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Shakibi Nia N, Griesser C, Mairegger T, Wernig EM, Bernardi J, Portenkirchner E, Penner S, Kunze-Liebhäuser J. Titanium Oxycarbide as Platinum-Free Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation. ACS Catal 2024; 14:324-329. [PMID: 38205023 PMCID: PMC10775143 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The compound material titanium oxycarbide (TiOC) is found to be an effective electrocatalyst for the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol to CO2. The complete course of this reaction is one of the main challenges in direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). While TiOC has previously been investigated as catalyst support material only, in this study we show that TiOC alone is able to oxidize ethanol to acetaldehyde without the need of expensive noble metal catalysts like Pt. It is suggested that this behavior is attributed to the presence of both undercoordinated sites, which allow ethanol to adsorb, and oxygenated sites, which facilitate the activation of water. This is a milestone in DEFC research and development and opens up innovative possibilities for the design of catalyst materials for intermediate temperature fuel cells.
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- Niusha Shakibi Nia
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- USTEM, Technische Universität Wien, Stadionalle 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Ramos NC, Manyé Ibáñez M, Mittal R, Janik MJ, Holewinski A. Combining Renewable Electricity and Renewable Carbon: Understanding Reaction Mechanisms of Biomass-Derived Furanic Compounds for Design of Catalytic Nanomaterials. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:2631-2641. [PMID: 37718487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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ConspectusDespite the growing deployment of renewable energy conversion technologies, a number of large industrial sectors remain challenging to decarbonize. Aviation, heavy transport, and the production of steel, cement, and chemicals are heavily dependent on carbon-containing fuels and feedstocks. A hopeful avenue toward carbon neutrality is the implementation of renewable carbon for the synthesis of critical fuels, chemicals, and materials. Biomass provides an opportune source of renewable carbon, naturally capturing atmospheric CO2 and forming multicarbon linkages and useful chemical functional groups. The constituent molecules nonetheless require various chemical transformations, often best facilitated by catalytic nanomaterials, in order to access usable final products.Catalyzed transformations of renewable biomass compounds may intersect with renewable energy production by offering a means to utilize excess intermittent electricity and store it within chemical bonds. Electrochemical catalytic processes can often offer advantages in energy efficiency, product selectivity, and modular scalability compared to thermal-driven reactions. Electrocatalytic reactions with renewable carbon feedstocks can further enable related processes such as water splitting, where value-adding organic oxidation reactions may replace the evolution of oxygen. Organic electroreduction reactions may also allow desirable hydrogenations of bonds without intermediate formation of H2 and need for additional reactors.This Account highlights recent work aimed at gaining a fundamental understanding of transformations involving biomass-derived molecules in electrocatalytic nanomaterials. Particular emphasis is placed on the oxidation of biomass derived furanic compounds such as furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which can yield value-added chemicals, including furoic acid (FA), maleic acid (MA), and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) for renewable materials and other commodities. We highlight advanced implementations of online electrochemical mass spectrometry (OLEMS) and vibrational spectroscopies such as attenuated total reflectance surface enhanced infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS), combined with microkinetic models (MKMs) and quantum chemical calculations, to shed light on the elementary mechanistic pathways involved in electrochemical biomass conversion and how these paths are influenced by catalytic nanomaterials. Perspectives are given on the potential opportunities for materials development toward more efficient and selective carbon-mitigating reaction pathways.
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- Nathanael C Ramos
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Chen J, Jia M, Mao Y, Hu P, Wang H. Diffusion Coupling Kinetics in Multisite Catalysis: A Microkinetic Framework. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Manavi N, Liu B. Mitigating Coke Formations for Dry Reforming of Methane on Dual-Site Catalysts: A Microkinetic Modeling Study. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 2023; 127:2274-2284. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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- Narges Manavi
- Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506, United States
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- Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506, United States
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General Rules of Active Zone on the Three-Dimensional Volcano Surface Enables Rapid Location of Efficient Catalyst. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Chang F, Wang C, Wu X, Liu Y, Wei J, Bai Z, Yang L. Strained Lattice Gold-Copper Alloy Nanoparticles for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15145064. [PMID: 35888530 PMCID: PMC9320753 DOI: 10.3390/ma15145064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into specific renewable fuels is an attractive way to mitigate the greenhouse effect and solve the energy crisis. AunCu100-n/C alloy nanoparticles (AunCu100−n/C NPs) with tunable compositions, a highly active crystal plane and a strained lattice were synthesized by the thermal solvent co-reduction method. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that AunCu100−n/C catalysts display a subtle lattice strain and dominant (111) crystal plane, which can be adjusted by the alloy composition. Electrochemical results show that AunCu100−n/C alloy catalysts for CO2 reduction display high catalytic activity; in particular, the Faradaic efficiency of Au75Cu25/C is up to 92.6% for CO at −0.7 V (vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode), which is related to lattice shrinkage and the active facet. This research provides a new strategy with which to design strong and active nanoalloy catalysts with lattice mismatch and main active surfaces for CO2 reduction reaction.
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Deimel M, Prats H, Seibt M, Reuter K, Andersen M. Selectivity Trends and Role of Adsorbate–Adsorbate Interactions in CO Hydrogenation on Rhodium Catalysts. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Martin Deimel
- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- Center for Interstellar Catalysis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Yang Y, Peltier CR, Zeng R, Schimmenti R, Li Q, Huang X, Yan Z, Potsi G, Selhorst R, Lu X, Xu W, Tader M, Soudackov AV, Zhang H, Krumov M, Murray E, Xu P, Hitt J, Xu L, Ko HY, Ernst BG, Bundschu C, Luo A, Markovich D, Hu M, He C, Wang H, Fang J, DiStasio RA, Kourkoutis LF, Singer A, Noonan KJT, Xiao L, Zhuang L, Pivovar BS, Zelenay P, Herrero E, Feliu JM, Suntivich J, Giannelis EP, Hammes-Schiffer S, Arias T, Mavrikakis M, Mallouk TE, Brock JD, Muller DA, DiSalvo FJ, Coates GW, Abruña HD. Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies. Chem Rev 2022; 122:6117-6321. [PMID: 35133808 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the fundamentals of electrocatalysis in alkaline media and applications in alkaline-based energy technologies, particularly alkaline fuel cells and water electrolyzers. Anion exchange (alkaline) membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) enable the use of nonprecious electrocatalysts for the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), relative to proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which require Pt-based electrocatalysts. However, the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) kinetics is significantly slower in alkaline media than in acidic media. Understanding these phenomena requires applying theoretical and experimental methods to unravel molecular-level thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen and oxygen electrocatalysis and, particularly, the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process that takes place in a proton-deficient alkaline media. Extensive electrochemical and spectroscopic studies, on single-crystal Pt and metal oxides, have contributed to the development of activity descriptors, as well as the identification of the nature of active sites, and the rate-determining steps of the HOR and ORR. Among these, the structure and reactivity of interfacial water serve as key potential and pH-dependent kinetic factors that are helping elucidate the origins of the HOR and ORR activity differences in acids and bases. Additionally, deliberately modulating and controlling catalyst-support interactions have provided valuable insights for enhancing catalyst accessibility and durability during operation. The design and synthesis of highly conductive and durable alkaline membranes/ionomers have enabled AEMFCs to reach initial performance metrics equal to or higher than those of PEMFCs. We emphasize the importance of using membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) to integrate the often separately pursued/optimized electrocatalyst/support and membranes/ionomer components. Operando/in situ methods, at multiscales, and ab initio simulations provide a mechanistic understanding of electron, ion, and mass transport at catalyst/ionomer/membrane interfaces and the necessary guidance to achieve fuel cell operation in air over thousands of hours. We hope that this Review will serve as a roadmap for advancing the scientific understanding of the fundamental factors governing electrochemical energy conversion in alkaline media with the ultimate goal of achieving ultralow Pt or precious-metal-free high-performance and durable alkaline fuel cells and related technologies.
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- Yao Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.,Center for Alkaline Based Energy Solutions (CABES), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Sun L, Reddu V, Wang X. Multi-atom cluster catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8923-8956. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00233g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review presents recent developments in the synthesis, modulation and characterization of multi-atom cluster catalysts for electrochemical energy applications.
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- Libo Sun
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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Lai Z, Chen J, Jia M, Hu P, Wang H. Universal Skeleton Feature of the Three-Dimensional Volcano Surface and the Thermodynamic Rule in Locating the Catalyst in Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhuangzhuang Lai
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Zakem G, Ro I, Finzel J, Christopher P. Support functionalization as an approach for modifying activation entropies of catalytic reactions on atomically dispersed metal sites. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Baz A, Dix ST, Holewinski A, Linic S. Microkinetic modeling in electrocatalysis: Applications, limitations, and recommendations for reliable mechanistic insights. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lach D, Zhdan U, Smolinski A, Polanski J. Functional and Material Properties in Nanocatalyst Design: A Data Handling and Sharing Problem. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22105176. [PMID: 34068386 PMCID: PMC8153597 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
(1) Background: Properties and descriptors are two forms of molecular in silico representations. Properties can be further divided into functional, e.g., catalyst or drug activity, and material, e.g., X-ray crystal data. Millions of real measured functional property records are available for drugs or drug candidates in online databases. In contrast, there is not a single database that registers a real conversion, TON or TOF data for catalysts. All of the data are molecular descriptors or material properties, which are mainly of a calculation origin. (2) Results: Here, we explain the reason for this. We reviewed the data handling and sharing problems in the design and discovery of catalyst candidates particularly, material informatics and catalyst design, structural coding, data collection and validation, infrastructure for catalyst design and the online databases for catalyst design. (3) Conclusions: Material design requires a property prediction step. This can only be achieved based on the registered real property measurement. In reality, in catalyst design and discovery, we can observe either a severe functional property deficit or even property famine.
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- Daniel Lach
- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland; (D.L.); (U.Z.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland; (D.L.); (U.Z.)
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- Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland;
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-006 Katowice, Poland; (D.L.); (U.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-32-259-9978
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Gu GH, Lim J, Wan C, Cheng T, Pu H, Kim S, Noh J, Choi C, Kim J, Goddard WA, Duan X, Jung Y. Autobifunctional Mechanism of Jagged Pt Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics via End-to-End Simulation. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5355-5363. [PMID: 33730503 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The extraordinary mass activity of jagged Pt nanowires can substantially improve the economics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, it is a great challenge to fully unveil the HER kinetics driven by the jagged Pt nanowires with their multiscale morphology. Herein we present an end-to-end framework that combines experiment, machine learning, and multiscale advances of the past decade to elucidate the HER kinetics catalyzed by jagged Pt nanowires under alkaline conditions. The bifunctional catalysis conventionally refers to the synergistic increase in activity by the combination of two different catalysts. We report that monometals, such as jagged Pt nanowires, can exhibit bifunctional characteristics owing to its complex surface morphology, where one site prefers electrochemical proton adsorption and another is responsible for activation, resulting in a 4-fold increase in the activity. We find that the conventional design guideline that the sites with a 0 eV Gibbs free energy of adsorption are optimal for HER does not hold under alkaline conditions, and rather, an energy between -0.2 and 0.0 eV is shown to be optimal. At the reaction temperatures, the high activity arises from low-coordination-number (≤7) Pt atoms exposed by the jagged surface. Our current demonstration raises an emerging prospect to understand highly complex kinetic phenomena on the nanoscale in full by implementing end-to-end multiscale strategies.
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- Geun Ho Gu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University Dushu-Lake Campus, Box 33, 199 Ren'ai Rd, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Li X, Kou Z, Wang J. Manipulating Interfaces of Electrocatalysts Down to Atomic Scales: Fundamentals, Strategies, and Electrocatalytic Applications. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2001010. [PMID: 34927897 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202001010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Raising electrocatalysis by rationally devising catalysts plays a core role in almost all renewable energy conversion and storage systems. The principal catalytic properties can be controlled and improved well by manipulation of interfaces, ascribed to the interactions among different components/players at the interfaces. In particular, manipulating interfaces down to atomic scales is becoming increasingly attractive, not only because those atoms at around the interface are the key players during electrocatalysis, but also, understandings on the atomic level electrocatalysis allow one to gain deep insights into the reaction mechanism. With the feature down-sizing to atomic scales, there is a timely need to redefine the interfaces, as some of them have gone beyond the conventionally perceived interfacial concept. In this overview, the key active players participating in the interfacial manipulation of electrocatalysts are examined, from a new angle of "atomic interface," including those individual atoms, defects, and their interactions, together with the essential characterization techniques for them. The specific approaches and pathways to engineer better atomic interfaces are investigated, and thus to enable the unique electrocatalysis for targeted applications. Looking beyond recent progress, the challenges and prospects of the atomic level interfacial engineering are also briefly visited.
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- Xin Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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The unprecedented ability of computations to probe atomic-level details of catalytic systems holds immense promise for the fundamentals-based bottom-up design of novel heterogeneous catalysts, which are at the heart of the chemical and energy sectors of industry. Here, we critically analyze recent advances in computational heterogeneous catalysis. First, we will survey the progress in electronic structure methods and atomistic catalyst models employed, which have enabled the catalysis community to build increasingly intricate, realistic, and accurate models of the active sites of supported transition-metal catalysts. We then review developments in microkinetic modeling, specifically mean-field microkinetic models and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, which bridge the gap between nanoscale computational insights and macroscale experimental kinetics data with increasing fidelity. We finally review the advancements in theoretical methods for accelerating catalyst design and discovery. Throughout the review, we provide ample examples of applications, discuss remaining challenges, and provide our outlook for the near future.
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- Benjamin W J Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Hersbach TJP, Ye C, Garcia AC, Koper MTM. Tailoring the Electrocatalytic Activity and Selectivity of Pt(111) through Cathodic Corrosion. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Thomas J. P. Hersbach
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Deimel M, Reuter K, Andersen M. Active Site Representation in First-Principles Microkinetic Models: Data-Enhanced Computational Screening for Improved Methanation Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Martin Deimel
- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Shetty M, Walton A, Gathmann SR, Ardagh MA, Gopeesingh J, Resasco J, Birol T, Zhang Q, Tsapatsis M, Vlachos DG, Christopher P, Frisbie CD, Abdelrahman OA, Dauenhauer PJ. The Catalytic Mechanics of Dynamic Surfaces: Stimulating Methods for Promoting Catalytic Resonance. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Manish Shetty
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Engineering II Building, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- University of California Santa Barbara, Engineering II Building, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Auer A, Andersen M, Wernig EM, Hörmann NG, Buller N, Reuter K, Kunze-Liebhäuser J. Self-activation of copper electrodes during CO electro-oxidation in alkaline electrolyte. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00505-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fu Q, Wu F, Wang B, Bu Y, Draxl C. Spatial Confinement as an Effective Strategy for Improving the Catalytic Selectivity in Acetylene Hydrogenation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:39352-39361. [PMID: 32805905 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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While control over chemical reactions is largely achieved by altering the intrinsic properties of catalysts, novel strategies are constantly being proposed to improve the catalytic performance in an extrinsic way. Since the fundamental chemical behavior of molecules can remarkably change when their molecular scale is comparable to the size of the space where they are located, creating spatially confined environments around the active sites offers new means of regulating the catalytic processes. We demonstrate through first-principles calculations that acetylene hydrogenation can exhibit significantly improved selectivity within the confined sub-nanospace between two-dimensional (2D) monolayers and the Pd(111) substrate. Upon intercalation of molecules, the lifting and undulation of a 2D monolayer on Pd(111) influence the adsorption energies of intermediates to varying extents, which, in turn, changes the energy profiles of the hydrogenation reactions. Within the confined sub-nanospace, the formation of ethane is always unfavorable, demonstrating effective suppression of the unwanted overhydrogenation. Moreover, the catalytic properties can be further tuned by altering the coverage of the adsorbates as well as strains within the 2D monolayer. Our results also indicate that for improving the selectivity, the strategy of spatial confinement could not be combined with that of single-atom catalysis, since the reactant molecules cannot enter the sub-nanospace due to the too weak adsorbate-substrate interaction. This work sheds new light on designing novel catalysts with extraordinary performance for the selective hydrogenation of acetylene.
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- Qiang Fu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
- Institut für Physik and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institut für Physik and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin 14195, Germany
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Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions. Nat Chem 2020; 12:717-724. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0481-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Rao KK, Do QK, Pham K, Maiti D, Grabow LC. Extendable Machine Learning Model for the Stability of Single Atom Alloys. Top Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Understanding the interplay of bifunctional and electronic effects: Microkinetic modeling of the CO electro-oxidation reaction. J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cao Y, Guerrero-Sańchez J, Lee I, Zhou X, Takeuchi N, Zaera F. Kinetic Study of the Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Aldehydes Promoted by CuPtx/SBA-15 Single-Atom Alloy (SAA) Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b05407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Yueqiang Cao
- Department of Chemistry and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 14, Ensenada, Baja California 22800, México
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- Department of Chemistry and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Chemistry and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 14, Ensenada, Baja California 22800, México
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- Department of Chemistry and UCR Center for Catalysis, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Fan L, Xia C, Yang F, Wang J, Wang H, Lu Y. Strategies in catalysts and electrolyzer design for electrochemical CO 2 reduction toward C 2+ products. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaay3111. [PMID: 32128404 PMCID: PMC7034982 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay3111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In light of environmental concerns and energy transition, electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) to value-added multicarbon (C2 +) fuels and chemicals, using renewable electricity, presents an elegant long-term solution to close the carbon cycle with added economic benefits as well. However, electrocatalytic C─C coupling in aqueous electrolytes is still an open challenge due to low selectivity, activity, and stability. Design of catalysts and reactors holds the key to addressing those challenges. We summarize recent progress in how to achieve efficient C─C coupling via ECR, with emphasis on strategies in electrocatalysts and electrocatalytic electrode/reactor design, and their corresponding mechanisms. In addition, current bottlenecks and future opportunities for C2 + product generation is discussed. We aim to provide a detailed review of the state-of-the-art C─C coupling strategies to the community for further development and inspiration in both fundamental understanding and technological applications.
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- Lei Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- School of Resource, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, Jiangxi, China
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- School of Resource, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, Jiangxi, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Azrieli Global Scholar, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, 22 Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada
- Corresponding author. (Y.L.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Pharmaceutical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Corresponding author. (Y.L.); (H.W.)
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Ni/NiO Nanocomposites with Rich Oxygen Vacancies as High-Performance Catalysts for Nitrophenol Hydrogenation. Catalysts 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9110944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous catalysis often involves charge transfer between adsorbed molecules and the surface of catalyst, and thus their activity depends on the surface charge density. The efficiency of charge transfer could be optimized by adjusting the concentration of oxygen vacancies (Ov). In this work, hexagonal Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles were initially synthesized by a hydrothermal process using aluminum powder as the sacrificial agent, and were then converted into 2D Ni/NiO nanocomposites through in situ reduction in hydrogen flow. The oxygen vacancy concentration in the NiO nanosheet could be well-controlled by adjusting the reduction temperature. This resulted in strikingly high activities for hydrogenation of nitrophenol. The Ni/NiO nanocomposite could easily be recovered by a magnetic field for reuse. The present finding is beneficial for producing better hydrogenation catalysts and paves the way for the design of highly efficient catalysts.
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- Mikkel Jørgensen
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Dasgupta A, Rioux RM. Intermetallics in catalysis: An exciting subset of multimetallic catalysts. Catal Today 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Shi H. Valorization of Biomass‐derived Small Oxygenates: Kinetics, Mechanisms and Site Requirements of H2‐involved Hydrogenation and Deoxygenation Pathways over Heterogeneous Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Hui Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Catalysis Research CenterTechnical University Munich Lichtenbergstrasse 4 85747 Garching Germany
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Chen JF, Mao Y, Wang HF, Hu P. A Simple Method To Locate the Optimal Adsorption Energy for the Best Catalysts Directly. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jian-Fu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Farias MJS, Feliu JM. Determination of Specific Electrocatalytic Sites in the Oxidation of Small Molecules on Crystalline Metal Surfaces. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2019; 377:5. [PMID: 30631969 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-018-0228-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The identification of active sites in electrocatalytic reactions is part of the elucidation of mechanisms of catalyzed reactions on solid surfaces. However, this is not an easy task, even for apparently simple reactions, as we sometimes think the oxidation of adsorbed CO is. For surfaces consisting of non-equivalent sites, the recognition of specific active sites must consider the influence that facets, as is the steps/defect on the surface of the catalyst, cause in its neighbors; one has to consider the electrochemical environment under which the "active sites" lie on the surface, meaning that defects/steps on the surface do not partake in chemistry by themselves. In this paper, we outline the recent efforts in understanding the close relationships between site-specific and the overall rate and/or selectivity of electrocatalytic reactions. We analyze hydrogen adsorption/desorption, and electro-oxidation of CO, methanol, and ammonia. The classical topic of asymmetric electrocatalysis on kinked surfaces is also addressed for glucose electro-oxidation. The article takes into account selected existing data combined with our original works.
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- Manuel J S Farias
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Avenida dos Portugueses, 1966, São Luís, Maranhão, CEP 65080-805, Brazil
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- Instituto de Electroquímica, Universidad de Alicante Ap. 99, E-03080, Alicante, Spain.
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Cho A, Ko J, Kim BK, Han JW. Electrocatalysts with Increased Activity for Coelectrolysis of Steam and Carbon Dioxide in Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ara Cho
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
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- High-temperature Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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Jocz JN, Medford AJ, Sievers C. Thermodynamic Limitations of the Catalyst Design Space for Methanol Production from Methane. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jennifer N. Jocz
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA-30332 USA
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA-30332 USA
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA-30332 USA
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Darby MT, Stamatakis M, Michaelides A, Sykes ECH. Lonely Atoms with Special Gifts: Breaking Linear Scaling Relationships in Heterogeneous Catalysis with Single-Atom Alloys. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5636-5646. [PMID: 30188735 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We discuss a simple yet effective strategy for escaping traditional linear scaling relations in heterogeneous catalysis with highly dilute bimetallic alloys known as single-atom alloys (SAAs). These systems, in which a reactive metal is atomically dispersed in a less reactive host, were first demonstrated with the techniques of surface science to be active and selective for hydrogenation reactions. Informed by these early results, PdCu and PtCu SAA nanoparticle hydrogenation catalysts were shown to work under industrially relevant conditions. To efficiently survey the many potential metal combinations and reactions, simulation is crucial for making predictions about reactivity and guiding experimental focus on the most promising candidate materials. This recent work reveals that the high surface chemical heterogeneity of SAAs can result in significant deviations from Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi scaling relationships for many key reaction steps. These recent insights into SAAs and their ability to break linear scaling relations motivate discovery of novel alloy catalysts.
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- Matthew T Darby
- Department of Chemical Engineering , University College London , 203 Roberts Building, Torrington Place , London WC1E 7JE , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University College London , 203 Roberts Building, Torrington Place , London WC1E 7JE , United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy , University College London , Gower Street , London WC1E 6BT , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , Tufts University , 62 Talbot Avenue , Medford , Massachusetts 02155 , United States
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Ro I, Resasco J, Christopher P. Approaches for Understanding and Controlling Interfacial Effects in Oxide-Supported Metal Catalysts. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Insoo Ro
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
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Motagamwala AH, Ball MR, Dumesic JA. Microkinetic Analysis and Scaling Relations for Catalyst Design. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2018; 9:413-450. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-060817-084103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Microkinetic analysis plays an important role in catalyst design because it provides insight into the fundamental surface chemistry that controls catalyst performance. In this review, we summarize the development of microkinetic models and the inclusion of scaling relationships in these models. We discuss the importance of achieving stoichiometric and thermodynamic consistency in developing microkinetic models. We also outline how analysis of the maximum rates of elementary steps can be used to determine which transition states and adsorbed intermediates are kinetically significant, allowing the derivation of general reaction kinetics rate expressions in terms of changes in binding energies of the relevant transition states and intermediates. Through these analyses, we present how to predict optimal surface coverages and binding energies of adsorbed species, as well as the extent of potential rate improvement for a catalytic system. For systems in which the extent of potential rate improvement is small because of limitations imposed by scaling relations, different approaches, including the addition of promoters and formation of catalysts containing multiple functionalities, can be used to break the scaling relations and obtain further rate enhancement.
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- Ali Hussain Motagamwala
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA;, ,
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA;, ,
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA;, ,
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Goldsmith BR, Esterhuizen J, Liu J, Bartel CJ, Sutton C. Machine learning for heterogeneous catalyst design and discovery. AIChE J 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Bryan R. Goldsmith
- Dept. of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor MI 48109‐2136
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- Dept. of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor MI 48109‐2136
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biological EngineeringUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulder CO 80309
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- Fritz‐Haber‐Institut der Max‐Planck‐Gesellschaft, Theory Dept., Faradayweg 4‐6Berlin D‐14195 Germany
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Jørgensen M, Grönbeck H. The Site-Assembly Determines Catalytic Activity of Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Mikkel Jørgensen
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis; Chalmers University of Technology; 412 96 Göteborg Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis; Chalmers University of Technology; 412 96 Göteborg Sweden
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Jørgensen M, Grönbeck H. The Site-Assembly Determines Catalytic Activity of Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:5086-5089. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mikkel Jørgensen
- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis; Chalmers University of Technology; 412 96 Göteborg Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Competence Centre for Catalysis; Chalmers University of Technology; 412 96 Göteborg Sweden
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Kumar G, Nikolla E, Linic S, Medlin JW, Janik MJ. Multicomponent Catalysts: Limitations and Prospects. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gaurav Kumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Gani TZH, Kulik HJ. Understanding and Breaking Scaling Relations in Single-Site Catalysis: Methane to Methanol Conversion by FeIV═O. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Terry Z. H. Gani
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Xu S, Du J, Li H, Tang J. Copolymeric Schiff Base Cu: A Platform for Active and Recyclable Catalyst in Aerobic Oxidations. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Shaodan Xu
- College of Materials & Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, P.R. China
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- College of Materials & Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, P.R. China
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- College of Materials & Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, P.R. China
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- College of Materials & Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, P.R. China
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Meyer RJ, Zhang Q, Kryczka A, Gomez C, Todorovic R. Perturbation of Reactivity with Geometry: How Far Can We Go? ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Randall J. Meyer
- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale, New Jersey 08801, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60607, United States
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- Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois 60506, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60607, United States
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Esposito DV. Membrane-Coated Electrocatalysts—An Alternative Approach To Achieving Stable and Tunable Electrocatalysis. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Daniel V. Esposito
- Department of Chemical Engineering,
Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University in the City of New York, 500 W. 120th Street, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Yao Z, Reuter K. First-Principles Computational Screening of Dopants to Improve the Deacon Process over RuO2. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Zhen Yao
- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 D-85748 Garching Germany
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- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center; Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstrasse 4 D-85748 Garching Germany
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