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Progress and roadmap for electro-privileged transformations of bio-derived molecules
Biomass incorporates carbon captured from the atmosphere and can serve as a renewable feedstock for producing valuable chemicals and fuels. Here we look at how electrochemical approaches can impact biomass val...
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Tuning at the subnanometre scale
Supported subnanometre catalysts are atom efficient and possess unique properties, but their structure–activity relations are not well understood. Now it is possible to reveal their structure sensitivity by co...
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Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst
Brønsted acid sites on the oxide overlayers of metal–metal oxide inverse catalysts are often hypothesized to drive selective C–O bond activation. However, the Brønsted acid site nature and dynamics under worki...
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C–O bond activation using ultralow loading of noble metal catalysts on moderately reducible oxides
Selective C–O activation of multifunctional molecules is essential for many important chemical processes. Although reducible metal oxides are active and selective towards reductive C–O bond scission via the re...
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Hydrodeoxygenation of m-Cresol Over Pt-WOx/C Using H2 Generated In Situ by n-Hexane Dehydrogenation
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of m-cresol using H2 produced by dehydrogenation of n-hexane to hexenes is demonstrated at 673 K over a Pt-WOx/C catalyst at 36 bar. The reaction is possible because deactivation of Pt/C ...
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Fundamentals of C–O bond activation on metal oxide catalysts
Fundamental knowledge of the active site requirements for the selective activation of C–O bonds over heterogeneous catalysts is required to design multistep processes for the synthesis of complex chemicals. He...
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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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Dominant Reaction Pathways in the Catalytic Partial Oxidation of CH4 on Rh
Reforming technologies are at the heart of converting fossil fuels and biofuels to syngas and hydrogen for novel energy applications and, among reforming technologies, catalytic partial oxidation is appealing ...