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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Surface charge as activity descriptors for electrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products on organic-functionalised Cu
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Open AccessSurface charge as activity descriptors for electrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products on organic-functionalised Cu
Intensive research in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction has resulted in the discovery of numerous high-performance catalysts selective to multi-carbon products, with most of these catalysts still being purel...
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Highly selective oxidation of methane to methanol at ambient conditions by titanium dioxide-supported iron species
Methane activation under moderate conditions and with good selectivity for value-added chemicals still remains a huge challenge. Here, we present a highly selective catalyst for the transformation of methane t...
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Elucidation of thermally induced internal porosity in zinc oxide nanorods
In situ electron microscopy, tomography, photoluminescence, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy were utilized to monitor and explain the formation and growth of internal pores within ZnO nanorods. Careful examinati...
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Effects of the synthetic condition on the stability, particle size and redox chemistry of nanoporous CoAlPO-34
This study focuses on the effect of the synthetic conditions on the stability, particle size, redox chemistry of cobalt into the framework of CoAlPO-34. It seems that the most sufficient pH for the substitutio...
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Reactivities study of titanium sites in titanosilicate frameworks by in situ XANES
This study focused on the study of titanium sites, their local structure and reactivities in nanoporous titanosilicates frameworks by using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. XANES provides the information...
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Adsorptive characteristics of the polyurethane-immobilized Corynebacterium glutamicum biosorbent for removal of Reactive Yellow 2 from aqueous solution
Polyurethane (PU) was evaluated for its possibility as an immobilization matrix for the raw biomass of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Initially, different blending ratios of the raw biomass to PU weight were tested,...
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Metal organic framework-mediated synthesis of highly active and stable Fischer-Tropsch catalysts
Depletion of crude oil resources and environmental concerns have driven a worldwide research on alternative processes for the production of commodity chemicals. Fischer–Tropsch synthesis is a process for flexi...
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Following the crystallisation of Bi2Mo2O9 catalyst by combined XRD/QuEXAFS
The formation ofβ-phase Bi2Mo2O9 catalyst from a precursor precipitate has been studied using thein situ combined XRD/QuEXAFS technique and DSC during calcination. Accordingly the precursor was observed to underg...
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On the Nature and Location of Organic Template Molecules and Their Effect on the Stability and Redox Properties of Microporous CoAlPO-34 Catalyst
Small-pore CoAlPO-34 materials were synthesized with a variety of organic template molecules and were characterized in detail, employing microcrystal diffraction, powder diffraction and in situ combined XRD/XAS t...
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The Extremely High Specificity of N-Methyldicyclohexylamine for the Production of the Large-Pore Microporous AFI Material
We describe a highly efficient synthesis of microporous aluminophosphate AlPO4-5 and its heteroatom-substituted variants, using N-methyldicyclohexylamine as a structure-directing agent that, in addition, does not...
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Direct Hydrothermal Conversion of High-Silica Faujausite and Zeolite β to ZSM-5 and Its Catalytic Performance
In the absence of a structure-directing organic molecule, aluminosilicate ZSM-5 is produced directly from high-silica zeolite Y or zeolite β by a simple hydrothermal treatment of the alkali metal hydroxide-tre...
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Towards an Environmentally Acceptable Heterogeneous Catalytic Method of Producing Adipic Acid by the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Air
A survey is given of the catalytic methods potentially available for the production of adipic acid by the oxidation of readily available hydrocarbon precursors under environmentally benign conditions. Encourag...
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Towards molecular sieve inorganic catalysts that are akin to enzymes: studies of a selective cyclo-dimerization over ferrierite at ambient temperature
The solid-acid (Brønsted)-catalyzed cyclo-dimerization of 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-one (HMB) over a synthetic ferrierite molecular sieve is reported. HMB is a stable liquid at ambient temperatures but in acid...
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Facile heterogenisation of molecular Ti(OSiPh3)4 to form a highly active epoxidation catalyst
The simple grafting procedure of Ti(OSiPh3)4 onto the internal surface of MCM-41 to produce an epoxidation catalyst of high activity and selectivity is described. The presence of the phenyl groups on each titaniu...
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Combining X‐ray absorption with X‐ray diffraction for the structural elucidation of catalysts
We describe how the combined XAS/XRD technique can provide powerful information on the structures of catalytically active centres. We consider some of the most industrially important catalysts, including Fe‐ZS...
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In situ combined X‐ray absorption spectroscopic and X‐ray diffractometric studies of solid catalysts
The merits of employing combined in situ X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X‐ray diffractometry (XRD) are described by reference to a number of examples, which encompass: (i) crystallisation of molecular...
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Molecular-sieve catalysts for the selective oxidation of linear alkanes by molecular oxygen
Terminally oxidized hydrocarbons are of considerable interest as potential feedstocks for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, but the selective oxidation of only the terminal methyl groups in alkanes rem...
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Redox solid catalysts for the selective oxidation of cyclohexane in air
The selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone and adipic acid using molecular oxygen as the oxidant and at moderate temperatures (403 K) has been investigated over four different cobalt...
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Synthesis and characterisation by X-ray absorption spectroscopy of a suite of seven mesoporous catalysts containing metal ions in framework sites
MCM-41 type mesoporous silicas have been prepared in which one or more of the following elements are accommodated in framework sites: titanium, iron, chromium, vanadium, manganese, boron and aluminium. XRD and...