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Pazos Urrea M, Meilinger S, Herold F, Gopakumar J, Tusini E, De Giacinto A, Zimina A, Grunwaldt JD, Chen D, Rønning M. Aqueous Phase Reforming over Platinum Catalysts on Doped Carbon Supports: Exploring Platinum-Heteroatom Interactions. ACS Catal 2024; 14:4139-4154. [PMID: 38510663 PMCID: PMC10949196 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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A series of platinum catalysts supported on carbon nanofibers with various heteroatom dopings were synthesized to investigate the effect of the local platinum environment on the catalytic activity and selectivity in aqueous phase reforming (APR) of ethylene glycol (EG). Typical carbon dopants such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and boron were chosen based on their ability to bring acidic or basic functional groups to the carbon surface. In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to identify the platinum oxidation state and platinum species formed during APR of EG through multivariate curve resolution alternating least-squares analysis, observing differences in activity, selectivity, and platinum local environment among the catalysts. The platinum-based catalyst on the nitrogen-doped carbon support demonstrated the most favorable properties for H2 production due to high Pt dispersion and basicity (H2 site time yield 22.7 h-1). Direct Pt-N-O coordination was identified by XAS in this catalyst. The sulfur-doped catalyst presented Pt-S contributions with the lowest EG conversion rate and minimal production of the gas phase components. Boron and phosphorus-doped catalysts showed moderate activity, which was affected by low platinum dispersion on the carbon support. The phosphorus-doped catalyst showed preferential selectivity to alcohols in the liquid phase, associated with the presence of acid sites and Pt-P contributions observed under APR conditions.
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- Monica Pazos Urrea
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Sun F, Gao Y, Li M, Wen Y, Fang Y, Meyer TJ, Shan B. Molecular Self-Assembly in Conductive Covalent Networks for Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21491-21501. [PMID: 37733833 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Electrochemical nitrate (NO3-) reduction in aqueous media provides a useful approach for ammonia (NH3) synthesis. While efforts are focused on developing catalysts, the local microenvironment surrounding the catalyst centers is of great importance for controlling electrocatalytic performance. Here, we demonstrate that a self-assembled molecular iron catalyst integrated in a free-standing conductive hydrogel is capable of selective production of NH3 from NO3- at efficiencies approaching unity. With the electrocatalytic hydrogel, the NH3 selectivity is consistently high under a range of negative biases, which results from the hydrophobicity increase of the polycarbazole-based electrode substrate. In mildly acidic media, proton reduction is suppressed by electro-dewetting of the hydrogel electrode, enhancing the selectivity of NO3- reduction. The electrocatalytic hydrogel is capable of continuous production of NH3 for at least 100 h with NH3 selectivity of ∼89 to 98% at high current densities. Our results highlight the role of constructing an internal hydrophobic surface for electrocatalysts in controlling selectivity in aqueous media.
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- Feiqing Sun
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Mahmood A, Liu D, Sun Y, Wang Q, Chen S, Wang B, Chen L. Directional movement of gold nanoparticles on the silicon substrate due to the Laplace pressure: a molecular dynamics simulation study. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Li T. Coalescence-Induced Jumping for Removing the Deposited Heterogeneous Droplets: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:8030-8038. [PMID: 36174232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The removal of the deposited droplets on a solid surface is crucial to considerable practical applications that require self-cleaning properties. In this work, a strategy of cleaning a deposited droplet ("D-droplet") by coalescing with a heterogeneous and easily jumping droplet ("J-droplet") is proposed. Molecular dynamics simulation studies have shown that the coalescence of these two kinds of droplets would not guarantee the removal of D-droplet, unless the lifting ability of J-droplet is enhanced through the reduction of the solid-liquid interaction. However, this is a bad scenario with low efficiency. Further investigation suggests that by introducing two J-droplets to produce triple-coalescence dynamics, the D-droplet could be successfully jumping from the substrates due to the coalescence-induced effect, which is also verified by the free energy calculation. Moreover, the effects of the size of the droplets and the arrangement mode of these three droplets on the jumping dynamics are both considered. The studies not only help advance our understanding of coalescence-induced jumping of heterogeneous droplets, but also open up new ways to remove the deposited impure droplets, which is expected to guide the fields of self-cleaning.
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- Tao Li
- Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong999077, China
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Cavuoto D, Ravasio N, Zaccheria F, Marelli M, Cappelletti G, Campisi S, Gervasini A. Tuning the Cu/SiO2 wettability features for bio-derived platform molecules valorization. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The wetting behavior of water on metal surfaces is important for a wide range of industries, for example, in the metallurgical industry during the preparation of metallic nanoparticles or electrochemical or electroless coating preparation from aqueous solutions, as well as in the construction industry (e.g., self-cleaning metal surfaces) and in the oil industry, in the case of water–oil separation or corrosion problems. Wettability in water/metal systems has been investigated in the literature; nevertheless, contradictions can be found in the results. Some papers have reported perfect wettability even in water/noble metal systems, while other researchers state that water cannot spread well on the surface of metals, and the contact angle is predicted at around 60°. The purpose of this paper is to resolve this contradiction and find correlations to predict the contact angle for a variety of metals. In our research, the wetting behavior of distilled water on the freshly polished surface of Ag, Au, Cu, Fe, Nb, Ni, Sn, Ti, and W substrates was investigated by the sessile drop method. The contact angle of the water on the metal was determined by KSV software. The contact angle of water is identified as being between 50° and 80°. We found that the contact angle of water on metals decreases linearly with increasing the atomic radius of the substrate. Using our new equation, the contact angle of water was identified on all of the metals in the periodic table. From the measured contact angle values, the adhesion energy of the distilled water/metal substrate interface was also determined and a correlation with the free electron density parameter of substrates was determined.
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Führer M, van Haasterecht T, Masoud N, Barrett DH, Verhoeven T, Hensen E, Tromp M, Rodella CB, Bitter H. The Synergetic Effect of Support‐oxygen Groups and Pt Particle Size in the Oxidation of α‐D‐glucose: A Proximity Effect in Adsorption. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marlene Führer
- Wageningen University and Research: Wageningen University & Research Biobased Chemistry and Technology Wageningen NETHERLANDS
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- Wageningen University and Research Wageningen Plant Research Biobased Chemistry and Technology NETHERLANDS
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- Wageningen UR: Wageningen University & Research Biobased Chemistry and Technology NETHERLANDS
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory: Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials NETHERLANDS
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- Eindhoven University of Technology: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven EIRES Chemistry for Sustainable Energy Systems NETHERLANDS
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- Eindhoven University of Technology: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven EIRES Chemistry for Sustainable Energy Systems NETHERLANDS
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- University of Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Material chemisrty NETHERLANDS
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory: Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials NETHERLANDS
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- Wageningen University Biobased commodity chemistry Bornse Weilanden 9P.O. Box 17 6700 AA Wageningen NETHERLANDS
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Li Z, Hu R, Ye S, Song J, Liu L, Qu J, Song W, Cao C. High-Performance Heterogeneous Thermocatalysis Caused by Catalyst Wettability Regulation. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202104588. [PMID: 35253287 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Catalyst wettability regulation has emerged as an attractive approach for high catalytic performance for the past few years. By introducing appropriate wettability, the molecule diffusion of reactants and products can be enhanced, leading to high activity. Besides this, undesired molecules are isolated for high selectivity of target products and long-term stability of catalyst. Herein, we summarize wettability-induced high-performance heterogeneous thermocatalysis in recent years, including hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, hybrid hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity, amphiphilicity, and superaerophilicity. Relevant reactions are further classified and described according to the reason for the performance improvement. It should be pointed out that studies of utilizing superaerophilicity to improve heterogeneous thermocatalytic performance have been included for the first time, so this is a comparatively comprehensive review in this field as yet.
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- Zhaohua Li
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China.,National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Vemuri B, Chilkoor G, Dhungana P, Islam J, Baride A, Koratkar N, Ajayan PM, Rahman MM, Hoefelmeyer JD, Gadhamshetty V. Oxygen Reduction Reaction with Manganese Oxide Nanospheres in Microbial Fuel Cells. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:11777-11787. [PMID: 35449907 PMCID: PMC9016819 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Operating microbial fuel cells (MFCs) under extreme pH conditions offers a substantial benefit. Acidic conditions suppress the growth of undesirable methanogens and increase redox potential for oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs), and alkaline conditions increase the electrocatalytic activity. However, operating any fuel cells, including MFCs, is difficult under such extreme pH conditions. Here, we demonstrate a pH-universal ORR ink based on hollow nanospheres of manganese oxide (h-Mn3O4) anchored with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on planar and porous forms of carbon electrodes in MFCs (pH = 3-11). Nanospheres of h-Mn3O4 (diameter ∼ 31 nm, shell thickness ∼ 7 nm) on a glassy carbon electrode yielded a highly reproducible ORR activity at pH 3 and 10, based on rotating disk electrode (RDE) tests. A phenomenal ORR performance and long-term stability (∼106 days) of the ink were also observed with four different porous cathodes (carbon cloth, carbon nanofoam paper, reticulated vitreous carbon, and graphite felt) in MFCs. The ink reduced the charge transfer resistance (R ct) to the ORR by 100-fold and 45-fold under the alkaline and acidic conditions, respectively. The current study promotes ORR activity and subsequently the MFC operations under a wide range of pH conditions, including acidic and basic conditions.
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- Bhuvan Vemuri
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, 501 E Saint Joseph Blvd., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
- BuGReMeDEE
Consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
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- 2-Dimensional
Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2D-BEST)
Center, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, 501 E Saint Joseph Blvd., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
- BuGReMeDEE
Consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180, United
States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, United States
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- BuGReMeDEE
Consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
- 2-Dimensional
Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2D-BEST)
Center, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, United States
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The surface wettability of catalysts is typically controlled via surface treatments that promote catalytic performance. Here we report on potential-regulated hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity at cobalt-based oxide interfaces with an alkaline solution. The switchable wetting of single particles, directly related to their activity and stability towards the oxygen evolution reaction, was revealed by electrochemical liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy. Analysis of the movement of the liquid in real time revealed distinctive wettability behaviour associated with specific potential ranges. At low potentials, an overall reduction of the hydrophobicity of the oxides was probed. Upon reversible reconstruction towards the surface oxyhydroxide phase, electrowetting was found to cause a change in the interfacial capacitance. At high potentials, the evolution of molecular oxygen, confirmed by operando electron energy-loss spectroscopy, was accompanied by a globally thinner liquid layer. This work directly links the physical wetting with the chemical oxygen evolution reaction of single particles, providing fundamental insights into solid–liquid interfacial interactions of oxygen-evolving oxides. ![]()
Surface treatments can tune catalysts’ wettability, which can be used to promote their catalytic performance. Now, a potential-dependent dynamic wetting behaviour of cobalt-based oxide catalysts is identified before and during the oxygen evolution reaction.
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Li T, Zhang L, Li H. Controllable Coalescence Dynamics of Nanodroplets on Textured Surfaces Decorated with Well-Designed Wrinkled Nanostructures: A Molecular Dynamics Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:11414-11421. [PMID: 34525804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The control of coalescence and motion of droplets play a significant role in advanced technology and our daily life, and one of the most important approaches is surface design. Here, the microtextured surfaces decorated with wrinkled substrates are designed and studied for coalescence behaviors. The simulation results show that the coalescence speed would be slower on such surfaces due to the downward movement of the droplets induced by the penetration of atoms into the grooves that delays their movement along the coalescence direction, which is considered as a restriction effect. With the increase of the angles and the interval distance of wrinkled structures, the coalescence time becomes longer and the coalescing process becomes unfavorable, resulting from the enhanced restriction effect. More importantly, a composite substrate possessing the original and sub-wrinkled structures has been designed to tune the coalescence dynamics. The results of this work may not only help shed light on understanding the coalescence behaviors on the wrinkled substrates but also propose a feasible method for controlling the liquid coalescence behavior, which is expected to provide some useful implications for practical applications.
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- Tao Li
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
- Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117551, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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Leverett J, Daiyan R, Gong L, Iputera K, Tong Z, Qu J, Ma Z, Zhang Q, Cheong S, Cairney J, Liu RS, Lu X, Xia Z, Dai L, Amal R. Designing Undercoordinated Ni-N x and Fe-N x on Holey Graphene for Electrochemical CO 2 Conversion to Syngas. ACS NANO 2021; 15:12006-12018. [PMID: 34192868 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In this study, we propose a top-down approach for the controlled preparation of undercoordinated Ni-Nx (Ni-hG) and Fe-Nx (Fe-hG) catalysts within a holey graphene framework, for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to synthesis gas (syngas). Through the heat treatment of commercial-grade nitrogen-doped graphene, we prepared a defective holey graphene, which was then used as a platform to incorporate undercoordinated single atoms via carbon defect restoration, confirmed by a range of characterization techniques. We reveal that these Ni-hG and Fe-hG catalysts can be combined in any proportion to produce a desired syngas ratio (1-10) across a wide potential range (-0.6 to -1.1 V vs RHE), required commercially for the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis of liquid fuels and chemicals. These findings are in agreement with our density functional theory calculations, which reveal that CO selectivity increases with a reduction in N coordination with Ni, while unsaturated Fe-Nx sites favor the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The potential of these catalysts for scale up is further demonstrated by the unchanged selectivity at elevated temperature and stability in a high-throughput gas diffusion electrolyzer, displaying a high-mass-normalized activity of 275 mA mg-1 at a cell voltage of 2.5 V. Our results provide valuable insights into the implementation of a simple top-down approach for fabricating active undercoordinated single atom catalysts for decarbonized syngas generation.
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- Josh Leverett
- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Electron Microscope Unit, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Heo E, Noh S, Lee U, Le TH, Lee H, Jo H, Lee S, Yoon H. Surfactant-in-Polymer Templating for Fabrication of Carbon Nanofibers with Controlled Interior Substructures: Designing Versatile Materials for Energy Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007775. [PMID: 33739582 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A simple, scalable, surfactant-in-polymer templating approach is demonstrated to create controlled long-range secondary substructures in a primary structure. A metal bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (MAOT) as the surfactant is shown to be capable of serving as a sacrificial template and metal precursor in carbon nanofibers. The low interfacial tension and controllable dimensions of the MAOT are maintained in the solid-phase polymer, even during electrospinning and heat-treatment processes, allowing for the long-range uniform formation of substructures in the nanofibers. The MAOT content is found to be a critical parameter for tailoring the diameter of the nanofibers and their textural properties, such as size and volume of interior pores. The metal counterion species in the MAOT determine the introduction of metallic phases in the nanofiber interior. The incorporation of MAOT with Na as the counterion into the polymer phase leads to the formation of a built-in pore structure in the nanofibers. In contrast, MAOT with Fe as a counterion generates unique iron-in-pore substructures in the nanofibers (FeCNFs). The FeCNFs exhibit outstanding charge storage and water splitting performances. As a result, the MAOT-in-polymer templating approach can be extended to combinations of various metal precursors and thus create desirable functionalities for different target applications.
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- Eunseo Heo
- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Alan G. MacDiarmid Energy Research Institute, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
- Alan G. MacDiarmid Energy Research Institute, School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea
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Liu K, Qin R, Zheng N. Insights into the Interfacial Effects in Heterogeneous Metal Nanocatalysts toward Selective Hydrogenation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:4483-4499. [PMID: 33724821 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterogeneous metal catalysts are distinguished by their structure inhomogeneity and complexity. The chameleonic nature of heterogeneous metal catalysts have prevented us from deeply understanding their catalytic mechanisms at the molecular level and thus developing industrial catalysts with perfect catalytic selectivity toward desired products. This Perspective aims to summarize recent research advances in deciphering complicated interfacial effects in heterogeneous hydrogenation metal nanocatalysts toward the design of practical heterogeneous catalysts with clear catalytic mechanism and thus nearly perfect selectivity. The molecular insights on how the three key components (i.e., catalytic metal, support, and ligand modifier) of a heterogeneous metal nanocatalyst induce effective interfaces determining the hydrogenation activity and selectivity are provided. The interfaces influence not only the H2 activation pathway but also the interaction of substrates to be hydrogenated with catalytic metal surface and thus the hydrogen transfer process. As for alloy nanocatalysts, together with the electronic and geometric ensemble effects, spillover hydrogenation occurring on catalytically "inert" metal by utilizing hydrogen atom spillover from active metal is highlighted. The metal-support interface effects are then discussed with emphasis on the molecular involvement of ligands located at the metal-support interface as well as cationic species from the support in hydrogenation. The mechanisms of how organic modifiers, with the ability to induce both 3D steric and electronic effects, on metal nanocatalysts manipulate the hydrogenation pathways are demonstrated. A brief summary is finally provided together with a perspective on the development of enzyme-like heterogeneous hydrogenation metal catalysts.
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- Kunlong Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361005, China
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Catalytic air oxidation (CAO) is an economical, environmentally friendly, and efficient
technology used to treat wastewater that contains refractory organics. This review analyzes recent
studies regarding five common types of CAO that use external energy sources (heat, light radiation,
microwave, and electricity) or non-oxidizing chemical promoters (nitrites and sulfites). Methods
include hydrothermal, electro-assisted, photocatalytic, microwave-assisted, and non-oxidizing
chemical-assisted CAO. The associated catalytic mechanisms are discussed in detail in order to explain
the connections between CAO catalytic pathways. Mechanisms include O2 activation via excitation,
free-radical autocatalytic reactions, and coordination catalysis. Classical kinetic mechanisms,
including Mars-van Krevelen and Langmuir-Hinshelwood, are also proposed to reveal
overall CAO dynamic processes. The catalysts used in each CAO technology are summarized, with
a focus on their catalytic pathways and the methods by which they might be improved. Finally, important
challenges and research directions are proposed. The proposals focus on further research regarding
catalyst mechanisms, mechanism-guided catalyst design, and process improvement.
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- Qi Jing
- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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The preparation methods of hydrophobic materials such as zeolites, modified silicas and polymers has been reviewed. Particular attention has been paid to the characterization methods classified according to the surface and bulk composition, on one hand, and to the measure of interactions with water or organic solvents, on the other. Some selected applications are analyzed in order to understand the relevance of the reactants/products adsorption to address activity and selectivity of the reaction. Thus, absorption of a non-polar reactant or desorption of a hydrophilic product are much easier on a hydrophobic surface and can effectively boost the catalytic activity.
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Yang Y, Duan H, Xia S, Lü C. Construction of a thermo-responsive copolymer-stabilized Fe3O4@CD@PdNP hybrid and its application in catalytic reduction. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py01529a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A thermo-responsive copolymer stabilized Fe3O4@CDs@PdNP hybrid was fabricated as a nanocatalyst for catalytic reduction reaction with excellent recyclability and controllable thermo-responsive catalytic property.
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- Yu Yang
- College of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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Fabrication of Ti/black TiO2-PbO2 micro/nanostructures with tunable hydrophobic/hydrophilic characteristics and their photoelectrocatalytic performance. J Solid State Electrochem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-019-04433-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Yang Y, Xie Y, Zhang J, Li D, Deng D, Duan Y. Fabrication of Pd/SiO
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with Controllable Wettability for Enhanced Catalytic Hydrogenation Activity at Ambient H
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Pressure. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yanliang Yang
- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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- College of Food and DrugLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Function-Oriented Porous Material College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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- College of Food and DrugLuoyang Normal University Luoyang 471934 P. R. China
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Liu M, Shi S, Zhao L, Chen C, Gao J, Xu J. Aliphatic amines modified CoO nanoparticles for catalytic oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbon with molecular oxygen. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(19)63413-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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