The hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH is mostly performed by a catalyst consisting mainly copper and zinc (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3). Here, Cu-Zn based catalysts are generated using surface organometallic chemistry (SOMC) starting from material isolated ZnII sites dispersed on SiO2 – ZnII@SiO2. Grafting [Cu(OtBu)]4 the silanols available ZnII@SiO2 followed reduction at 500 °C under H2 generates CuZnx alloy nan...

Bunched and multi-circularly wrapped carbon nanotubes (CNT) are observed to grow on alloy substrates based on iron group metals and copper by a microwave enhanced hot-filament method with a dilute gas of ammonia at a proper RF self-bias. The grown size of CNTs embodied in the grain sizes of conducting bulk alloy catalysts such as Cu-Ni, Cu-Fe, Cu-Co, and Cu-Ni-Fe-Co are controlled by a precurso...

A large library of Cu(II) complexes with mononucleating and dinucleating ligands was synthesized to investigate their potential as catalysts for the catalytic oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol (3,5-DTBC). X-ray structure determination for a number of these complexes revealed relatively large Cu···Cu distances and the formation of polymeric species. Comparison of the 3,5-DTBC oxidation rate...

Single-crystal, Cu-doped In x Ga1 - x N nanowires were grown on GaN/Al2O3 substrates via a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism using Ni/Au bi-catalysts. The typical diameter of the Cu:In x Ga1 - x N nanowires was 80 to 150 nm, with a typical length of hundreds of micrometers. The as-grown nanowires exhibited diamagnetism. After annealing, the nanowires exhibited ferromagnetism with saturation ma...

The effect of copper on various acid saponite supported Ni–Cu bimetallic catalysts, prepared with different Ni : Cu ratios, has been investigated for the liquid phase hydrogenolysis glycidol.

Based on first-principles calculations, we predict that penta-twinned Cu nanowires (NWs) are superior to conventional Cu catalysts for CO2 electroreduction. The penta-twinned NWs possess a combination of ultrahigh mechanical strength, large surface-to-volume ratios and an abundance of undercoordinated adsorption sites, all desirable for CO2 electroreduction. In particular, we show that the pent...

Large-area freestanding graphene films are facilely fabricated by reducing graphene oxide films on recyclable Cu foils in H2-containing atmosphere at high temperature. Cu might act as efficient catalysts for considerably improved reduction of graphene oxide according to the SEM, EDS, XRD, XPS, Raman and TGA results. Comparing to the graphene films with ~30 μm thickness reduced without Cu substr...

1. It should be pointed out that substances present in the test mixture act as electron transfer agents, or catalysts of the reaction which are recycled, i.e, reduced by DTT or superoxide and reoxidized by oxygen species in a cyclic manner (see Li et al 2009a reference). We do mention that the reaction is catalytic in redox-active species, on pg 11326 starting on line 10: “Oxidation of DTT by m...

The nitric oxide (NO) removal capacity of ion-exchanged zeolite Y obtained from coal combustion fly ash was evaluated in this work. Zeolite Y was exchanged either with Cu or Fe to obtain two different catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx from flue gas. The selective catalytic reduction experiments were carried out at temperatures ranging from 50°C to 350°C, water content 0% an...

A concept is presented, which helps to rationalize the success of the industrially applied preparation route for Cu/ZnO/(Al2O3) catalysts. Many studies can be found in the open literature, which describe the critical dependency of the final catalyst’s properties on precursor chemistry. In line with previous reports, this concept identifies zincian malachite as the relevant precursor phase and i...