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Wittstock G, Bäumer M, Dononelli W, Klüner T, Lührs L, Mahr C, Moskaleva LV, Oezaslan M, Risse T, Rosenauer A, Staubitz A, Weissmüller J, Wittstock A. Nanoporous Gold: From Structure Evolution to Functional Properties in Catalysis and Electrochemistry. Chem Rev 2023; 123:6716-6792. [PMID: 37133401 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Nanoporous gold (NPG) is characterized by a bicontinuous network of nanometer-sized metallic struts and interconnected pores formed spontaneously by oxidative dissolution of the less noble element from gold alloys. The resulting material exhibits decent catalytic activity for low-temperature, aerobic total as well as partial oxidation reactions, the oxidative coupling of methanol to methyl formate being the prototypical example. This review not only provides a critical discussion of ways to tune the morphology and composition of this material and its implication for catalysis and electrocatalysis, but will also exemplarily review the current mechanistic understanding of the partial oxidation of methanol using information from quantum chemical studies, model studies on single-crystal surfaces, gas phase catalysis, aerobic liquid phase oxidation, and electrocatalysis. In this respect, a particular focus will be on mechanistic aspects not well understood, yet. Apart from the mechanistic aspects of catalysis, best practice examples with respect to material preparation and characterization will be discussed. These can improve the reproducibility of the materials property such as the catalytic activity and selectivity as well as the scope of reactions being identified as the main challenges for a broader application of NPG in target-oriented organic synthesis.
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- Gunther Wittstock
- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Chemistry, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- University of Bremen, Institute for Applied and Physical Chemistry, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Hybrid Materials Interfaces Group, Am Fallturm 1, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, School of Mathematics and Science, Institute of Chemistry, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Materials Physics and Technology, 21703 Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Institute of Solid State Physics, Otto Hahn Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of the Free State, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Technical University of Braunschweig Institute of Technical Chemistry, Technical Electrocatalysis Laboratory, Franz-Liszt-Strasse 35a, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Institute of Solid State Physics, Otto Hahn Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Institute for Organic and Analytical Chemistry, Leobener Strasse 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Materials Physics and Technology, 21703 Hamburg, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Materials Mechanics, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- University of Bremen, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- University of Bremen, Institute for Organic and Analytical Chemistry, Leobener Strasse 7, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
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Rupprechter G. Operando Surface Spectroscopy and Microscopy during Catalytic Reactions: From Clusters via Nanoparticles to Meso-Scale Aggregates. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2004289. [PMID: 33694320 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Operando characterization of working catalysts, requiring per definitionem the simultaneous measurement of catalytic performance, is crucial to identify the relevant catalyst structure, composition and adsorbed species. Frequently applied operando techniques are discussed, including X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. In contrast to these area-averaging spectroscopies, operando surface microscopy by photoemission electron microscopy delivers spatially-resolved data, directly visualizing catalyst heterogeneity. For thorough interpretation, the experimental results should be complemented by density functional theory. The operando approach enables to identify changes of cluster/nanoparticle structure and composition during ongoing catalytic reactions and reveal how molecules interact with surfaces and interfaces. The case studies cover the length-scales from clusters via nanoparticles to meso-scale aggregates, and demonstrate the benefits of specific operando methods. Restructuring, ligand/atom mobility, and surface composition alterations during the reaction may have pronounced effects on activity and selectivity. The nanoscale metal/oxide interface steers catalytic performance via a long ranging effect. Combining operando spectroscopy with switching gas feeds or concentration-modulation provides further mechanistic insights. The obtained fundamental understanding is a prerequisite for improving catalytic performance and for rational design.
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- Günther Rupprechter
- Institute of Materials Chemistry, Technische Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/BC/01, Vienna, 1060, Austria
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Swinkels PJM, Stuij SG, Gong Z, Jonas H, Ruffino N, Linden BVD, Bolhuis PG, Sacanna S, Woutersen S, Schall P. Revealing pseudorotation and ring-opening reactions in colloidal organic molecules. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2810. [PMID: 33990609 PMCID: PMC8121934 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23144-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Colloids have a rich history of being used as 'big atoms' mimicking real atoms to study crystallization, gelation and the glass transition of condensed matter. Emulating the dynamics of molecules, however, has remained elusive. Recent advances in colloid chemistry allow patchy particles to be synthesized with accurate control over shape, functionality and coordination number. Here, we show that colloidal alkanes, specifically colloidal cyclopentane, assembled from tetrameric patchy particles by critical Casimir forces undergo the same chemical transformations as their atomic counterparts, allowing their dynamics to be studied in real time. We directly observe transitions between chair and twist conformations in colloidal cyclopentane, and we elucidate the interplay of bond bending strain and entropy in the molecular transition states and ring-opening reactions. These results open the door to investigate complex molecular kinetics and molecular reactions in the high-temperature classical limit, in which the colloidal analogue becomes a good model.
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- P J M Swinkels
- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Maeda S, Harabuchi Y. Exploring paths of chemical transformations in molecular and periodic systems: An approach utilizing force. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Satoshi Maeda
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI‐ICReDD), Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
- JST, ERATO Maeda Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery Project Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System (MaDIS) Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI‐ICReDD), Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
- JST, ERATO Maeda Artificial Intelligence for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery Project Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
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Li X, Rupprechter G. Sum frequency generation spectroscopy in heterogeneous model catalysis: a minireview of CO-related processes. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01736a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy is applied to ambient pressure surface science studies of adsorption and catalytic reactions at solid/gas interfaces.
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- Xia Li
- Institute of Materials Chemistry
- Technische Universität Wien
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry
- Technische Universität Wien
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
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Luneau M, Lim JS, Patel DA, Sykes ECH, Friend CM, Sautet P. Guidelines to Achieving High Selectivity for the Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Bimetallic and Dilute Alloy Catalysts: A Review. Chem Rev 2020; 120:12834-12872. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Mathilde Luneau
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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Hess F. Efficient Implementation of Cluster Expansion Models in Surface Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations with Lateral Interactions: Subtraction Schemes, Supersites, and the Supercluster Contraction. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:2664-2676. [PMID: 31418885 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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While lateral interaction models for reactions at surfaces have steadily gained popularity and grown in terms of complexity, their use in chemical kinetics has been impeded by the low performance of current kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) algorithms. The origins of the additional computational cost in KMC simulations with lateral interactions are traced back to the more elaborate cluster expansion Hamiltonian, the more extensive rate updating, and to the impracticality of rate-catalog-based algorithms for interacting adsorbate systems. Favoring instead site-based algorithms, we propose three ways to reduce the cost of KMC simulations: (1) representing the lattice energy by a smaller Supercluster Hamiltonian without loss of accuracy, (2) employing the subtraction schemes for updating key quantities in the simulation that undergo only small, local changes during a reaction event, and (3) applying efficient search algorithms from a set of established methods (supersite approach). The cost of the resulting algorithm is fixed with respect to the number of lattice sites for practical lattice sizes and scales with the square of the range of lateral interactions. The overall added cost of including a complex lateral interaction model amounts to less than a factor 3. Practical issues in implementation due to finite numerical accuracy are discussed in detail, and further suggestions for treating long-range lateral interactions are made. We conclude that, while KMC simulations with complex lateral interaction models are challenging, these challenges can be overcome by modifying the established variable step-size method by employing the supercluster, subtraction, and supersite algorithms (SSS-VSSM). © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Franziska Hess
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Maeda S, Sugiyama K, Sumiya Y, Takagi M, Saita K. Global Reaction Route Mapping for Surface Adsorbed Molecules: A Case Study for H2O on Cu(111) Surface. CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.171194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Satoshi Maeda
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
- Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System (MaDIS), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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Fjermestad T, Genest A, Li W, Mestl G, Rösch N. Surface Reactivity of the Vanadium Phosphate Catalyst for the Oxidation of Methane. Top Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-017-0848-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chen BWJ, Genest A, Hühn A, Rösch N. Carboxylic acid formation by hydroxyl insertion into acyl moieties on late transition metals. Catal Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cy00972k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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With a DFT approach, we systematically examined the barriers for OH insertion into acyl moieties on late transition metals, a reaction pertinent to the catalytic decarboxylation of biomass.
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- Benjamin W. J. Chen
- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Singapore 138632
- Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Singapore 138632
- Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Singapore 138632
- Singapore
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- Institute of High Performance Computing
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Singapore 138632
- Singapore
- Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center
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