Catalysts, Volume 9, Issue 6

Titanium modified FeMgO_x catalysts with different precursors were prepared by coprecipitation method with microwave thermal treatment. The iron precursor is a key factor affecting the surface active component. The catalyst using FeSO₄ and Mg(NO₃)₂ as...

Photocatalytic degradation of pollutants is one of the cleanest technologies for environmental remediation. Herein, we prepared NiO/NiTiO₃ heterostructure nanofiber (200 nm) films by electrospinning and high temperature heat treatment, using nickel a...

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This article attempts to study changes in the microstructure of solid solutions with the perovskite structure La_0.5Ca_0.5Mn_0.5Fe_0.5O₃ under the action of the methane oxidation reaction medium. By the methods of XRD, XPS and HRTEM the initial condition...

High-performance oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are needed to produce hydrogen for energy generation through a carbon-free route. In this work, the solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method was employed to synthesize mixed phases o...

Nano-sized palladium nanoparticles showed high catalytic activity with severe limitations in catalytic field due to the tendency to aggregate. A solid substrate with large specific surface area is an ideal carrier for palladium nanoparticles. In pres...

The mainstream strategy for designing hydrogen electrocatalysts is to adjust their surface electronic structure; however, the conductivity of the electrocatalyst and the synergy with its substrate are still challenges to overcome. In this work, we re...

This study reports on the activity and stability of PdO/γ-AlOOH/γ-Al₂O₃ monolith catalysts, promoted with varying amounts of CeO₂, for CH₄ oxidation. Although the beneficial effects of CeO₂ have been reported for powdered catalysts, this...

2D nanomaterials, with unique structural and electronic features, had been demonstrated as excellent photocatalysts, whose catalytic properties could be tunable with surface defect engineering. In this work, few-layer BiOBr nanosheets with oxygen vac...

In this work, the abatement of several chlorobenzenes commonly found as pollutants in the aqueous phase has been carried out by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation using goethite as the catalyst and hydroxylamine as the promotor. Spiked water with monoc...

The aroylhydrazone Schiff bases 2-hydroxy-(2-hydroxybenzylidene)benzohydrazide and (2,3-dihydroxybenzylidene)-2-hydroxybenzohydrazide have been used to synthesize the bi- and tri-nuclear Ni(II) complexes [Ni₂(L¹)₂(MeOH)₄] (1) and [Ni₃(HL²)₂(CH₃OH)₈]&...

Nanoporous gold (npAu) supports were prepared as disks and powders by corrosion of Au-Ag alloys. The npAu materials have pore sizes in the range of 40 nm as shown by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The surface was modified by a self-assembled mon...

RuO₂ has been used for various applications because of its good catalytic properties. To further improve its electrocatalytic properties, we used a nanocasting technique. By using this technique, we obtained structure-controlled (SC) RuO₂ with a high...

This paper reports the effects of changes in the supported active phase concentration over titania containing mixed oxides catalysts for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO). Mo and CoMo supported on sol–gel Al₂O₃–TiO₂ (Al/Ti = 2) were synthetized an...

Understanding the chain growth mechanism is of vital importance for the development of catalysts with enhanced selectivity towards long-chain products in cobalt-catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Herein, we discriminate various C₁ + C₁ coupling rea...

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Additional porosity, such as meso- and macropores, was introduced in zeolite extrudates with the intention intuit of improving the effective diffusivity of the catalysts. The samples were characterized in depth by nitrogen adsorption-desorption, merc...

Most Combi-lipases (CL) are based on mixtures of different lipases immobilized on different supports. The increased CL efficiency has been attributed solely to the complementary selectivity of lipases. However, the role of the immobilization support...

Chemoenzymatic processes have been gaining interest to implement sustainable reaction steps or even create new synthetic routes. In this study, we combined Grubbs’ second-generation catalyst with pig liver esterase and conducted a chemoenzymati...

Density functional theory (DFT) methods including LC-ωPBE, CAM-B3LYP, B3LYP, and B3LYP-D3, combined with double Zeta all-electron DZVP basis set, have been employed to conduct computational investigations on nickel-mediated reaction of o-carbor...

Three bimetallic Cu–Ni nanoparticle-supported catalysts were synthesized by co-immobilization followed by H₂ reduction. A chromium(III) terephthalate metal organic framework (MIL-101), titanium dioxide (TiO₂), and carbon (C) with different prop...

Wood waste generated during the tree felling and processing is a rich, green, and renewable lignocellulosic biomass. However, an effective method to apply wood waste in anaerobic digestion is lacking. The high carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio and rich...

Dry reforming of methane (DRM) is an eco-friendly method of syngas production due to the utilization of two main greenhouse gases—methane and carbon dioxide. An industrial application of methane dry reforming requires the use of a catalyst with...

The thermal sintering under oxidative conditions of Rh nanoparticles supported on oxides characterized by very different oxygen storage capacities (OSC) and labilities was studied at 750 and 850 °C. Under sintering conditions, significant particl...

The present study is a follow-up to a recent authors contribution which describes the effect of the C/O (catalyst/oil) ratio on catalytic cracking activity and catalyst deactivation. This study, while valuable, was limited to one fluidized catalytic...

The authors found that the gas sensor analyzer had a large amount of error, and the re-experiments were tested several times [...]

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) properties of a proprietary PtCu₃/C alloy electrocatalyst produced on a multi-gram scale are characterized by the conventional rotating disc electrode (RDE) method and by constructing a membrane electrode assembly...

The successful management of olive by-products constitutes a major challenge due to their huge volume, high organic content, and toxicity. Olive-mill wastes (TPOMW) and olive pruning residues (OLPR) were evaluated as substrates for the cultivation of...

Enzymatic hydroesterification is a heterogeneous catalyzed process suitable for the conversion of low-cost feedstocks in biodiesel production, namely, because of its tolerance to high free fatty acid contents. The current study describes the use of F...

Improving surface selectivity and maximizing electrode surface area are critical needs for the electroreduction of nitrate. Herein, preferential (100) oriented Pt nanoflowers with an extended surface area were prepared by potentiostatic deposition on...

Catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) of logistic fuels is a promising technology for the small-scale and on-board production of syngas (H₂ and CO). Rh coated monoliths can be used as catalysts that, due to Rh high activity, allow the use of reduced reac...

The photocatalyst bismuth oxide, which is active under visual light, was deposited using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ). Sixteen different samples were generated under different parameters of the APPJ to investigate their catalytic activit...

The reactivity of glycerol with trimethyl orthoformate is here described with an emphasis on developing a reliable synthetic approach for glycerol valorization. The glycerol based orthoester 4-(dimethoxymethoxy)methyl)-2-methoxy-1,3-dioxolane (3) was...

Researchers in the field of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NO_x: NO, NO₂, or N₂O) by NH₃ are still greatly challenging the optimization of low-temperature activity and selectivity, high-temperature stability, resistance to...

The dibenzyl zirconium(IV) complex (4) incorporating with a carbazolyl(Cbz)-substituted [OSSO]-type bis(phenolate) ligand was synthesized. Upon activation with dried modified methylaluminoxane (dMMAO), precatalyst 4 at relatively low catalyst loading...

The development of efficient photocatalysts for degrading environmental pollutants in wastewater has drawn considerable attention due to their great potential in industrial applications. Herein, we used a solvothermal method to prepare KSb₅S₈ with a...

The environment protection has been the starting point for the development of new technologies, which allow the control of highly toxic substances present in the effluents of various industries, whose removal is not feasible by conventional methods....

Platinum catalysts loaded on a hybrid support, composed of HZSM-48 and pseudoboehmite, were applied to the synthesis of benzene through methylcyclopentane (MCP) reforming in order to investigate the effect of the addition of pseudoboehmite to Pt/HZSM...

NO oxidation was conducted over MnO_x-CeO₂ catalysts, which were synthesized by the co-precipitation method. The calcination temperature and third metal doping were the main considerations. MnCe catalysts calcined at 350 °C and 450 °C attained...

In this work, two carbocyclic fused pyridineimine nickel analogue systems (Ni1 and Ni2) with different fused member rings were investigated to reveal the relationship between catalyst structure and reaction activity. Multiple linear regression analys...

This study provides new insights into sustainable fuel production by upgrading bio-derived oxygenates by catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO). HDO of ethylene glycol (EG), cyclohexanol (Cyc), acetic acid (AcOH), and phenol (Phe) was investigated using...

A concurrent bienzymatic cascade for the synthesis of optically pure (S)-4-methoxymandelonitrile benzoate ((S)-3) starting from 4-anisaldehyde (1) has been developed. The cascade involves an enantioselective Manihot esculenta hydroxynitrile lyase-cat...

In wastewater treatment, an alternative to the widely used aerobic nitrification with subsequent anoxic denitrification method is the combination of nitration and anammox (AMX) in one system. This study focuses on the co-immobilization of AMX and amm...

Bifunctional Al₂O₃/Cu/ZnO catalysts with Al composition of between 30 mol% and 80 mol% were prepared by sequential precipitation (SP) for the conversion of CO₂ into dimethyl ether (DME). In the SP synthesis, the concentration of a precipitation agent...

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) ordinarily coexist in many industries, being considered as harmful waste gases. Simultaneously converting CO₂ and H₂S into syngas (a mixture of CO and H₂) will be a promising economic strategy for enhan...

Value-added utilization of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to produce useful derivatives is of great interest. In this work, extremely radiation resistant Deinococcus wulumuqiensis R12 was explored for the first time as a new robust bio...

The present work is aimed at the understanding of the condensation by-products role in wet peroxide oxidation processes. This study has been carried out in absence of catalyst to isolate the (positive or negative) effect of the condensation by-produc...

Despite the fact that the enzyme-like activities of nanozymes (i.e., nanomaterial-based artificial enzymes) are highly associated with their surface properties, little is known about the catalytic active sites. Here, we used the sulfide ion (S^2&minus...

The deposition of condensation by-products onto the catalyst surface upon wet peroxide and wet air oxidation processes has usually been associated with catalyst deactivation. However, in Part I of this paper, it was demonstrated that these carbonaceo...

Palladium(II) acetate reacts with proline and proline homologs in acetone/water to yield square planar bis-chelated palladium amino acid complexes. These compounds are all catalytically active with respect to oxidative coupling of olefins and phenylb...