Characteristics of nanosized Pt electro-catalyst deposited on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were studied with CO-stripping voltammogram and chronoamperometry measurements. The CNTs were pretreated by oxidation in HNO3, mixed HNO3 + H2SO4 and H2SO4 + K2Cr2O7 solution, respectively, to enable surface modification. Well-homogenized Pt particles (average size: 3 nm) were loaded onto the pretreated CNT sa...

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is normally carried out with either a cobalt or iron-based catalyst depending on the ratio of H2/CO in the feed. As a step in gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, cobalt catalysts are often preferred [1,2] due to the low intrinsic water-gas shift (WGS) activity of cobalt. While in many typical supported-metal catalysts, a low metal loading is preferable for obtaining...

A new nanocomposite catalyst consisting of high-loading cobalt oxide (CoO) on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was prepared in this work. Its high activity for the ORR in alkaline electrolyte was determined using the rotating disk electrode technique, and further confirmed in real alkaline membrane fuel cells. A combination of physicochemical chara...

Chromium-oxyhydroxide (CrxOyHz)-based thin films have previously been shown in photocatalysis and industrial chlorate production to prevent unwanted reduction reactions occur, thereby enhancing the selectivity for hydrogen evolution thus overall process efficiency. Here, a highly reproducible synthesis protocol was developed allow electrodeposition of CrxOyHz-based with controlled thickness ran...

Bis-(L-tyrosinato)copper(II) was reacted with 3-(chloropropyl)-trimethoxysilane functionalized silica that has infused magnetite to yield a magnetically separable catalyst in which the copper carboxylate is covalently linked to the silica matrix through the silane linkage. The immobilized catalyst has been characterized by spectroscopic studies (such as FT-IR, EPR, Magnetic Measurement...

Thiol monolayer-protected Au clusters (MPCs) were prepared using dendrimer templates, deposited onto a high-surface-area titania, and then the thiol stabilizers were removed under H2/N2. The resulting Au catalysts were characterized with transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy of adsorbed CO. The Au catalysts prepared via this route displaye...

Palladium on charcoal serves as an efficient and reusable solid supported catalyst for the Sonogashira coupling of aryl chlorides with terminal acetylenes in the presence of a bulky, electron-rich biphenyl type ligand (XPhos), without copper co-catalyst.

cuo-ceo2 nanocomposite is reported as a green and highly efficient recyclable catalyst for the multicomponent  synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1h)-ones/thiones under solvent-free conditions. the catalyst was synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized by xrd, bet specific surface area, fesem and eds analysis.