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Tatar D, Ullah H, Yadav M, Kojčinović J, Šarić S, Szenti I, Skalar T, Finšgar M, Tian M, Kukovecz Á, Kónya Z, Sápi A, Djerdj I. High-Entropy Oxides: A New Frontier in Photocatalytic CO 2 Hydrogenation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:29946-29962. [PMID: 38821886 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c00478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Herein, we investigate the potential of nanostructured high-entropy oxides (HEOs) for photocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation, a process with significant implications for environmental sustainability and energy production. Several cerium-oxide-based rare-earth HEOs with fluorite structures were prepared for UV-light driven photocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation toward valuable fuels and petrochemical precursors. The cationic composition profoundly influences the selectivity and activity of the HEOs, where the Ce0.2Zr0.2La0.2Nd0.2Sm0.2O2-δ catalyst showed outstanding CO2 activation (14.4 molCO kgcat-1 h-1 and 1.27 mol CH 3 OH kgcat-1 h-1) and high methanol and CO selectivity (7.84% CH3OH and 89.26% CO) under ambient conditions with 4 times better performance in comparison to pristine CeO2. Systematic tests showed the effect of a high-entropy system compared to midentropy oxides. XPS, in situ DRIFTS, as well as DFT calculation elucidate the synergistic impact of Ce, Zr, La, Nd, and Sm, resulting in an optimal Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio. The observed formate-routed mechanism and a surface with high affinity to CO2 reduction offer insights into the photocatalytic enhancement. While our findings lay a solid foundation, further research is needed to optimize these catalysts and expand their applications.
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- Dalibor Tatar
- Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, Osijek HR-31000, Croatia
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- Department of Engineering, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9FE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Sq. 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, Osijek HR-31000, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, Osijek HR-31000, Croatia
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Sq. 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova Street 17, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia
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- Department of Engineering, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9FE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Sq. 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Sq. 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla Sq. 1, Szeged H-6720, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, Osijek HR-31000, Croatia
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Oxygenated Hydrocarbons from Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13010115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Once fundamental difficulties such as active sites and selectivity are fully resolved, metal-free catalysts such as 3D graphene or carbon nanotubes (CNT) are very cost-effective substitutes for the expensive noble metals used for catalyzing CO2. A viable method for converting environmental wastes into useful energy storage or industrial wealth, and one which also addresses the environmental and energy problems brought on by emissions of CO2, is CO2 hydrogenation into hydrocarbon compounds. The creation of catalytic compounds and knowledge about the reaction mechanisms have received considerable attention. Numerous variables affect the catalytic process, including metal–support interaction, metal particle sizes, and promoters. CO2 hydrogenation into different hydrocarbon compounds like lower olefins, alcoholic composites, long-chain hydrocarbon composites, and fuels, in addition to other categories, have been explained in previous studies. With respect to catalyst design, photocatalytic activity, and the reaction mechanism, recent advances in obtaining oxygenated hydrocarbons from CO2 processing have been made both through experiments and through density functional theory (DFT) simulations. This review highlights the progress made in the use of three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials and their compounds and methods for their synthesis in the process of hydrogenation of CO2. Recent advances in catalytic performance and the conversion mechanism for CO2 hydrogenation into hydrocarbons that have been made using both experiments and DFT simulations are also discussed. The development of 3D nanomaterials and metal catalysts supported on 3D nanomaterials is important for CO2 conversion because of their stability and the ability to continuously support the catalytic processes, in addition to the ability to reduce CO2 directly and hydrogenate it into oxygenated hydrocarbons.
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Yu J, Zeng Y, Lin W, Lu X. Hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol over In-doped m-ZrO 2: a DFT investigation into the oxygen vacancy size-dependent reaction mechanism. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:23182-23194. [PMID: 36129075 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02788g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Selective methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation has been thoroughly investigated over defective In-doped m-ZrO2 using density functional theory (DFT). Three types of oxygen vacancies (Ovs) generated either at the top layer (O1_v and O4_v) or at the subsurface layer (O2_v) are chosen as surface models due to low Ov formation energy. Surface morphology reveals that O1_v has smaller oxygen vacancy size than O4_v. Compared with perfect In@m-ZrO2, indium on both O1_v and O4_v is partially reduced, whereas the Bader charge of In on O2_v remains almost the same. Our calculations show that CO2 is moderate in adsorption energy (∼-0.8 eV) for all investigated surface models, which facilitates the formate pathway for both O1_v and O4_v. O2_v is not directly involved in CO2 methanolization but could readily transform into O1_v once CO2/H2 feed gas is introduced. Based on the results, the synthesis of methanol from CO2 hydrogenation turns out to exhibit conspicuous vacancy size-dependency for both O1_v and O4_v. The reaction mechanism for small-sized O1_v is controlled by both the vacancy size effect and surface reducibility effect. Thus, H2COO* favors direct C-O bond cleavage (c-mechanism) before further hydrogenation to methanol, which is similar to the defective In2O3. The vacancy size effect is more competitive than the surface reducibility effect for large-sized O4_v. Therefore, H2COO* prefers protonation to H2COOH before C-O bond cleavage (p-mechanism) which is similar to the ZnO-ZrO2 solid solution. Furthermore, we also determined that stable-CH3O*, which is too stable to be hydrogenated, originates from the O1_v surface. In contrast, CH3O* with similar configuration is allowed to be further converted to methanol on O4_v. Overall, our findings offer a new perspective towards how reaction mechanisms are determined by the size of oxygen vacancies.
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- Jie Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistryand Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China. .,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistryand Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China. .,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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Jia Y, Lin M, Tian Z, Gao J. A special Bi-S motif catalyst for highly selective CO2 conversion to methanol. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Hydride Generation on the Cu-Doped CeO2(111) Surface and Its Role in CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12090963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ceria-based catalysts exhibit great activity in catalyzing selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. However, the underlying mechanism of this reaction, especially the generation of active H species, remains unclear. In this work, we performed extensive density functional theory calculations corrected by on-site Coulomb interaction (DFT + U) to investigate the H2 dissociation and the reaction between the active H species and CO2 on the pristine and Cu-doped CeO2(111) (denoted as Cu/CeO2(111)) surfaces. Our calculations evidenced that the heterolytic H2 dissociation for hydride generation can more readily occur on the Cu/CeO2(111) surface than on the pristine CeO2(111) surface. We also found that the Cu dopant can facilitate the formation of surface oxygen vacancies, further promoting the generation of hydride species. Moreover, the adsorption of CO2 and the hydrogenation of CO2 to HCOO* can be greatly promoted on the Cu/CeO2(111) surface with hydride species, which can lead to the high activity and selectivity toward CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.
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Szamosvölgyi Á, Rajkumar T, Sápi A, Szenti I, Ábel M, Gómez-Pérez JF, Baán K, Fogarassy Z, Dodony E, Pécz B, Garg S, Kiss J, Kukovecz Á, Kónya Z. Interfacial Ni active sites strike solid solutional counterpart in CO2 hydrogenation. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2022.102747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang ZQ, Chu DR, Zhou H, Wu XP, Gong XQ. Role of Low-Coordinated Ce in Hydride Formation and Selective Hydrogenation Reactions on CeO2 Surfaces. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
- Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Co., Ltd., 345 Yunling Road(E), Shanghai 200062, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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Ye A, Li Z, Ding J, Xiong W, Huang W. Synergistic Catalysis of Al and Zn Sites of Spinel ZnAl2O4 Catalyst for CO Hydrogenation to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Aiai Ye
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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Rajkumar T, Sápi A, Ábel M, Kiss J, Szenti I, Baán K, Gómez-Pérez JF, Kukovecz Á, Kónya Z. Surface Engineering of CeO2 Catalysts: Differences Between Solid Solution Based and Interfacially Designed Ce1−xMxO2 and MO/CeO2 (M = Zn, Mn) in CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction. Catal Letters 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-021-03591-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Razmgar K, Altarawneh M, Oluwoye I, Senanayake G. Ceria-Based Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation Reactions: A Critical Review. CATALYSIS SURVEYS FROM ASIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10563-020-09319-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Formic acid (FA) can be considered both a CO and a H2 carrier via selective dehydration and dehydrogenation pathways, respectively. The two processes can be influenced by the modification of the active components of the catalysts used. In the present study the adsorption of FA and the decomposition of the formed formate intermediate were investigated on potassium promoted Rh(111) surfaces. The preadsorbed potassium markedly increased the uptake of FA at 300 K, and influenced the decomposition of formate depending on the potassium coverage. The work function (Δϕ) is increased by the adsorption of FA on K/Rh(111) at 300 K suggesting a large negative charge on the chemisorbed molecule, which could be probably due to the enhanced back-donation of electrons from the K-promoted Rh into an empty π orbital of HCOOH. The binding energy of the formate species is therefore increased resulting in a greater concentration of irreversibly adsorbed formate species. Decomposition of the formate species led to the formation of H2, CO2, H2O, and CO, which desorbed at significantly higher temperatures from the K-promoted surface than from the K-free one as it was proven by thermal desorption studies. Transformation of surface formate to carbonate (evidenced by UPS) and its decomposition and desorption is responsible for the high temperature CO and CO2 formation.
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Trends and Outlook of Computational Chemistry and Microkinetic Modeling for Catalytic Synthesis of Methanol and DME. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10060655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The first-principle modeling of heterogeneous catalysts is a revolutionarily approach, as the electronic structure of a catalyst is closely related to its reactivity on the surface with reactant molecules. In the past, detailed reaction mechanisms could not be understood, however, computational chemistry has made it possible to analyze a specific elementary reaction of a reaction system. Microkinetic modeling is a powerful tool for investigating elementary reactions and reaction mechanisms for kinetics. Using a microkinetic model, the dominant pathways and rate-determining steps can be elucidated among the competitive reactions, and the effects of operating conditions on the reaction mechanisms can be determined. Therefore, the combination of computational chemistry and microkinetic modeling can significantly improve computational catalysis research. In this study, we reviewed the trends and outlook of this combination technique as applied to the catalytic synthesis of methanol (MeOH) and dimethyl ether (DME), whose detailed mechanisms are still controversial. Although the scope is limited to the catalytic synthesis of limited species, this study is expected to provide a foundation for future works in the field of catalysis research based on computational catalysis.
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Boaro M, Colussi S, Trovarelli A. Ceria-Based Materials in Hydrogenation and Reforming Reactions for CO 2 Valorization. Front Chem 2019; 7:28. [PMID: 30838198 PMCID: PMC6382745 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Reducing greenhouse emissions is of vital importance to tackle the climate changes and to decrease the carbon footprint of modern societies. Today there are several technologies that can be applied for this goal and especially there is a growing interest in all the processes dedicated to manage CO2 emissions. CO2 can be captured, stored or reused as carbon source to produce chemicals and fuels through catalytic technologies. This study reviews the use of ceria based catalysts in some important CO2 valorization processes such as the methanation reaction and methane dry-reforming. We analyzed the state of the art with the aim of highlighting the distinctive role of ceria in these reactions. The presence of cerium based oxides generally allows to obtain a strong metal-support interaction with beneficial effects on the dispersion of active metal phases, on the selectivity and durability of the catalysts. Moreover, it introduces different functionalities such as redox and acid-base centers offering versatility of approaches in designing and engineering more powerful formulations for the catalytic valorization of CO2 to fuels.
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- Marta Boaro
- Dipartimento Politecnico, Università di Udine, Udine, Italy
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Schimmenti R, Cortese R, Duca D, Mavrikakis M. Boron Nitride‐supported Sub‐nanometer Pd
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Clusters for Formic Acid Decomposition: A DFT Study. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Roberto Schimmenti
- Dipartimento di Fisica e ChimicaUniversità degli Studi di Palermo Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I- 90128 Palermo Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e ChimicaUniversità degli Studi di Palermo Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I- 90128 Palermo Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e ChimicaUniversità degli Studi di Palermo Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I- 90128 Palermo Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Madison Wisconsin 53706 USA
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Cheng Z, Qin L, Guo M, Xu M, Fan JA, Fan LS. Oxygen vacancy promoted methane partial oxidation over iron oxide oxygen carriers in the chemical looping process. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:32418-32428. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06264d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We found that oxygen vacancies can promote CH4 partial oxidation on iron oxide oxygen carriers during the chemical looping process.
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- Zhuo Cheng
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Ginzton Laboratory
- Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Stanford University
- Stanford
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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