The annual meeting of NSFC-DFG project 21761132023 was held today at Tianjin University, Beiyangyuan Campus. Welcome Felix and Shenjun back to TJU and our new friend Dima for his first trip to China!
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Prof. Fornasiero visited us today!
Prof. Fornasiero from University of Trieste, Italy, visited us today and gave an IREC2 lecture with the title “Smart Catalysts and Today’s Energy and Environmental Challenges.” The study of catalytic processes starting from well- defined […]
Continue readingCover story at Nature Reviews Materials
Our new review “Theory-guided design of catalytic materials using scaling relationships and reactivity descriptors” was published as cover story on Nature Reviews Materials. The active sites of heterogeneous catalysts can be difficult to identify and […]
Continue readingInvited talk at the 2nd NSFC-RSC symposium on Sustainable Chemistry and Processes
Prof. Zhao was invited to deliver a presentation at 2nd NSFC-RSC symposium on Sustainable Chemistry and Processes held at York, UK.
Continue readingACS Catal: Structure–Performance Relationships for Propane Dehydrogenation over Aluminum Supported Vanadium Oxide
Supported vanadium oxides serve as a substitutional catalyst for both propane nonoxidative dehydrogenation (PDH) and oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH), resulting from their substantial activity, propene selectivity, and regeneration rate. However, the nature of the active sites […]
Continue readingACS Catal: Adsorption Preference Determines Segregation Direction: A Shortcut to More Realistic Surface Models of Alloy Catalysts
A correct description of active sites is a precondition toward reaction mechanism study and catalyst screening. In many cases, high-symmetry and ideally ordered crystalline surfaces are used to represent the reactive sites. However, reaction-induced surface […]
Continue readingAngew Chem: Activation and Spillover of Hydrogen on Sub‐1 nm Pd Nano‐clusters for Semi‐hydrogenation of Alkynes
The search for efficient nontoxic catalysts able to perform industrial hydrogenations is a topic of interest, transversal to many catalytic processes. This communication describes a mechanistic phenomenon of activation and spillover of hydrogen for remarkable […]
Continue readingProf. Zhao visited TUM and KIT
Prof. Zhao visited Technical University of Munich and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on Nov. 13-16 and gave two seminars with the title “Development of PDH Catalysts”. Thanks to the hosts Dr. Hui Shi(TUM) and Prof. […]
Continue readingDr. Jinxun Liu visited our lab!
Dr. Jinxun Liu, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visited our lab today. He gave an IRCE2 Lecture: The Theoretical Study of the Activity of Nano-catalyst. Here are some pictures:
Continue readingNat Commum: Breaking the Scaling Relationship via Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Catalytic Dehydrogenation
Due to the existence of scaling properties of adsorption energies on transition metal surfaces, the enhancement of the catalytic activity is frequently accompanied by side reactions leading to a reduction in selectivity for the target […]
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