• Carbon hollow fiber membranes for a molecular sieve with precise-cutoff ultramicropores for superior hydrogen separation 

      Lei, Linfeng; Pan, Fengjiao; Lindbråthen, Arne; Zhang, Xiangping; Hillestad, Magne; Nie, Yi; Bai, Lu; He, Xuezhong; Guiver, Michael D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes with rigid and uniform pore structures are ideal candidates for high temperature- and pressure-demanded separations, such as hydrogen purification from the steam methane reforming ...
    • Enhancing polyol/sugar cascade oxidation to formic acid with defect rich MnO2 catalysts 

      Yan, Hao; Liu, Bowen; Zhou, Xin; Meng, Fanyu; Zhao, Mingyue; Pan, Yue; Li, Jie; Wu, Yining; Zhao, Hui; Liu, Yibin; Chen, Xiaobo; Li, Lina; Feng, Xiang; Chen, de; Shan, Honghong; Yang, Chaohe; Yan, Ning (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Oxidation of renewable polyol/sugar into formic acid using molecular O2 over heterogeneous catalysts is still challenging due to the insufficient activation of both O2 and organic substrates on coordination-saturated metal ...
    • Gold Catalysts Containing Interstitial Carbon Atoms Boost Hydrogenation Activity 

      Sun, Y.; Cao, Y.; Wang, , L.; Mu, , X.; Zhao, Q.; Si, , R.; Zhu, , X.; Chen, , S.; Zhang, , B.; Chen, De; Wan, Ying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Supported gold nanoparticles are emerging catalysts for heterogeneous catalytic reactions, including selective hydrogenation. The traditionally used supports such as silica do not favor the heterolytic dissociation of ...
    • Molecular-level insights into the electronic effects in platinum-catalyzed carbon monoxide oxidation 

      Chen, Wenyao; Cao, J.B.; Yang, Jia; Cao, Yueqiang; Zhang, Hao; Jiang, Zheng; Zhang, Jing; Qian, Gang; Zhou, Xinggui; Chen, De; Yuan, Wei-Kang; Duan, Xuezhi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      A molecular-level understanding of how the electronic structure of metal center tunes the catalytic behaviors remains a grand challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, we report an unconventional kinetics strategy for ...
    • Optimising surface d charge of AuPd nanoalloy catalysts for enhanced catalytic activity 

      Zhu, Xiaojuan; Qishui, Guo; Sun, Yafei; Chen, Shangjun; Wang, Jian-Qiang; Wu, Mengmeng; Fu, Wenzhao; Tang, Yanqiang; Duan, Xuezhi; Chen, De; Wan, Ying (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Understanding the catalytic mechanism of bimetallic nanocatalysts remains challenging. Here, we adopt an adsorbate mediated thermal reduction approach to yield monodispersed AuPd catalysts with continuous change of the ...
    • Stroboscopic operando spectroscopy of the dynamics in heterogeneous catalysis by event-averaging 

      Knudsen, Jan; Gallo, Tamires; Boix, Virgínia; Strømsheim, Marie Døvre; D’Acunto, Giulio; Goodwin, Christopher; Wallander, Harald; Zhu, Suyun; Soldemo, Markus; Lömker, Patrick; Cavalca, Filippo; Scardamaglia, Mattia; Degerman, David; Nilsson, Anders; Amann, Peter; Shavorskiy, Andrey; Schnadt, Joachim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Heterogeneous catalyst surfaces are dynamic entities that respond rapidly to changes in their local gas environment, and the dynamics of the response is a decisive factor for the catalysts’ action and activity. Few probes ...
    • Tuning reactivity of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by regulating TiOx overlayer over Ru/TiO2 nanocatalysts 

      Zhang, Yaru; Yang, Xiaoli; Yang, Xiaofeng; Duan, Hongmin; Qi, Haifeng; Su, Yang; Liang, Binglian; Tao, Huabing; Liu, Bin; Chen, De; Su, Xiong; Huang, Yanqiang; Tao, Zhang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The activity of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) on metal-based nanocatalysts can be greatly promoted by the support of reducible oxides, while the role of support remains elusive. Herein, by varying the reduction condition ...