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Sakthivel S, Muthusamy K, Thangarajan AP, Thiruvengadam M, Venkidasamy B. Nano-based biofuel production from low-cost lignocellulose biomass: environmental sustainability and economic approach. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2024; 47:971-990. [PMID: 38554183 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-024-03005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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The use of nanomaterials in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass offers a promising approach to simultaneously address environmental sustainability and economic viability. This review provides an overview of the environmental and economic implications of integrating nanotechnology into biofuel production from low-cost lignocellulosic biomass. In this review, we highlight the potential benefits and challenges of nano-based biofuel production. Nanomaterials provide opportunities to improve feedstock pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, and catalysis, resulting in enhanced process efficiency, lower energy consumption, and reduced environmental impact. Conducting life cycle assessments is crucial for evaluating the overall environmental footprint of biofuel production. An economic perspective that focuses on the cost implications of utilizing nanomaterials in biofuel production is also discussed. A comprehensive understanding of both environmental and economic dimensions is essential to fully harness the potential of nanomaterials in biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass and to move towards sustainable future energy.
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- Selvakumar Sakthivel
- Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India
- Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Rajakkamangalam, 629502, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Sri Paramakalyani Centre of Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, 627412, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Life and Environmental Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
- Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, India
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Amairia C, Fessi S, Mhamdi M, Ghorbel A, Llorca J. Influence of the drying mode of support on the properties of Pd/Al 2O 3-ZrO 2 materials used for methane combustion. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20298. [PMID: 37985717 PMCID: PMC10662462 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47630-7] [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: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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This work constitutes a new trial to enhance the properties of palladium supported on alumina modified with zirconium used as catalysts for methane combustion. The effect of the support drying mode is studied. For this aim, Al2O3-ZrO2 binary oxides with zirconium loading of 2 and 5% in weight were prepared using sol-gel process then dried under ordinary or supercritical conditions. Palladium with a loading of 0.5% was deposited on the support by wet impregnation. Several techniques have been used to investigate differences between the two types of the derived catalysts.
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- C Amairia
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux et Catalyse, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia.
- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Al Baha University, Al Bahah, 65779, Saudi Arabia.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux et Catalyse, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory for the Application of Materials to the Environment, Water and Energy LAMEEE, Faculty of Sciences Gafsa, University of Gafsa, 2112, Gafsa, Tunisia
- Chemistry Department, College of Science and Arts Al Makhwah, Al Baha University, Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux et Catalyse, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis-El Manar, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelone, Spain
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Wolff N, Loza K, Heggen M, Schaller T, Niemeyer F, Bayer P, Beuck C, Oliveira CLP, Prymak O, Weidenthaler C, Epple M. Ultrastructure and Surface Composition of Glutathione-Terminated Ultrasmall Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Alloyed Silver-Platinum Nanoparticles (2 nm). Inorg Chem 2023; 62:17470-17485. [PMID: 37820300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Alloyed ultrasmall silver-platinum nanoparticles (molar ratio Ag:Pt = 50:50) were prepared and compared to pure silver, platinum, and gold nanoparticles, all with a metallic core diameter of 2 nm. They were surface-stabilized by a layer of glutathione (GSH). A comprehensive characterization by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), electron diffraction (ED), X-ray diffraction (XRD), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), differential centrifugal sedimentation (DCS), and UV spectroscopy showed their size both in the dry and in the water-dispersed state (hydrodynamic diameter). Solution NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and DOSY) showed the nature of the glutathione shell including the number of GSH ligands on each nanoparticle (about 200 with a molecular footprint of 0.063 nm2 each). It furthermore showed that there are at least two different positions for the GSH ligand on the gold nanoparticle surface. Platinum strongly reduced the resolution of the NMR spectra compared to silver and gold, also in the alloyed nanoparticles. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that silver, platinum, and silver-platinum particles were at least partially oxidized to Ag(+I) and Pt(+II), whereas the gold nanoparticles showed no sign of oxidation. Platinum and gold nanoparticles were well crystalline but twinned (fcc lattice) despite the small particle size. Silver was crystalline in electron diffraction but not in X-ray diffraction. Alloyed silver-platinum nanoparticles were almost fully amorphous by both methods, indicating a considerable internal disorder.
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- Natalie Wolff
- Inorganic Chemistry and Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Ernst-Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Structural and Medicinal Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Structural and Medicinal Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen 45117, Germany
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Ge S, Chen Y, Tang X, Shen Y, Lou Y, Wang L, Guo Y, Llorca J. Preformed Pt Nanoparticles Supported on Nanoshaped CeO 2 for Total Propane Oxidation. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 2023; 6:15073-15084. [PMID: 37649836 PMCID: PMC10464920 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c02688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Pt-based catalysts have been widely used for the removal of short-chain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as propane. In this study, we synthesized Pt nanoparticles with a size of ca. 2.4 nm and loaded them on various fine-shaped CeO2 with different facets to investigate the effect of CeO2 morphology on the complete oxidation of propane. The Pt/CeO2-o catalyst with {111} facets exhibited superior catalytic activity compared to the Pt/CeO2-r catalyst with {110} and {100} facets. Specifically, the turnover frequency (TOF) value of Pt/CeO2-o was 1.8 times higher than that of Pt/CeO2-r. Moreover, Pt/CeO2-o showed outstanding long-term stability during 50 h. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) revealed that the excellent performance of Pt/CeO2-o is due to the prevalence of metallic Pt species, which promotes C-C bond cleavage and facilitates the rapid removal of surface formate species. In contrast, a stronger metal-support interaction in Pt/CeO2-r leads to easier oxidation of Pt species and the accumulation of intermediates, which is detrimental to the catalytic activity. Our work provides insight into the oxidation of propane on different nanoshaped Pt/CeO2 catalysts.
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- Shasha Ge
- Key
Laboratory for Advanced and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis,
School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Institute
of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona
Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute
of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona
Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis,
School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis,
School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education,
School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis,
School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis,
School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Institute
of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona
Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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Ranjekar AM, Yadav GD. Rice Husk Ash-Derived Ca-Mg-Modified Silicate as Support for Ni-Co for Hydrogen Production by Sorption-Enhanced Steam Reforming of Bioethanol. Ind Eng Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Apoorva M. Ranjekar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai400019, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai400019, India
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Vecchietti J, Pérez-Bailac P, Lustemberg PG, Fornero EL, Pascual L, Bosco MV, Martínez-Arias A, Ganduglia-Pirovano MV, Bonivardi AL. Shape-Controlled Pathways in the Hydrogen Production from Ethanol Steam Reforming over Ceria Nanoparticles. ACS Catal 2022; 12:10482-10498. [PMID: 36033370 PMCID: PMC9396663 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ethanol surface reaction over CeO2 nanooctahedra
(NO) and nanocubes (NC), which mainly expose (111) and (100) surfaces,
respectively, was studied by means of infrared spectroscopy (TPSR-IR),
mass spectrometry (TPSR-MS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
TPSR-MS results show that the production of H2 is 2.4 times
higher on CeO2-NC than on CeO2-NO, which is
rationalized starting from the different types of adsorbed ethoxy
species controlled by the shape of the ceria particles. Over the CeO2(111) surface, monodentate type I and II ethoxy species with
the alkyl chain perpendicular or parallel to the surface, respectively,
were identified. Meanwhile, on the CeO2(100) surface, bidentate
and monodentate type III ethoxy species on the checkerboard O-terminated
surface and on a pyramid of the reconstructed (100) surface, respectively,
are found. The more labile surface ethoxy species on each ceria nanoshape,
which are the monodentate type I or III ethoxy on CeO2-NO
and CeO2-NC, respectively, react on the surface to give
acetate species that decompose to CO2 and CH4, while H2 is formed via the recombination of hydroxyl
species. In addition, the more stable monodentate type II and bidentate
ethoxy species on CeO2-NO and CeO2-NC, respectively,
give an ethylenedioxy intermediate, the binding of which is facet-dependent.
On the (111) facet, the less strongly bound ethylenedioxy desorbs
as ethylene, whereas on the (100) facet, the more strongly bound intermediate
also produces CO2 and H2 via formate species.
Thus, on the (100) facet, an additional pathway toward H2 formation is found. ESR activity measurements show an enhanced H2 production on the nanocubes.
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- Julia Vecchietti
- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, UNL-CONICET, Güemes 3450, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- PhD Programme in Applied Chemistry, Doctoral School, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomas y Valiente 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Física Rosario (IFIR), CONICET-UNR, Bv. 27 de Febrero 210bis, 2000EZP Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, UNL-CONICET, Güemes 3450, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, UNL-CONICET, Güemes 3450, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química, UNL-CONICET, Güemes 3450, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
- Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santiago del Estero 2829, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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Wang C, Su T, Qin Z, Ji H. Coke-resistant Ni-based bimetallic catalysts for the dry reforming of methane: effects of indium on the Ni/Al 2O 3 catalyst. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00582d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the quest for highly efficient coke-resistant catalysts for the dry reforming of methane (DRM) to produce syngas, a series of Ni–In/γ-Al2O3 catalysts with various Ni contents were prepared via a “two-solvent” method and used for the DRM reaction.
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- Chuanshen Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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Huang J, Günther B, Achterhold K, Dierolf M, Pfeiffer F. Simultaneous two-color X-ray absorption spectroscopy using Laue crystals at an inverse-compton scattering X-ray facility. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2021; 28:1874-1880. [PMID: 34738942 PMCID: PMC8570203 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521009437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is an element-selective technique that provides electronic and structural information of materials and reveals the essential mechanisms of the reactions involved. However, the technique is typically conducted at synchrotrons and usually only probes one element at a time. In this paper, a simultaneous two-color XAS setup at a laboratory-scale synchrotron facility is proposed based on inverse Compton scattering (ICS) at the Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS), which is based on inverse Compton scattering (ICS). The setup utilizes two silicon crystals in a Laue geometry. A proof-of-principle experiment is presented where both silver (Ag) and palladium (Pd) K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra were simultaneously measured. The simplicity of the setup facilitates its migration to other ICS facilities or maybe to other X-ray sources (e.g. a bending-magnet beamline). Such a setup has the potential to study reaction mechanisms and synergistic effects of chemical systems containing multiple elements of interest, such as a bimetallic catalyst system.
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- Juanjuan Huang
- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Chair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 München, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Zhang Y, Zhao S, Feng J, Song S, Shi W, Wang D, Zhang H. Unraveling the physical chemistry and materials science of CeO2-based nanostructures. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Piccolo L. Restructuring effects of the chemical environment in metal nanocatalysis and single-atom catalysis. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Pu J, Wang H, Suzuki M, Qian EW. Ru-Ni bimetallic catalysts for steam reforming of xylene: effects of active metals and calcination temperature of the support. RSC Adv 2021; 11:20570-20579. [PMID: 35479912 PMCID: PMC9033974 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02864b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A series of Ru and Ni supported catalysts were prepared and their catalytic performance was evaluated in the steam reforming of xylenes. The effects of active metals, active metal loading sequence, and the calcination temperature of the support on the catalyst activity and stability were investigated. The bimetallic 2Ru → 15Ni catalyst shows much higher activity and stability than the monometallic 2Ru and 15Ni catalyst owing to the synergic effect of Ni and Ru. The 2Ru → 15Ni catalyst has the least coke deposition owing to its high conversion performance and much less coke precursor being formed on the catalyst surface. After decoking, most of the small-sized pores cannot be recovered because of the pore collapse under severe hydrothermal conditions. o-Xylene has the lowest reactivity due to electronic and steric effects. Besides the steam reforming reaction, demethylation and C–C cracking are also observed, forming benzene and toluene. The catalyst with a loading sequence of 15Ni → 2Ru shows high activity at low temperatures (550–600 °C), but undergoes an activity drop at high temperatures (625–650 °C) because the Ni sintering at high temperatures greatly affects the state of Ru on the catalyst. The catalyst with a loading sequence of 2Ru → 15Ni has an advantage at high temperatures owing to its better sintering resistance. The simultaneously loaded 2Ru ↔ 15Ni catalyst shows the lowest activity. The high calcination temperature of the support enhances the catalyst stability by eliminating the small-sized pores before reaction; on the other hand, the elimination of pores decreases the dispersion of the active metals. The 2Ru → 15Ni catalyst calcined at 1000 °C balances the active metal dispersion and resistance to sintering under severe hydrothermal conditions, showing the best activity and stability. The catalyst calcined at 1000 °C has the best coke resistance with only 0.166 g gcat−1 of coke formation after the 24 h durability test. The DTG results indicate that the carbon formed on the catalysts is mainly graphitic carbon. The performance of the bimetallic 2Ru15Ni/La2O3–MgO–Al2O3 catalyst in the steam reforming of xylene greatly depends on the metal loading sequence and support calcination temperature.![]()
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- Jianglong Pu
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University 118 Jiahang Road Jiaxing 314001 China .,Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16, Nakacho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University 118 Jiahang Road Jiaxing 314001 China
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16, Nakacho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16, Nakacho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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Fan J, Du H, Zhao Y, Wang Q, Liu Y, Li D, Feng J. Recent Progress on Rational Design of Bimetallic Pd Based Catalysts and Their Advanced Catalysis. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Jiaxuan Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
- Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
- Beijing Engineering Center for Hierarchical Catalysts, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China
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Dai R, Zheng Z, Lian C, Shi K, Wu X, An X, Xie X. A sinter-resistant catalytic system based on ultra-small Ni-Cu nanoparticles encapsulated in Ca-SiO 2 for high-performance ethanol steam reforming. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:16605-16616. [PMID: 32756665 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04938g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To enhance the catalytic performance of catalysts for the ethanol steam reforming (ESR) reaction, a facile reverse micelle strategy was adopted to prepare a core@shell Ni-Cu@Ca-SiO2 (Ni-Cu@CS) nanoreactor composed of an ultra-small Ni-Cu alloy (∼2.8 nm) encapsulated in Ca-functionalized SiO2 nanoparticles. Benefiting from its core@shell structural features and unique components, the Ni-Cu@CS nanoreactor exhibited superior activity (69.91% H2 selectivity and 99.99% ethanol conversion) and stability compared to reference samples. The regenerated Ni-Cu@CS nanoreactor showed high stability, maintaining 98.14% ethanol conversion and only 1.98 mg gcat-1 h-1 in carbon deposition. The high catalytic performance of Ni-Cu@CS is attributed to not only its encapsulated structure, which effectively prevented the sintering of neighboring Ni-Cu alloy nanoparticles, but also to its Ca-functionalized porous SiO2 shell, suppressing the carbon deposition. Moreover, its porous thin shell facilitated the mass transfer and diffusion of reactants and products. Thus, the Ni-Cu@CS nanoreactor is expected to become a new type of high-efficiency nanoreactor for the ESR reaction.
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- Rong Dai
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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- Translational Medicine Research Center, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China.
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Ceria-Based Catalysts Studied by Near Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Review. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10030286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The development of better catalysts is a passionate topic at the forefront of modern science, where operando techniques are necessary to identify the nature of the active sites. The surface of a solid catalyst is dynamic and dependent on the reaction environment and, therefore, the catalytic active sites may only be formed under specific reaction conditions and may not be stable either in air or under high vacuum conditions. The identification of the active sites and the understanding of their behaviour are essential information towards a rational catalyst design. One of the most powerful operando techniques for the study of active sites is near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP-XPS), which is particularly sensitive to the surface and sub-surface of solids. Here we review the use of NAP-XPS for the study of ceria-based catalysts, widely used in a large number of industrial processes due to their excellent oxygen storage capacity and well-established redox properties.
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Kim G, Yu Y, Lim H, Jeong B, Lee J, Baik J, Mun BS, Kim KJ. AP-XPS beamline, a platform for operando science at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2020; 27:507-514. [PMID: 32153292 PMCID: PMC7064101 DOI: 10.1107/s160057751901676x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Beamline 8A (BL 8A) is an undulator-based soft X-ray beamline at Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. This beamline is aimed at high-resolution ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS), soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (soft-XAS) and scanning photoemission microscopy (SPEM) experiments. BL 8A has two branches, 8A1 SPEM and 8A2 AP-XPS, that share a plane undulator, the first mirror (M1) and the monochromator. The photon beam is switched between the two branches by changing the refocusing mirrors after the monochromator. The acceptance angle of M1 is kept glancing at 1.2°, and Pt is coated onto the mirrors to achieve high reflectance, which ensures a wide photon energy range (100-2000 eV) with high resolution at a photon flux of ∼1013 photons s-1. In this article, the main properties and performance of the beamline are reported, together with selected experiments performed on the new beamline and experimental system.
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- Geonhwa Kim
- Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nano-Surface Research Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 34133, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nano-Surface Research Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 34133, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline Research Division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang 37674, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Photon Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Beamline Research Division, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang 37674, Republic of Korea
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Guo L, Chen F, Jin T, Liu H, Zhang N, Jin Y, Wang Q, Tang Q, Pan B. Surface reconstruction of AgPd nanoalloy particles during the electrocatalytic formate oxidation reaction. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:3469-3481. [PMID: 31990278 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09660d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Formate is a kind of carbon-neutral fuel that can be synthesized by electrochemical conversion of CO2, however, the generated aqueous formate electrolyte is still short of potential application. Here, formate solution is proposed to be utilized as anode fuels of direct formate fuel cells through the formate oxidation reaction (FOR), and graphene supported AgPd nanoalloys (AgPd/rGO) are prepared to catalyze the FOR. Specifically, the mass activity of the as-prepared Ag49Pd51/rGO catalyst is 4.21 A mg-1Pd and the retention activity of Ag49Pd51/rGO is 49.1% of initial activity after successive 500 cycles, which is 2.48 and 3.03 times higher than that of unsupported Ag51Pd49 nanoalloys. When increasing the positive scan limit from 0.0 to 0.8 V, the mass activity of the Ag49Pd51/rGO catalyst increases from 2.32 to 6.03 A mg-1Pd and Pd surface coverage increases from 51.87% to 62.42%, indicating the occurrence of surface reconstruction where Pd atoms migrate to the surface of AgPd nanoalloys, and less intensive reconstruction is observed in unsupported Ag51Pd49 nanoalloys, whose mass activity increases from 1.35 to 2.49 A mg-1Pd. The driving force and kinetic path are calculated for the surface reconstruction induced by the adsorption of H, O and C atoms, in the case of C atoms on graphene, the segregation energy of surface Pd atoms in the AgPd nanoalloy is -1.16 eV, and the activation energy for the migration of subsurface Pd atoms to the surface is 0.54 eV, which are lower than the segregation (0.03 eV) and activation (2.06 eV) energy on a clean alloy surface.
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- Longfei Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China. and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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