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 […]
Continue readingProf. Rösch visited us today!
Prof. Rösch from TUM Germany and ASTAR Singapore visited us today and gave an IREC2 lecture with the title “Reduced Centers of the MoVOx Catalyst for Hydrocarbon Oxidation. To Localize or not to Localize, That […]
Continue readingInvited talk at the 17th National Youth Conference on Catalysis
Prof. Zhao gave an invited talk presentation at the 17th National Youth Conference on Catalysis. The title of the talk is “Development of Propane Dehydrogenation Single Atom Alloy Catalysts”.
Continue readingInvited talk at the 2nd International Symposium on Single-Atom Catalysis
Prof. Zhao gave an invited talk presentation at the 2nd International Symposium on Single-Atom Catalysis. The title of the talk is “Crucial Role of Surface Hydroxyl on the Selectivity and Activity of CO2RR over Cu2O”.
Continue readingOur recent AIChE J article was one of the top downloaded articles in recent publication history
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 […]
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