We show that molecular catalysts for fuel-forming reactions can be immobilized on graphitic carbon electrode surfaces via noncovalent interactions. A pyrene-appended bipyridine ligand (P) serves as the linker between each complex and the surface. Immobilization of a rhodium proton-reduction catalyst, [Cp*Rh(P)Cl]Cl (1), and a rhenium CO2-reduction catalyst, Re(P)(CO)3Cl (2), afford electrocatal...

Selective reduction of NOx by H2 and CO in excess O2 was studied using a Pd/Al2O3 catalyst. Incipient wetness impregnation into Al2O3 was done using PdCl2 as the metal precursor. The NOx conversion profile was maximal at 423 K (up to 95.2% for 250 ppm CO), at which temperature complete oxidation of H2 and CO occurred. There is a very strong synergic effect when both CO and H2 are simultaneously...

A very simple and promising method to design the anode catalyst architecture for direct alcohol fuel cells by physically mixing Pt/C catalyst with transition-metal oxide nanoparticles is presented and electrochemical measurements confirm that this unique catalyst structure has excellent activity toward alcohol and CO electro-oxidation.

in this research iron manganese oxide nanocomposites were prepared by co-precipitation, sol-gel and mechanochemical methods by using iron (iii) nitrate, iron (ii) sulfate and manganese (ii) nitrate as starting materials. these nanocomposites were prepared in the presence of various catalyst beds. the polyvinyl pyrrolidon (pvp) was used as a capping agent to control the agglomeration of the nano...

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...

Since the discovery of ruthenium as a catalyst for hydrogenation reactions, Ru catalysts have been widely used in the chemical, petrochemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries, and in energy-conversion technologies. The scope of homogeneous Ru catalysts has been well-illustrated recently. However, heterogeneous catalysts can be preferable from both industrial and environmental perspectives. ...

The direct synthesis process of dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas in slurry reactors is considered to be promising because of its advantages in caloric transfer. In this paper, the influences of operating conditions (temperature, pressure and weight hourly space velocity) on the conversion of CO, selectivity of DME and methanol were studied in a stirred autoclave over Cu-Zn-Al-Zr slurry catalyst...

kinetic monte carlo simulation was applied to investigation of kinetics and mechanism of oxalic acid degradation by direct and heterogeneous catalytic ozonation. la-containing perovskites including lafeo3, lanio3, lacoo3 and lamno3 was studied as catalyst for oxalic acid ozonation. the reaction kinetic mechanisms of each abovementioned catalytic systems has been achieved. the rate constants val...

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...