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1. Mesoporous nanocrystalline TiO2 supported metal (Cu, Co, Ni, Pd, Zn, and Sn) catalysts: Effect of metal-support interactions on steam reforming of methanol
Vishwanath G. Deshmane | Sri Lanka Owen | Richard Y. Abrokwah | Debasish Kuila
Mesoporous TiO2 supported Cu, Co, Ni, Pd, Sn and Zn catalysts (M-TiO2) were synthesized using facile one-step synthesis method and were characterized using BET, XRD, TGA-DSC, TEM, SEM-EDX, ICP-OES,...
2 February 2009
Kyoko Kuroda | Tamao Ishida | Masatake Haruta
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) were directly deposited on commercially available poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) beads by the deposition reduction method by adding dropwise of NaBH4 into the aqueous solution...
13 April 2004
Olefin metathesis opens up new industrial routes to important petrochemicals, oleochemicals, polymers and specialty chemicals. The most important applications of olefin metathesis in the field of petrochemicals...
4. Efficient one-pot microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of M (M=Cr, Ni, Cu, Nb) and nitrogen co-doped TiO2 for hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting
Hsin-yu Lin | Cheng-yao Shih
A series of metal ion (M=Cr, Ni, Cu, Nb) and nitrogen co-doped TiO2 with high hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting were prepared by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method using titanium...
5. Surface electronic structure and reactivity of transition and noble metals1Communication presented at the First Francqui Colloquium, Brussels, 19–20 February 1996.1
7 February 1997
A Ruban | B Hammer | P Stoltze | H.L Skriver | J.K Nørskov
We present self-consistent density functional calculations using the LMTO-ASA method of the variations in the surface electronic structure for pseudomorfic overlayers and impurities of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu,...
6. A review of modern transition-metal nanoclusters: their synthesis, characterization, and applications in catalysis
8 September 1999
John D. Aiken | Richard G. Finke
A literature review of modern transition-metal nanoclusters, with an emphasis on those nanoclusters which are catalytically active, is presented in two parts. Part One presents background information...
Qingqing Yuan | Damin Zhang | Lennart van Haandel | Feiyang Ye | Teng Xue | Emiel J.M Hensen | Yejun Guan
Selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol under mild conditions was evaluated over Ru nanoparticles supported on a series of zirconium based metal organic frameworks (UiO-66, UiO-67, Zr6-NDC,...
8. Ruthenium nanoparticles supported on zeolite Y as an efficient catalyst for selective hydrogenation of xylose to xylitol
Dinesh Kumar Mishra | Aasif Asharaf Dabbawala | Jin-Soo Hwang
Zeolite Y (HYZ) supported ruthenium (Ru) nanoparticles catalysts are prepared by simple impregnation method and characterized by using different techniques such as TEM, TEM-EDX, SEM, XRD, FT-IR, surface...
20 November 2000
C Doornkamp | V Ponec
This review deals with the mechanism that is arbitrarily called below the Mars and Van Krevelen (MvK) mechanism. The characteristic feature of this mechanism is that some products of the reaction leave...
15 December 2015
Jaekyeong Yoo | Yongju Bang | Seung Ju Han | Seungwon Park | Ji Hwan Song | In Kyu Song
A mesoporous nickel–alumina aerogel catalyst (NAA) was prepared by an epoxide-initiated gelation method and a subsequent supercritical carbon dioxide drying method. For comparison, a mesoporous nickel–alumina...
11. Oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling of amines and α-carbonyl aldehydes over heterogeneous Cu-MOF-74 catalyst: A ligand- and base-free approach
1 December 2015
Thanh Truong | Giao H. Dang | Nam V. Tran | Ngoc T. Truong | Dung T. Le | Nam T.S. Phan
A crystalline porous metal-organic framework Cu-MOF-74 was synthesized and its properties were examined by a host of techniques, including X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy...
12. Functionalized ionic liquids supported on silica as mild and effective heterogeneous catalysts for dehydration of biomass to furan derivatives
15 December 2015
Haimei Xu | Huahua Zhao | Huanling Song | Zhichao Miao | Jian Yang | Jun Zhao | Ning Liang | Lingjun Chou
A series of functional ionic liquid supported silica nanoparticles with different acidity (ILs/SiO2) have been prepared by covalent bonds using novel, non-toxic ethanol as solvent. Compared with using...
13. Sulfonated porous organic polymer as a highly efficient catalyst for the synthesis of biodiesel at room temperature
Ruth Gomes | Piyali Bhanja | Asim Bhaumik
A new functionalized porous organic polymer bearing sulfonic acid groups (PDVTA-SO3H) at the pore surface with high surface area (SBET=406m2g−1) and Brønsted acidity is reported. The material has been...
14. Graphene quantum dots as novel and green nano-materials for the visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of cationic dye
1 December 2015
Mahmoud Roushani | Maryamosadat Mavaei | Hamid Reza Rajabi
In this paper, we have introduced a novel property of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) as efficient nano-materials for degradation of organic pollutant dyes based on the photocatalytic behavior of GQDs...
Josep Albero | Hermenegildo Garcia
Due to the availability and easy preparation, graphenes are currently under intense investigation for various applications in chemistry including their use as metal-free catalysts. The presence in low...
16. Role of oxygen vacancy in the plasma-treated TiO2 photocatalyst with visible light activity for NO removal
6 November 2000
Isao Nakamura | Nobuaki Negishi | Shuzo Kutsuna | Tatsuhiko Ihara | Shinichi Sugihara | Koji Takeuchi
The photocatalytic activity for NO removal under an oxidative atmosphere has been studied over commercial TiO2 and plasma-treated TiO2 powders. By the plasma treatment, the photocatalytic activity for...
18 May 2004
John S Wilkes
Ionic liquids are good solvents for catalytic reactions. The rational selection of the appropriate ionic liquid solvent for a particular reaction requires general knowledge of the properties of ionic...
18. Investigating the synergistic effects in tourmaline/TiO2-based heterogeneous photocatalysis: Underlying mechanism insights
Li Yu | Cuiping Wang | Feiyang Chen | Jiaqi Zhang | Yuefei Ruan | Jiayao Xu
We proposed to combine a polarized mineral tourmaline and TiO2 nanosemiconductor to form a hybrid photocatalyst, to simultaneously optimize the photocatalytic efficiency and macroscopic aggregation...
Alan Meng | Jing Xing | Zhenjiang Li | Qing Wei | Qingdang Li
A series of the novel Ag/AgCl/ZnO nano-networks with different Ag contents had been synthesized by combining coordination-precipitation with calcination method and characterized by different techniques....
15 December 2015
Jin Luo | Xiaosong Zhou | Lin Ma | Xuyao Xu
Novel visible-light-driven WO3/BiOI heterojuncted photocatalysts were fabricated by a facile hydrothermal method and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy...
21. Hydrothermal synthesis of SnO2/ZnS nanocomposite as a photocatalyst for degradation of Rhodamine B under simulated and natural sunlight
Longxing Hu | Feiyan Chen | Pengfei Hu | Lianpei Zou | Xing Hu
A novel nanocomposite, SnO2/ZnS, was successfully synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method. The composite was characterized by several techniques such as XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS and UV–vis spectrum,...
Yang Li | Lin-Dong Liu | Lu Liu | Ying Liu | Hong-Wei Zhang | Xu Han
In this study, three trivalent Mn (oxyhydr)oxides, bixbyite (α-Mn2O3), hausmannite (Mn3O4) and manganite (γ-MnOOH) were synthesized and used as persulfate (PS) activators in phenol oxidation. Of these...
23. Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin by synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles on montmorillonite: Effect of operation parameters and artificial neural network modeling
1 December 2015
Aydin Hassani | Alireza Khataee | Semra Karaca
TiO2/MMT nanocomposite was synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy...
24. A study on chemisorbed oxygen and reaction process of Fe–CuOx/ZSM-5 via ultrasonic impregnation method for low-temperature NH3-SCR
1 December 2015
Lin Zhu | Lei Zhang | Hongxia Qu | Qin Zhong
Fe–CuOx/ZSM-5 catalyst was prepared for low-temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx with ammonia by ultrasonic impregnation method. The catalyst were characterized by HRTEM, XRD, H2-TPR,...
4 January 2011
Priscila C. Zonetti | Johnatan Celnik | Sonia Letichevsky | Alexandre B. Gaspar | Lucia G. Appel
Ethanol produced from cellulosic residues will be in large supply all over the world in the next decades. Undoubtedly, bioethanol will be used as a gasoline substitute or additive. Taking its future...