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Catalysts, Volume 6, Issue 8

2016 August - 17 articles

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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,866 Views
9 Pages

20 August 2016

In the present work, gold complex catalysts with Mor-DalPhos ligands were successfully prepared using mesylates as counter ions. Seven ammonium sulfonates were synthesized to promote the production of intermediate sulfonyloxymethyl ketone. It was fou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,564 Views
18 Pages

Effects of the Electrodeposition Time in the Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Pt(Cu) and Pt-Ru(Cu) Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolye Fuel Cells

  • Griselda Caballero-Manrique,
  • Immad Muhammed Nadeem,
  • Enric Brillas,
  • Francesc Centellas,
  • José Antonio Garrido,
  • Rosa María Rodríguez and
  • Pere-Lluís Cabot

18 August 2016

Pt(Cu)/C and Pt-Ru(Cu)/C electrocatalysts with core-shell structure supported on Vulcan Carbon XC72R have been synthesized by potentiostatic deposition of Cu nanoparticles on the support, galvanic exchange with Pt and spontaneous deposition of Ru spe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,063 Views
11 Pages

16 August 2016

Catalysts supported on nanomaterials have been widely investigated for the treatment of hazardous materials. This work has developed a novel method for grafting hematin on nanomaterials for catalyzing the oxidation of aniline in order to remove anili...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,473 Views
11 Pages

Sulfide Catalysts Supported on Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Naphthalene Hydroprocessing

  • Eduard Karakhanov,
  • Yulia Kardasheva,
  • Leonid Kulikov,
  • Anton Maximov,
  • Anna Zolotukhina,
  • Maria Vinnikova and
  • Andrey Ivanov

16 August 2016

This paper describes the first example of using porous aromatic frameworks as supports for sulfide catalysts for the hydrogenation of aromatic hydrocarbons. The synthesis of bimetallic Ni-W and Ni-Mo sulfides was performed by in situ decomposition of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,813 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Surface Copper Species on NO + CO Reaction over xCuO-Ce0.9Zr0.1O2 Catalysts: In Situ DRIFTS Studies

  • Pengying Li,
  • Lu Feng,
  • Fulong Yuan,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Yongli Dong,
  • Xiaoyu Niu and
  • Yujun Zhu

12 August 2016

In this work, the activity of xCuO-Ce0.9Zr0.1O2 catalysts for the reaction of NO + CO was investigated. Especially, in situ DRIFTS was applied to investigate the surface species under the adsorption of NO and/or CO and the reaction of NO and CO to un...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
11,390 Views
13 Pages

Au/TiO2-CeO2 Catalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and VOCs Oxidation Reactions

  • Roberto Fiorenza,
  • Marianna Bellardita,
  • Luisa D’Urso,
  • Giuseppe Compagnini,
  • Leonardo Palmisano and
  • Salvatore Scirè

10 August 2016

Photocatalytic water splitting for H2 production and photocatalytic oxidation of 2-propanol, an example of volatile organic compounds, were investigated over TiO2 catalysts loaded with gold and/or ceria. In the water splitting reaction the presence o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,621 Views
15 Pages

High Yield Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite (HAP) and Palladium Doped HAP via a Wet Chemical Synthetic Route

  • Joanna Kamieniak,
  • Elena Bernalte,
  • Christopher W. Foster,
  • Aidan M. Doyle,
  • Peter J. Kelly and
  • Craig E. Banks

4 August 2016

A novel procedure for the synthesis of both hydroxyapatite (HAP) and palladium doped HAP via a wet chemical precipitation method is described herein. X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,266 Views
12 Pages

4 August 2016

In this study, a dual rotating-disk photocatalytic fuel cell using TiO2 on Ti plate with a wedged surface as the anode and hemoglobin (Hb) on graphite as the cathode was investigated and found to show excellent performance of simultaneous organic pol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
10,157 Views
11 Pages

4 August 2016

The relative contents of Cu+ and Cu2+ in solutions of anhydrous Nieuwland catalyst and CuCl2-added anhydrous Nieuwland catalyst were detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results indicated that Cu+ could be transformed into Cu2+ during...

  • Review
  • Open Access
126 Citations
17,199 Views
19 Pages

Recent Progress on MOF-Derived Nanomaterials as Advanced Electrocatalysts in Fuel Cells

  • Zhongxin Song,
  • Niancai Cheng,
  • Andrew Lushington and
  • Xueliang Sun

2 August 2016

Developing a low cost, highly active and durable cathode material is a high-priority research direction toward the commercialization of low-temperature fuel cells. However, the high cost and low stability of useable materials remain a considerable ch...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,485 Views
11 Pages

2 August 2016

Lipase from Candida rugosa (CRL) was stabilized at alkaline pH to overcome the inactivation problem and was immobilized for the first time by multipoint covalent attachment on different aldehyde-activated matrices. PEG was used as a stabilizing agent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,911 Views
10 Pages

1 August 2016

Highly crystallized C-doped mesoporous anatase TiO2 is prepared using a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) mat as both a “rigid” pore template and a carbon doping source. SEM and TEM characterization shows that the MWCNT template imposed a pore str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,364 Views
18 Pages

29 July 2016

Hierarchically porous reduced graphene oxide/SnIn4S8 (RGO/SnIn4S8) composites with visible-light response and strong mineralization ability were first successfully prepared by a facile low-temperature co-precipitation method, and were characterized b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,643 Views
20 Pages

Nanocarbons with Different Dimensions as Noble-Metal-Free Co-Catalysts for Photocatalysts

  • Zhujun Wu,
  • Shuling Shen,
  • Long Li,
  • Minquan Sun and
  • Junhe Yang

28 July 2016

In this review, we provide an overview of recent progress in nanocarbons with different dimensions as noble-metal-free co-catalysts for photocatalysts. We put emphasis on the interface engineering between nanocarbon co-catalysts and various semicondu...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
12,781 Views
27 Pages

26 July 2016

This review focuses on the chemical methods used to prepare supported bimetallic heterogeneous catalysts, i.e., bimetallic nanoparticles deposited on a support. The review is limited to the preparation of gold-based bimetallic catalysts and moreover...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,532 Views
15 Pages

Promotional Effect of Ce on Iron-Based Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3

  • Xiaobo Wang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Shiguo Wu,
  • Weixin Zou,
  • Shuohan Yu,
  • Ye Shao and
  • Lin Dong

26 July 2016

A series of Fe–Ce–Ti catalysts were prepared via co-precipitation method to investigate the effect of doping Ce into Fe–Ti catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3. The NO conversion over Fe–Ce–Ti catalysts was considerably improved...

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