In recent years, photocatalytico oxidation processes with ultra violet (UV) radiation and semiconductor photocatalyst like titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) have gained immense research interest as an effective wastewater purification method because of its efficacy in decomposing and mineralising the hazardous organic pollutants as well as the opportunity of utilizing the solar UV an...

The selective conversion of alcohols to carbonyl compounds is essential for the preparation of fragrances, food additives, and many organic intermediates. This transformation is carried out by catalytic processes that are of fundamental importance in synthetic chemistry. Catalytic oxidation has long been carried out in environmentally harmful organic solvents (often chlorinated ones) at high te...

Here, metal nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical reduction of the corresponding metal salts in the presence of chitosan polymer. Binary and ternary metallic-chitosan Pt-Fe-CH, Pt-Co-CH and Pt-Fe-Co-CH nanocomposites were prepared. Transmission electron microscopy images and UV–Vis spectra of the nanocomposites confirmed the presence of the metal nanoparticles. The electrocatalytic activit...

Identifying Cu-exchanged zeolites able to activate C-H bonds and selectively convert methane to methanol is a challenge in the field of biomimetic heterogeneous catalysis. Recent experiments point to the importance of trinuclear [Cu3(μ-O)3]2+ complexes inside the micropores of mordenite (MOR) zeolite for selective oxo-functionalization of methane. The electronic structures of these species, nam...

The ability of Au catalysts to effect the challenging task of utilizing molecular oxygen for the selective epoxidation of cyclooctene is fascinating. Although supported nanometre-size Au particles are poorly active, here we show that solubilized atomic Au clusters, present in ng ml-1 concentrations and stabilized by ligands derived from the oxidized hydrocarbon products, are active. They can be...

The historical notion regarding the inability of gold to catalyze reactions has been discarded in view of recent studies, which have clearly demonstrated the high catalytic efficiency of supported nano-gold catalysts. Although nano-Au catalysts are known to catalyze a variety of reactions, the major focus has been on CO oxidation catalysis. In this work we focus on the important aspects related...

Oxides (such as SiO₂, TiO₂, ZrO₂, Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, CeO₂) have often been used to prepare supported Pt catalysts for CO oxidation and other reactions, whereas metal phosphate-supported Pt catalysts for CO oxidation were rarely reported. Metal phosphates are a family of metal salts with high thermal stability and acid-base properties. Hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO₄)₆(OH)₂, denoted as Ca-P-O here) also has...

Funding information AFOSR, Grant/Award Number: FA9550-170198; National Science Foundation, Grant/ Award Number: CNS08-21132; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Grant/Award Number: DGE-1122492 Abstract We investigate the CO oxidation into CO2 catalyzed by a biomimetic Ni(II)-iminothiolate complex in the presence of the sacrificial oxidizing agent methylviologen. We propose a catalytic mechanism s...

The selective catalytic oxidation (SCO) of gas phase ammonia (NH3) to nitrogen and water has been proposed as an effective ammonia removal process. This study reports that the oxidation of NH3 with oxygen to form N2 was investigated by SCO using a Pt-Rh complex catalyst that was synthesized by the incipient wetness impregnation process. The catalysts were performed using fluorescent spectroscop...