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Ren G, Zhou M, Hu P, Chen JF, Wang H. Bubble-water/catalyst triphase interface microenvironment accelerates photocatalytic OER via optimizing semi-hydrophobic OH radical. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2346. [PMID: 38490989 PMCID: PMC10943107 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46749-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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Photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) as the holy grail reaction for solar-to-chemical energy conversion is challenged by sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at water/catalyst interface. Experimental evidence interestingly shows that temperature can significantly accelerate OER, but the atomic-level mechanism remains elusive in both experiment and theory. In contrast to the traditional Arrhenius-type temperature dependence, we quantitatively prove for the first time that the temperature-induced interface microenvironment variation, particularly the formation of bubble-water/TiO2(110) triphase interface, has a drastic influence on optimizing the OER kinetics. We demonstrate that liquid-vapor coexistence state creates a disordered and loose hydrogen-bond network while preserving the proton transfer channel, which greatly facilitates the formation of semi-hydrophobic •OH radical and O-O coupling, thereby accelerating OER. Furthermore, we propose that adding a hydrophobic substance onto TiO2(110) can manipulate the local microenvironment to enhance OER without additional thermal energy input. This result could open new possibilities for PWS catalyst design.
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- Guanhua Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Zhou C, Chen C, Hu P, Wang H. Topology-Determined Structural Genes Enable Data-Driven Discovery and Intelligent Design of Potential Metal Oxides for Inert C-H Bond Activation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21897-21903. [PMID: 37766450 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The identification of appropriate structural genes that influence the active-site configuration for a given reaction is critical for discovering potential catalysts with reduced reaction barriers. In this study, we introduce bulk-phase topology-derived tetrahedral descriptors as a means of expressing a catalyst's "material structural genes". We combine this approach with an interpretable machine learning model to accurately and efficiently predict the effective barrier associated with methane C-H bond cleavage across a wide range of metal oxides (MOs). These structural genes enable high-throughput catalyst screening for low-temperature methane activation and ultimately identify 13 candidate catalysts from a pool of 9095 MOs that are recommended for experimental synthesis. The topology-based method that we describe can also be extended to facilitate high-throughput catalyst screening and design for other dehydrogenation reactions.
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- Chuan Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, U.K
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Chen J, Jia M, Mao Y, Hu P, Wang H. Diffusion Coupling Kinetics in Multisite Catalysis: A Microkinetic Framework. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Zhong Y, Xu H, Zhang Q, Song X, Hao C. The Structural Design of Dual‐Element‐Doped Graphene for Iodine Reduction Reaction: Density Functional Theory Study. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200380] [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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- Yiping Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology No.2 Linggong Road Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology No.2 Linggong Road Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology No.2 Linggong Road Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology No.2 Linggong Road Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology No.2 Linggong Road Dalian Liaoning 116024 China
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Lai Z, Sun N, Jin J, Chen J, Wang H, Hu P. Resolving the Intricate Mechanism and Selectivity of Syngas Conversion on Reduced ZnCr 2O x: A Quantitative Study from DFT and Microkinetic Simulations. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Zhuangzhuang Lai
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Revealing the boosting role of NO for soot combustion over CeO2(111): A first-principles microkinetic modeling. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yuan H, Yang H, Hu P, Wang H. Origin of Water-Induced Deactivation of MnO 2-Based Catalyst for Room-Temperature NO Oxidation: A First-Principles Microkinetic Study. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Haiyang Yuan
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Insights into the doping effect of rare-earth metal on ZnAl2O4 supported PtSn catalyzed isobutane dehydrogenation. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chen J, Jia M, Hu P, Wang H. CATKINAS: A large-scale catalytic microkinetic analysis software for mechanism auto-analysis and catalyst screening. J Comput Chem 2021; 42:379-391. [PMID: 33315262 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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As an effective method to analyze complex catalytic reaction networks, microkinetic modeling is gaining increasing popularity in the catalytic activity evaluation and rational design of heterogeneous catalysts. An automated simulator with stable and reliable performance is especially useful and in great request. Here we introduce the CATKINAS package developed for large-scale microkinetic modeling and analysis. Featuring with a multilevel solver and a multifunctional analyzer, CATKINAS can provide both accurate solutions and various quantitative and automatic analysis for a wide range of catalytic systems. The structure and the basic workflow are overviewed with the multilevel solver particularly illustrated. Also, we take the CO methanation reaction as an example to illustrate the application and efficiency of the CATKINAS package.
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Guo C, Fu X, Long J, Li H, Qin G, Cao A, Jing H, Xiao J. Toward computational design of chemical reactions with reaction phase diagram. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Chenxi Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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Ni Z, Bao S, Gong XQ. A DFT study of the CO adsorption and oxidation at ZnO surfaces and its implication for CO detection. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wang D, Wang CM, Yang WM. Three-Dimensional Kinetic Trends in Zeolites Catalyzed Benzene Ethylation Reaction: A Descriptor-Based DFT Study Coupled with Microkinetic Modeling. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC, Shanghai 201208, China
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC, Shanghai 201208, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, SINOPEC, Shanghai 201208, China
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Zhou CY, Wang D, Gong XQ. A DFT+U revisit of reconstructed CeO 2(100) surfaces: structures, thermostabilities and reactivities. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:19987-19994. [PMID: 31478041 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03408k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cerium dioxide (CeO2) shows wide catalytic applications by virtue of its excellent oxygen storage capacity. The CeO2(100) surface has aroused particular interest because of its intrinsic polarity; however, it suffers from structural reconstruction, which consequently hinders experimental and theoretical studies. In this work, we performed density functional theory calculations with on-site Coulomb interaction correction to investigate and further correlate the geometric and catalytic properties of reconstructed CeO2(100) surfaces. By introducing CeO2 units on a previous O-terminal model, the surface exposed CeO4 pyramids with gradual increase in coverage and eventually transformed into a Ce-terminal structure. The corresponding thermostabilities were evaluated by calculating the surface energy and oxygen vacancy formation energy. We also showed that the CO oxidation on the reconstructed CeO2(100) surfaces favored the Mars-van-Krevelen mechanism. The most stable CeO4-terminal type of reconstruction, covered with a half overlayer of CeO4 pyramids on the surface, was capable of directly producing CO2 without forming bent CO2 intermediates and carbonate byproducts. Moreover, coordinatively unsaturated Ce ions at the pyramid apex provided extra accommodation to the reacting CO, thus lowering the reaction barrier of the key CO coupling step relative to that of the O-terminal surface. We finally generalized a unified picture of the dynamic changes in the thermostability and catalytic activity along with the structural reconstruction of the CeO2(100) surface. The CeO4-terminal type of reconstruction was theoretically predicted to be highly efficient for catalyzing CO oxidation.
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- Chong-Yuan Zhou
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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Liu JX, Richards D, Singh N, Goldsmith BR. Activity and Selectivity Trends in Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Transition Metals. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jin-Xun Liu
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, United States
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Niu H, Sun L, Xu Y, Najafi M. Theoretical investigation of oxidation of NO (NO + ½ O 2 → NO 2) on surfaces of nickel-doped nanocages (Ni-C 60 and Ni-B 30N 30). J Mol Graph Model 2019; 91:140-147. [PMID: 31229805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In present study, the NO oxidation on Ni-carbon nanocage and Ni-boron nitride nanocage surfaces was investigated. The Ni-C60 and Ni-B30N30 catalysts can oxidize the NO molecule by Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) and Eley-Rideal (ER) mechanisms. In this study, the NO molecule was joined to Ni atom of the Ni-surface-O2* and Ni-surface-O* to generate the intermediates with low barrier energies. It can be concluded that the cis-Ni-surface-ONOO* complex in the ER pathway is more stable than four-elements-ring complex in LH pathway ca 0.06 and 0.08 eV, respectively. In the LH pathway, the studied catalysts were deactivated by irreversible absorption of NO2 molecules in Ni atoms of Ni-C60 and Ni-B30N30. In contrast, in the ER pathway two NO2 molecules were released in the normal temperature. In this study, the abilities of the Ni-C60 and Ni-B30N30 to oxidation of NO molecule was demonstrated. Finally, the systematic scheme to design of metal-doped nano-catalysts to oxidation of toxic gases was proposed.
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- Hongbo Niu
- Department of Food and Biochemical Engineering, Yantai Vocational College, Yantai, 264670, China.
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- Department of Food and Biochemical Engineering, Yantai Vocational College, Yantai, 264670, China
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- Department of Food and Biochemical Engineering, Yantai Vocational College, Yantai, 264670, China
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 67149-67346, Iran.
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Wang D, Wang CM, Yang G, Du YJ, Yang WM. First-principles kinetic study on benzene alkylation with ethanol vs. ethylene in H-ZSM-5. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kang JS, Kang J, Sung YE. Recent Progress in the Design and Synthesis of Nitrides for Mesoscopic and Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:772-786. [PMID: 30450843 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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With growing concerns about global warming and the energy crisis, a variety of photovoltaic devices have attracted worldwide attention as alternative energy sources. Among them, organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaics, typically mesoscopic and perovskite solar cells, are promising, owing to their potential for low-cost energy production, which mainly comes from unlimited combinations of materials optimized for each step of solar energy conversion. However, the commercialization of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells is hampered by costly electrocatalysts or hole-transport materials. Currently, state-of-the-art dye- or quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells necessitate noble metals and high-price polymeric materials. In an attempt to resolve this issue, various kinds of metal compounds have been investigated, and nitrides have been actively reported to possess a number of favorable properties for the aforementioned purpose, such as excellent electrical conductivity and superb electrocatalytic performance. Herein, the use of nitrides as cost-effective electrocatalysts or hole-transport materials in organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells is reviewed. Nitrides with a variety of morphologies and scales are discussed, together with the synergistic effect in the case of diverse composites. In addition, prospects and challenges for applying nitride materials are briefly suggested.
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- Jin Soo Kang
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Chen JF, Mao Y, Wang HF, Hu P. A Simple Method To Locate the Optimal Adsorption Energy for the Best Catalysts Directly. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jian-Fu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Wang D, Liu ZP, Yang WM. Revealing the Size Effect of Platinum Cocatalyst for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution on TiO2 Support: A DFT Study. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai 201208, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai 201208, China
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Element substitution of kesterite Cu 2ZnSnS 4 for efficient counter electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8714. [PMID: 29880870 PMCID: PMC5992223 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26770-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Development of cost-effective counter electrode (CE) materials is a key issue for practical applications of photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion. Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has been recognized as a potential CE material, but its electrocatalytic activity is still insufficient for the recovery of I-/I3- electrolyte in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Herein, we attempt to enhance the electrocatalytic activity of kesterite CZTS through element substitution of Zn2+ by Co2+ and Ni2+ cations, considering their high catalytic activity, as well as their similar atomic radius and electron configuration with Zn2+. The Cu2CoSnS4 (CCTS) and Cu2NiSnS4 (CNTS) CEs exhibit smaller charge-transfer resistance and reasonable power conversion efficiency (PCE) (CCTS, 8.3%; CNTS, 8.2%), comparable to that of Pt (8.3%). In contrast, the CZTS-based DSSCs only generate a PCE of 7.9%. Density functional theory calculation indicate that the enhanced catalytic performance is associated to the adsorption and desorption energy of iodine atom on the Co2+ and Ni2+. In addition, the stability of CCTS and CNTS CEs toward electrolyte is also significantly improved as evidenced by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy characterizations. These results thus suggest the effectiveness of the element substitution strategy for developing high-performance CE from the developed materials, particularly for multicomponent compounds.
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Jin J, Sun N, Hu W, Yuan H, Wang H, Hu P. Insight into Room-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation of Nitric oxide by Cr2O3: A DFT Study. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jiamin Jin
- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratories for advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AZ, U.K
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Kang JS, Kim J, Kim JY, Lee MJ, Kang J, Son YJ, Jeong J, Park SH, Ko MJ, Sung YE. Highly Efficient Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Polymeric Counter Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:8611-8620. [PMID: 29485266 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b17815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are promising solar energy conversion devices with aesthetically favorable properties such as being colorful and having transparent features. They are also well-known for high and reliable performance even under ambient lighting, and these advantages distinguish DSCs for applications in window-type building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) that utilize photons from both lamplight and sunlight. Therefore, investigations on bifacial DSCs have been done intensively, but further enhancement in performance under back-illumination is essential for practical window-BIPV applications. In this research, highly efficient bifacial DSCs were prepared by a combination of electropolymerized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiphene) (PEDOT) counter electrodes (CEs) and cobalt bipyridine redox ([Co(bpy)3]3+/2+) electrolyte, both of which manifested superior transparency when compared with conventional Pt and iodide counterparts, respectively. Keen electrochemical analyses of PEDOT films verified that superior electrical properties were achievable when the thickness of the film was reduced, while their high electrocatalytic activities were unchanged. The combination of the PEDOT thin film and [Co(bpy)3]3+/2+ electrolyte led to an unprecedented power conversion efficiency among bifacial DSCs under back-illumination, which was also over 85% of that obtained under front-illumination. Furthermore, the advantage of the electropolymerization process, which does not require an elevation of temperature, was demonstrated by flexible bifacial DSC applications.
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- Jin Soo Kang
- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Division of Chemical Engineering , Hoseo University , Asan 31499 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Hanyang University , Seoul 04763 , Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research , Institute for Basic Science (IBS) , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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Song S, Wang D, Di L, Wang C, Dai W, Wu G, Guan N, Li L. Robust cobalt oxide catalysts for controllable hydrogenation of carboxylic acids to alcohols. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(17)63003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mao Y, Wang H, Hu P. Theory and applications of surface micro‐kinetics in the rational design of catalysts using density functional theory calculations. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu Mao
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringThe Queen's University of BelfastBelfastUK
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringThe Queen's University of BelfastBelfastUK
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Wang D, Liu ZP, Yang WM. Proton-Promoted Electron Transfer in Photocatalysis: Key Step for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution on Metal/Titania Composites. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Dong Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai 201208, China
- Collaborative
Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of
Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Department
of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative
Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory
of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of
Computational Physical Science (Ministry of Education), Department
of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Shanghai 201208, China
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Xu L, Wang F, Chen M, Yang H, Nie D, Qi L, Lian X. Alkaline-promoted Ni based ordered mesoporous catalysts with enhanced low-temperature catalytic activity toward CO2 methanation. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra01673e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mg alkaline-promoted Ni ordered mesoporous catalysts possess enhanced catalytic activities and stabilities toward CO2 methanation due to decreasing CO2 activation energy.
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- Leilei Xu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang 212013
- P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of the Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Nanjing
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Chen JF, Mao Y, Wang HF, Hu P. Reversibility Iteration Method for Understanding Reaction Networks and for Solving Microkinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Jian-Fu Chen
- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, P. R. China 200237
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, P. R. China 200237
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, P. R. China 200237
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Chen JF, Mao Y, Wang HF, Hu P. Theoretical Study of Heteroatom Doping in Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Graphene for Triiodide Reduction. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jian-Fu Chen
- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial
Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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