinc
load in EAFD exists as zincite (ZnO) and franklinite (ZnFe 2 O 4). The heterogenous mixture …

Understanding the interaction between polybutadiene and alumina via density functional theory calculations and machine-learned atomistic simulations

N Patsalidis, G Papamokos, G Floudas… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We provide a fundamental understanding of the interaction between cis-1, 4-polybtadiene
(PB) and the alumina (001) surface via a computational multi-stage methodology involving …