Copper can efficiently electro‐catalyze carbon dioxide reduction to C2+ products (C2H4, C2H5OH, n‐propanol). However, the correlation between the activity and active sites remains ambiguous, impeding further improvements in their performance. In this paper, the facet effect […]

Tin oxide (SnOx) has emerged as a promising metal oxide catalyst for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) into value-added chemicals such as formic acid/formate. However, the improvement of SnOx catalytic performance is hindered by its […]

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!

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Our article An experimental and theoretical study of glycerol oxidation to 1,3-dihydroxyacetone over bimetallic Pt-Bi catalysts, published in AIChE Journal, was one of the journal’s top 20 most downloaded recent papers!* ​As of year-end 2017 our article […]

CO2 reduction in aqueous solutions is an attractive strategy for carbon capture and utilization. Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) is a promising catalyst for CO2 reduction as it can not only convert CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons but also suppress the […]