Co, Ce and Co-Ce nanofibers were synthesized by the electrospinning method. To obtain mixed fibers, Co was incorporated in two ways: one step synthesis sequential synthesis. Nanofibers applied to reactions: gas-solid (CO oxidation) solid-solid-gas (combustion of diesel soot). Different activity trends observed both reactions. For soot combustion, more active either than or nanofibers. CO oxidat...

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a thermal analysis technique that measures the energy absorbed or released by a sample as a function of temperature or time. Analysis by DSC has wide applications for examining solid-state reactions and solid-liquid reactions in many different materials. Quantitative analyses of the kinetics of reactions may be assessed by reviewing the interrelation b...

Tightening environmental legislation is driving the fine and speciality chemicals industries to consider alternative processes that avoid the use of conventional mineral acids. The use of heterogeneous catalysts in these processes would vastly simplify catalyst removal, minimizing the amount of waste formed. However, diffusion limitation of liquids within porous solids dictates that effective s...

We study nonequilibrium structural dynamics in LiNi1/2Mn3/2O4 spinel cathode material during fast charge/discharge under operando conditions using coherent X-rays. Our in situ measurements reveal a hysteretic behavior of the structure upon cycling and we directly observe the interplay between different transformation mechanisms: solid solution and two-phase reactions at the single nanoparticle ...

New solid strong bases were fabricated at room temperature by grafting lithium-containing molecular precursors onto β-cyclodextrin. The solid bases show strong basicity with a molecular-level dispersion of lithium sites, which are highly active in transesterification reactions and impossible to realize through the traditional high-temperature method.