Steering the methanol steam reforming reactivity of intermetallic Cu–In compounds by redox activation: stability vs. formation of an intermetallic compound–oxide interface

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00913C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kevin Ploner, Andrew Doran, Martin Kunz, Albert Gili, Aleksander Gurlo, Nicolas Köwitsch, Marc Armbrüster, Johannes Bernardi, Maximilian Watschinger, Simon PennerTo compare the properties...

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Reshaping the Active Pocket of Esterase Est816 for Resolution of Economically Important Racemates

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY01028J, PaperXiaolong Liu, Meng Zhao, Xinjiong Fan, Yao FuOne of the most important industrial applications of bacterial esterases is the production of optically pure compounds. However, the contradiction between the wide substrate specificity and high enantioselectivity of natural...The...

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Catalytic Oxidation of Methane to Methanol over Cu-CHA with Molecular Oxygen

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00676B, PaperAiri Hirayama, Yuka Tsuchimura, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masato Machida, Shun Nishimura, Kazuo Kato, Keisuke Takahashi, Junya OhyamaDirect oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH using O2 is challenging because of the high stability of CH4 and the relatively high reactivity of CH3OH. Here, Cu-CHA...

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Surface engraving engineering of polyhedral photocatalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY01153G, MinireviewShaodong Sun, Xiaoli Yang, Jie Cui, Man Yang, Qing Yang, Shuhua LiangPolyhedral micro-/nanocrystals are an important and charming member of photocatalysts, which have been extensively investigated to reveal the crystal facet-dependent property in the past decades. The...

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K+ located in 6-membered rings of low-silica CHA enhancing the lifetime and propene selectivity in MTO

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00691F, PaperJingyan Zhang, Ren Li, Yangyang Mi, Peng Luo, Hao Xu, Ye Jun Guan, Honggen Peng, Shaojia Song, Weiyu Song, Hai-Hong Wu, Ming Yuan He, Peng WuMethanol-to-olefin (MTO) technology presently serves as a key to convert coal or natural gas to valuable hydrocarbons in particular...

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Heterometallic [Cu–O–M]2+ active sites for methane C–H activation in zeolites: stability, reactivity, formation mechanism and relationship to other active sites

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00687H, PaperOlajumoke Adeyiga, Dipak Panthi, Samuel O. OdohFormation energies and mechanisms, autoreduction and methane C–H reactivities were obtained for [Cu–O–M]2+ species (M = Ti–Cu, Zr–Mo and Ru–Ag) in mordenite with DFT. These reveal that [Cu2O]2+ is best suited for MMC.To cite this article...

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The effect of SO2 on the structural evolution of a supported Mn2V2O7 catalyst and its DeNOx performance

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00693B, PaperLin Huangfu, Shuying Zhao, Jianling Li, Zhiliang Yao, Changming Li, Shiqiu Gao, Jian YuMn2V2O7/TiO2 can decompose to form sulfated VOx and MnSO4 on TiO2 in the presence of SO2, and the corresponding DeNOx efficiency increases above 250 °C but it decreases below 250 °C.To cite this...

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P-doped CdS integrated with multiphasic MoSe2 nanosheets accomplishing prominent photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00951F, PaperXuanxuan Yang, Hong Yang, Tiantian Zhang, Yongbing Lou, Jinxi ChenRational modulation of low-cost and versatile Cd-based photocatalysts coupled with transition metal diselenides is favorable to reinforcing the performance of hydrogen evolution. Herein, the P-doped CdS nanorods...

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Porous silicon film overcoating biomass char-supported catalysts for improved activity and stability in biomass pyrolysis tar decomposition

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00649E, PaperShuang Liang, Beile Tian, Feiqiang Guo, Yichen Dong, Shilin Du, Lin QianIn this work, porous silicon film overcoating biomass char-supported catalysts were synthesized and evaluated biomass pyrolysis tar decomposition reactions. With the presence of Ni and Fe (SC@Ni1Fe1@SiO2),...

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DNA Enthralled Less Resistive Palladium Nano-Spheres for Effective Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D1CY00986A, PaperK. Sangeetha, Karthik Kumaran Saravanan, Eunice Evangeline Bariki, Vennala Niharika, Rishivandhiga Jayakumar, Subrata KunduThe greener entry of biomolecules in the field of nanomaterials (NMs) synthesis effectively supports to develop various size and shape controlled NMs in...

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