Catalysis by materials with well-defined structures /

Catalysis by Materials with Well-Defined Structures examines the latest developments in the use of model systems in fundamental catalytic science. A team of prominent experts provides authoritative, first-hand information, helping readers better understand heterogeneous catalysis by utilizing model...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Wu, Zili (Editor), Overbury, Steven H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier Ltd., 2015
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Catalysis by Materials With Well-Defined Structures; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Properties of Well-Defined Cu2O Nanocrystals; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNTHESIS OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 3. SURFACE COMPOSITION/STRUCTURE OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 4. SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 5. CATALYTIC PROPERTY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS; 6. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
  • Ceria Nanoshapes-Structural and Catalytic Properties; 1. INTRODUCTION.
  • 2. SYNTHESIS AND MORPHOLOGY OF CERIA NANOSHAPES3. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF ADSORBED SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSHAPES; 4. WGS REACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; 5. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3
  • The Characterization and Structure-Dependent Catalysis of Ceria with Well-Defined Facets; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF SIZE- AND STRUCTURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF CEO2 NANOPARTICLES; 3. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS REACTIONS ON NANOSHAPED CEO2; 4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 4
  • Gold Clusters and Nanoparticles Stabilized by Nanoshaped Ceria in Catalysis1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GOLD SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSTRUCTURES; 3. IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLD SPECIES SUPPORTED ON CERIA ROD AND CUBE; 4. MORPHOLOGY-DEPENDENT CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF AU/CEO2; 5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
  • Gold/Ceria: The Making of a Robust Catalyst for Fuel Processing and Hydrogen Production; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CERIA: STRUCTURE, SYNTHESIS METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS; 3. METAL-CERIA INTERACTION.
  • 4. GOLD/CERIA CATALYSTS: THEORETICAL STUDIES, PREPARATION METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS5. IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACTIVE SITE IN AU/CEO2 CATALYSTS FOR THE WATER-GAS SHIFTS AND THE STEAM REFORMING OF METHANOL; 6. OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
  • Surface Effects in the Reactivity of Ceria: A First Principles Perspective; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING OF CERIA; 3. MODELING PERFECT SURFACES OF CERIA; 4. MODELING OF SURFACE DEFECTS IN CERIA; 5. INTERACTION OF OXYGEN WITH CERIA SURFACES; 6. MODELING OF MOLECULAR ADSORPTION AT SURFACES.
  • 7. ADSORPTION OF METAL ATOMS AT CERIA SURFACES8. TUNING REACTIVITY: DOPING OF CERIA SURFACES; 9. PERSPECTIVE AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
  • Applications of Electron Microscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BASICS OF TEM; 3. ATOMIC RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION USING TEM; 4. CASE STUDIES; 5. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8
  • Catalysis by Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNTHESIS OF ATOMICALLY PRECISE GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; 3. ATOMIC STRUCTURES OF GOLD NANOCLUSTERS.