{"title":"Activation of NO with microwave irradiation for low temperature direct decomposition","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119965","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119965","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Direct decomposition of nitric oxide (NO) on metal oxides under microwave (MW) irradiation was investigated and it was found that the most metal oxides show higher NO decomposition activity than that in the conventional electric furnace heating at low temperature. Among the examined oxides, it was found that TiO<sub>2</sub>, CeO<sub>2</sub>, ZrO<sub>2</sub>, and Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> show about 95 % or higher NO conversion at 573 K, and both N<sub>2</sub> and O<sub>2</sub> are formed with almost equimolar amount. In particular, ZrO<sub>2</sub> exhibited high and stable NO decomposition activity more than 25 h. In this study, the influence of coexisting gases on NO decomposition activity on ZrO<sub>2</sub> under microwave heating was further investigated and the direct decomposition of NO can be proceeded even in the presence of 5 % O<sub>2</sub>, 5 % CO<sub>2,</sub> or humidified condition. Mechanism of high NO decomposition activity under MW irradiation was also studied and it was found that removal of oxygen from the catalyst was much increased under MW irradiation because of direct activation of oxygen and also direct activation of NO which is also suggested by pulse reaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926860X24004101/pdfft?md5=7d9311a70d809155b992c942b5fbd8c2&pid=1-s2.0-S0926860X24004101-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oxygen vacancies promoted hydrogen production from methanol aqueous phase reforming over MgAl−LDHs supported plasmonic Ru nanoparticles catalyst","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119964","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119964","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Catalytic aqueous phase reforming of methanol is a promising process for the sustainable hydrogen production. The search for highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst is a topic of interest. Herein, we report oxygen vacancies enriched MgAl−LDHs supported plasmonic Ru nanoparticles catalyst exhibit excellent photocatalytic performance for efficient hydrogen production at 150 ºC under light irradiation. Characterizations demonstrate abundant oxygen vacancies are introduced into MgAl−LDHs via “memory effect”. The local electron transfer from oxygen vacancies of the MgAl−LDHs to the Ru nanoparticles leading the formation of electron-rich Ru species, which promote the dehydrogenation of methanol under light irradiation. In situ DRIFTS demonstrated a redox mechanism of water-gas shift reaction due to the existence of oxygen vacancies, which resulted a faster hydrogen production rate. This work displays a facile strategy for synthesis of oxygen vacancies rich LDH supported metal nanoparticles catalysts and deep understanding into the pathway and mechanism toward the effective hydrogen production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mass transfer-enhanced platform for heterogeneous dual organocatalysis to boost yield and diastereoselectivity in enantioselective Michael/benzoin cascade reaction","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119956","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119956","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mass transfer limitation and tedious anchoring of multiple expensive chiral organocatalysts are the key bottlenecks in heterogeneous asymmetric cascade/tandem reactions, leading to high-cost processes with low catalytic performances. In this paper, two chiral organocatalysts, including (<em>S</em>)-diphenylprolinoltrimethylsilyl ether (ProTMS) and <em>N</em>-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC), are simultaneously immobilized to hollow mesoporous polystyrene nanospheres (HMPNs) in one-pot <em>via</em> Friedel-Crafts alkylation to afford supported dual organocatalysts (ProTMS&NHC@HMPNs) at low cost. The catalyst possesses the spherical morphology with a hollow interior and a thin mesopore-abundant shell, providing suitable environments for reactants to quickly access to the catalytic sites of NHC and ProTMS. The side reactions caused by limited mass transfer are effectively suppressed, and superior yields (70–92 %) and diastereoselectivities (dr = 3:1<img>20:1) to homogeneous catalysis are achieved in heterogeneous Michael/benzoin cascade reaction. Overall, the mass transfer-enhanced platform for efficient heterogeneous dual organocatalysis is developed to boost yield and diastereoselectivity in asymmetric cascade reactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ga-doped spinel-typed Co-Al catalysts for CO2-assisted ethane dehydrogenation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119959","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119959","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A series of Ga-doped spinel-typed Co-Al catalysts were prepared via one-step evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) method. These catalysts present promising catalytic performance for CO<sub>2</sub>-assisted ethane dehydrogenation, which can be ascribed to the conjunction effect of cobalt and gallium species. The incorporation of Ga into the structure of Co-Al spinel has been recognized for enhancing CO<sub>2</sub> conversion via reverse water-gas shift reaction, leading to a favorable equilibrium shift towards ethylene, along with an improved catalyst stability as a result of coexisting Boudouard reaction. Through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS), NH<sub>3</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) characterizations, coordinatively unsaturated Co<sup>2+</sup> and Ga<sup>3+</sup> cations were identified as collaborative catalytic active sites, with gallium species taking the prominent role. These sites were closely associated with the formation of acid-base pairs on the catalyst surface, which were crucial for the adsorption and activation of the reactants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum: The piezoelectric and piezo-photoelectric effects: Emerging strategies for catalytic performance enhancement of low-dimensional nanostructures","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119943","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119943","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142533926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantification of competitive adsorptions between sulfur and olefinic model compounds representative of a FCC gasoline over a CoMoS/Al2O3 catalyst: Theoretical and experimental approaches","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119962","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119962","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The reinforcement of regulations for the production of cleaner fuels along with the larger demand for energy urge us to optimize the HDS processes. The transformation of various olefins alone and in mixture with sulfur compounds was investigated over a CoMoS/Al2O3 catalyst under HDS of FCC gasoline operating conditions. A reactivity scale was established with hex-1-ene being more reactive than 4methylpent-1-en was more reactive than 4-methylpent-1-ene, 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene and 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene. The transformation of these olefins involves two main reactions ie isomerization and hydrogenation. In the presence of sulfur compounds (3-methythiophene and benzothiophene), a mutual inhibiting effect was observed with benzothiophene 3,3- dimethylbut-1-ene being respectively the most inhibiting sulfur and olefin compounds. These results were explained with a unique kinetic model from which the adsorption constants calculated were the highest for benzothiophene and 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TiO2 promoted alcohol dehydrations on the Wells-Dawson type heteropolyacids","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119947","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119947","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The catalytic dehydrations of methanol and n-butanol on strongly acidic solids have been tested in two types of microreactors in the gas phase between 80 – 240 ºC. For the methanol transformation to dimethyl ether, the conversion was evaluated <em>in situ</em> with an innovative use of the FTIR spectroscopy in batch microreactor. The same catalysts were used for the conversion of n-butanol to butenes and n-butyl-ether under similar conditions, determined using a flow microreactor with the conventional gas chromatography downstream analysis. The catalysts included the Wells-Dawson type heteropolyacids, H<sub>6</sub>P<sub>2</sub>W<sub>18</sub>O<sub>62</sub> and H<sub>6</sub>P<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>18</sub>O<sub>62</sub>, supported on TiO<sub>2</sub> and/or BN. The activity orders obtained in those methods were compared to that obtained by the ammonia sorption using the gas-flow through microcalorimeter at 150 ºC. The significant effect of TiO<sub>2</sub> and BN supports in the methanol and butanol dehydrations makes the TiO<sub>2</sub> and BN-supported Well-Dawson type heteropolyacids potentially relevant for industrial transformations of biomass derived feedstock.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142230364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actual reliance of catalytic activities tuned oxygen vacancies on VOx/Ce1-xZrxO2 catalyst for selective oxydehydrogenation of methanol to dimethoxymethane","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119961","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119961","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal oxide catalysts like ceria-supported vanadia (VO<sub>x</sub>/Ce<sub>1-x</sub>Zr<sub>x</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) with different Zr contents were prepared by coupling ceria-zirconia solid solution and vanadia. Characterization revealed that the insertion of zirconia into ceria significantly improved catalytic activity due to the generation of more oxygen vacancies and distortion of the composite structure. The oxygen vacancy concentration initially increased with the increase of Zr (x= wt%) and peaked at x=0.7 and then decreased. The reliance of oxygen vacancy concentration in VO<sub>x</sub>/Ce<sub>1-x</sub>Zr<sub>x</sub>O<sub>2</sub> catalyst on their catalytic activity in methanol oxydehydrogenation was further investigated. Results indicated that oxygen vacancies not only activated oxygen species but also cleaved C–H bonds alongside V<sup>5+</sup> active site contained terminal oxygen atoms for cleaving O–H and C–H bonds within the adsorbed methanol. The VO<sub>x</sub>/Ce<sub>0.3</sub>Zr<sub>0.7</sub>O<sub>2</sub> exhibited the best catalytic activity with the methanol conversion of 76 % and the dimethoxymethane selectivity of 96 % at 200 ℃ and atmospheric pressure in a fixed-bed reactor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142230365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defect engineering to accelerate charge transport in LaFeO3 photocathodes via thermal oxidation: A combined experimental and theoretical study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119960","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119960","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to improve poor charge carrier transport properties of p-type oxide semiconductors, the post thermal treatment under oxygen atmosphere is systematically studied as a defect engineering strategy for LaFeO<sub>3</sub> photocathodes. The post-thermal oxidation process significantly decreases the photo-generated charge recombination and promotes the charge transport properties of LaFeO<sub>3</sub> photocathodes. The density functional theory calculations and experimental analyses indicate that the thermal oxygen treatment can promote the formation of La vacancy and the reduction of the oxygen vacancy in LaFeO<sub>3</sub>, which facilitates its bulk charge transport by increasing hole carrier density. The optimized LaFeO<sub>3</sub> photocathode yields an O<sub>2</sub> reduction photocurrent density of −313 µA/cm<sup>2</sup> at 0.6 V vs RHE in O<sub>2</sub>-saturated KOH solution under 1 sun irradiation. Additionally, we also investigated the feasibility of photoreduction of water by using a Pt-deposited LaFeO<sub>3</sub> photocathodes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selective reduction of CO2 to CO over alumina-supported catalysts of group 5 transition metal carbides","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119963","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcata.2024.119963","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We show the applicability of a preparation method, previously reported for obtaining tailored bulk VC<sub>x</sub> catalysts, for alumina-supported G5TMCs. The characteristics of the G5TMCs/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts and their behaviour in the selective reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> to CO through the RWGS reaction is reported. VC<sub>x</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts were active, stable and highly selective; meanwhile NbC/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and TaC/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> were not active. VC<sub>x</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts exhibited selectivity to CO over 99.5 % at temperature above 773 K. The characteristics of alumina-supported vanadium carbide particles depended on the vanadium precursor and on the atmosphere used during the catalyst preparation. XPS characterization of VC<sub>x</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalysts revealed the presence of carbide species on surface before and after RWGS reaction. The catalytic behaviour of VC<sub>x</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> is analysed in the light of their characteristics and compared with bulk VC<sub>x</sub> counterparts. The most performant catalyst, VC(Pr)/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub><sub>,</sub> was stable over 4 days at 723 K, with ∼100 % selectivity to CO and CO<sub>2</sub> conversion of ∼11 %.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":243,"journal":{"name":"Applied Catalysis A: General","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926860X24004083/pdfft?md5=293c77c63c14770c68e3f040e986dd12&pid=1-s2.0-S0926860X24004083-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}