Heterogeneous catalysis articles within Nature Materials

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    Membrane/catalyst systems in the oxidative coupling of methane are promising for their high product selectivity but suffer from low volumetric chemical conversion rates, high capital cost and optimizing performance. A dual-layer additive manufacturing process, based on phase inversion, is now proposed to optimize a hollow-fibre membrane/catalyst system.

    • James Wortman
    • , Valentina Omoze Igenegbai
    •  & Suljo Linic

  • News & Views |

    A low-valence carbon-doped ruthenium oxide-based catalytic material achieved a catalytic trinity of superior activity, selectivity and stability during the conversion of carbon dioxide into methane at low temperatures.

    • Xin Zhang
    •  & Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury

  • News & Views |

    Atomically dispersed catalysts show great promise, but their design is challenging. A library of catalysts spanning 37 elements was created to uncover unified principles for catalyst design.

    • Ziyi Chen
    • , David Morris
    •  & Peng Zhang

  • Letter |

    Nanomaterials may present interesting catalytic properties, but well-defined model systems are rare. Here, a Au–Pd core–shell catalyst is investigated for selective hydrogenation of butadiene, with shell-thickness-dependent catalytic activity, high selectivity and activity 50 times greater than that of alloyed counterparts.

    • Jessi E. S. van der Hoeven
    • , Jelena Jelic
    •  & Petra E. de Jongh

  • News & Views |

    Mild Lewis and Brønsted acid sites within the confined porous structure of a Nb–Al-containing zeolite work in co-operation to efficiently break down bio-based γ-valerolactone to butenes.

    • Baira Donoeva
    •  & Krijn P. de Jong

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    Aqueous electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into alcohol and hydrocarbon fuels is a sustainable route towards energy-rich chemical feedstocks. A superhydrophobic surface of hierarchically structured Cu dendrites exhibits a significant increase in CO2 reduction selectivity.

    • David Wakerley
    • , Sarah Lamaison
    •  & Victor Mougel

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    The catalytic activity of metals supported on oxides depends on charge and oxidation states, but charge transfer at the interface is not well understood. A model investigating the dynamic charges and oxidation states of Pt/CeO2 single-atom catalysts now clarifies the nature of the active site.

    • Nathan Daelman
    • , Marçal Capdevila-Cortada
    •  & Núria López

  • News & Views |

    Highly stable and active Pt–Sn sub-nanometre clusters are located in sinusoidal zeolite channels, leading to improved and more stable propane dehydrogenation catalysts.

    • Bert M. Weckhuysen

  • News & Views |

    Controlled Pt loading on TiO2 nanoparticles enables single-site catalysts. With this, the coordination environment and catalytic activity can be obtained, allowing extraction of structure-function information.

    • E. Charles H. Sykes

  • Article |

    Oxide-supported isolated Pt-group metal atoms as catalytic active sites are of interest because of their unique reactivity. Isolated Pt species are now shown to adopt a range of local coordination environments and oxidation states in response to environmental conditions.

    • Leo DeRita
    • , Joaquin Resasco
    •  & Phillip Christopher

  • News & Views |

    A Pd4 cluster, supported by a metal–organic framework and formed by post-synthesis methods, shows high catalytic activity and selectivity for carbene-mediated reactions. This crystallographically precise material may lead to a large class of catalysts.

    • Dong Yang
    •  & Bruce C. Gates

  • Letter |

    The electronic interaction between deposited metal nanoparticles and their support material can influence their functionality. Here, a quantification of the charge transfer between platinum nanoparticles and a ceria support is presented.

    • Yaroslava Lykhach
    • , Sergey M. Kozlov
    •  & Jörg Libuda

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    Although producing 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is an attractive way to synthesize renewable fuels, achieving high yields for this reaction has proved difficult. PtCo bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts embedded in hollow carbon nanospheres now show improved catalytic performance for the hydrogenolysis of HMF to DMF (98% yield after 2 hours).

    • Guang-Hui Wang
    • , Jakob Hilgert
    •  & Ferdi Schüth

  • Letter |

    Spillover of reactants from one active site to another is important in heterogeneous catalysis but is notoriously hard to detect or control, especially for hydrogen. The hydrogen spillover pathway on a Pd–Cu alloy can now be controlled by reversible adsorption of a spectator molecule. This effect observed during a surface catalysed reaction should prove useful for controlling uptake and release of hydrogen in a model storage system.

    • Matthew D. Marcinkowski
    • , April D. Jewell
    •  & E. Charles H. Sykes

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