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A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy
Electrification to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions is essential to mitigate climate change. However, a substantial portion of our manufacturing and transportation infrastructure will be difficult ...
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Tandem reactors and reactions for CO2 conversion
Carbon dioxide (CO2) valorization is a promising pathway for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the chemical sector and reducing the reliance of chemical manufacturing on fossil fuel feedstocks. This Perspe...
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CO2 fixation into carbon nanofibres using electrochemical–thermochemical tandem catalysis
Carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation into value-added solid carbon such as carbon nanofibres (CNF) for longer-term storage represents a promising avenue for achieving net-negative carbon emissions. However, directly con...
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Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction
The increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has caused various environmental issues. Utilizing CO2 as the carbon feedstock to replace traditional fossil sources in commodity chemical production is a pot...
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Carbon dioxide reduction in tandem with light-alkane dehydrogenation
A greenhouse gas and mild oxidant, CO2 can effect the oxidative dehydrogenation (CO2-ODH) of light alkanes over heterogeneous catalysts. These catalysts are bifunctional in that they mediate CO2 reduction while o...
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Author Correction: Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes
In the version of this Perspective originally published, in Table 1, the selectivity for MeOH and CO (%) values were incorrect at 0.298 and 0.35, respectively, they should have read 29.8 and 35. This has now b...
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Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes
Many research efforts into CO2 reduction to valuable products are motivated by a desire to reduce the atmospheric CO2 concentration. However, it is unclear how laboratory-scale catalytic performance translates to...
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Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction
The increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has caused various environmental issues. Utilizing CO2 as the carbon feedstock to replace traditional fossil sources in commodity chemical production is a pot...
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A Comparative Study of Hydrodeoxygenation of Furfural Over Fe/Pt(111) and Fe/Mo2C Surfaces
It is desirable to convert biomass-derived furfural to 2-methylfuran through the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reaction using an inexpensive catalyst with high stability. In this work, Mo2C was used as an alternative ...
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Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts
The optimization of supported metal catalysts predominantly focuses on engineering the metal site, for which physical insights based on extensive theoretical and experimental contributions have enabled the rat...
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Replacing Precious Metals with Carbide Catalysts for Hydrogenation Reactions
Molybdenum carbide (Mo2C and Ni/Mo2C) catalysts were compared with Pd/SiO2 for the hydrogenation of several diene molecules, 1,3-butadiene, 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexadiene (CHD). Compared to Pd/SiO2, Mo2C showed simi...
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Comparison of Ethylene Glycol Steam Reforming Over Pt and NiPt Catalysts on Various Supports
Steam reforming of ethylene glycol (EG) was studied on Pt and NiPt catalysts supported on γ-Al2O3, TiO2, and carbon. On all supports bimetallic NiPt catalysts show higher activity for H2 production than the corre...
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Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation for Biomass Processing: Research Strategies and Goals
Production of energy and chemicals from biomass is of critical importance in meeting some of the challenges associated with decreasing availability of fossil fuels and addressing global climate change. In the ...
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Using first principles to predict bimetallic catalysts for the ammonia decomposition reaction
The facile decomposition of ammonia to produce hydrogen is critical to its use as a hydrogen storage medium in a hydrogen economy, and although ruthenium shows good activity for catalysing this process, its ex...
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Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Verification of Stability of Pt–3d–Pt Subsurface Bimetallic Structures: From Single Crystal Surfaces to Polycrystalline Films
In this paper we will provide a review of our recent studies on the general stability of the Pt–3d–Pt (3d = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni) subsurface structures, which are the desirable structural configuration...
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Effects of Zeolite Structures, Exchanged Cations, and Bimetallic Formulations on the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Over Zeolite-Supported Catalysts
Supported PdAg bimetallic catalysts were evaluated for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene in the presence of ethylene. The effects of different zeolite structures and cations were investigated using flow...
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Reforming of Oxygenates for H2 Production on 3d/Pt(111) Bimetallic Surfaces
We present results for H2 production by reforming of oxygenates on Pt-based bimetallic surfaces using temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) and densit...
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Preparation and catalytic performance of monolayer-dispersed Pd/Ni bimetallic catalysts for hydrogenation
Pd/Ni bimetallic catalysts were prepared by replacement reactions, characterized by X-ray diffraction, CO chemisorption and H2 temperature-programmed desorption, and evaluated for hydrogenation of cyclohexene, st...
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A Combined Surface Science and Electrochemical Study of Tungsten Carbides as Anode Electrocatalysts
An effective anode electrocatalyst in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) should have high activity for the oxidation of methanol and the decomposition of water, while remaining stable under the relatively harsh ...
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Pd-based bimetallic catalysts prepared by replacement reactions
Several Pd-based bimetallic catalysts, Pd/Co, Pd/Ni and Pd/Cu, were synthesized by replacement reactions. The catalysts were characterized by XRD and CO chemisorption and their catalytic properties were evalua...