Abstract Joule-heating reactors have the higher energy efficiency and product selectivity compared with based on radiative heating. Current are constructed electrically-conductive metals or carbon materials, therefore suffer from stability issue due to presence of corrosive oxidizing gases during high-temperature reactions. In this study, chemically-stable (La 0.80 Sr 0.20 ) 0.95 FeO 3 (LSF)/Gd...

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) concave nanocubes bound by high-index {1344̄} and {123̄8} facets were synthesized and their catalytic activity for CO oxidation were also investigated.

Graphene-based solid-state catalysis represents a new direction in applications of graphene and has attracted a lot of interests recently. However, the difficulty in fine control and large-scale production of previously proposed graphene catalysts greatly limits their industrial applications. Here we present a novel way to enhance the catalytic activity of graphene, which is highly efficient ye...

Cerium nanopowders doped by a small amount of silver exhibit interesting catalytic properties towards the low temperature oxidation of CO. It is generally believed that a metal support interaction plays an important role in a catalytic process. Therefore in our study we examined electronic and adsorption properties of cerium deposited onto a polycrystalline silver substrate. Layers of approxima...

Branched iridium nanodendrites (Ir NDs) have been synthesized by a simple method based on the oriented attachment mechanism. Transmission electron microscopy images reveal the temporal growth process from small particles to NDs. Precursor concentrations and reaction temperatures have a limited effect on the morphology of Ir NDs. Metal oxide and hydroxide-supported Ir NDs exhibit enhanced activi...

The formation of syngas (H2 and CO) from methane in a rhodium coated monolith is studied as an example for the simulation of reactive ow in a partial oxidation reactor. A tube wall catalytic reactor, which serves as a model for a single pore of the monolithic catalyst, is simulated. The simulation is carried out using a two-dimensional ow eld description coupled with detailed reaction mechanism...

A series of Mn-Co/TiO2 catalysts were prepared by wet impregnation method and evaluated for the oxidation of NO to NO2. The effects of Co amounts and calcination temperature on NO oxidation were investigated in detail. The catalytic oxidation ability in the temperature range of 403–473 K was obviously improved by doping cobalt into Mn/TiO2. These samples were characterized by nitrogen adsorptio...

Catalytic activity is primarily a surface phenomenon, however, little is known about Co₃O₄ nanocrystals in terms of the relationship between the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalytic activity and surface structure, especially when dispersed on a highly conducting support to improve the electrical conductivity and so to enhance the catalytic activity. Herein, we report a controllable synthes...

Density functional theory was used to study the CO oxidation catalytic activity of CeO(2)-supported Au nanoparticles (NPs). Experimental observations on CeO(2) show that the surface of CeO(2) is enriched with oxygen vacancies. We compare CO oxidation by a Au(13) NP supported on stoichiometric CeO(2) (Au(13)@CeO(2)-STO) and partially reduced CeO(2) with three vacancies (Au(13)@CeO(2)-3VAC). The ...

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to study the nucleation and growth mechanism of Ru clusters on the TiO2(101) surface by using supported Run (n = 1−10, 20, 22) cluster models to understand the metal−support interaction and the resulting catalytic performance toward CO oxidation. The results show that the Run cluster prefers a 3D geometry when n ≥ 4 and that the Ru−T...