The hybrid semiconducter-macrocycle catalyst TiO2-cobalt phthalocyanine promotes the solar photolysis of aqueous bromoform under anaerobic conditions. The major decomposition products are dibromoethane and HBr. Bromomethane and methane were produced only after prolonged photolysis (30 hr). Acetone, derived from added 2-propanol, was the only observed oxidation product. Preliminary experiments s...

The properties of silver in the oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol were studied in a flow reactor under near industrial conditions. The influences of temperature, concentration of both reactants, gas velocity, space velocity, the form of the silver catalyst and surface composition of the catalyst were studied. A model for the reaction is proposed which is based on the experimental observatio...

A novel and efficient catalyst is one of the goals in the material field, and the involvement of nanoscience and technology has brought new vigor to the development of catalyst. This research aimed to develop a simple two-step route to fabricate Fe3O4@PS/PDA-Ag hybridnanotubes with size-controllable and highly dispersed silver nanoparticles (NPs). First, Fe3O4@PS nanotubes of a sound mechanical...

The mechanisms responsible for spontaneous silver precipitation in silver-doped sol-gel materials are identified. The chemistry of the solvent phase is found to be the critical factor in controlling this phenomenon. The addition of HCl as catalyst leads to the formation of AgCl and subsequent formation of silver upon light exposure. Another factor leading to silver precipitation is the reducing...

The mechanisms responsible for spontaneous silver precipitation in silver-doped sol-gel materials are identified. The chemistry of the solvent phase is found to be the critical factor in controlling this phenomenon. The addition of HCl as catalyst leads to the formation of AgCl and subsequent formation of silver upon light exposure. Another factor leading to silver precipitation is the reducing...

The decontamination reactions of O,S-diethyl methyl phosphonothiolate, as an agricultural organophosphorous pesticide onto 20 wt% loaded manganese dioxide nanoparticles-silver-Y zeolite as a nanocomposite catalyst in different solvents, were evaluated and monitored by means of gas chromatography–flame ionization detector and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Prior to the reaction, the catal...

Competitive hydrogen evolution and multiple proton-coupled electron transfer reactions limit photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction in aqueous electrolyte. Here, oxygen-terminated lightly boron-doped diamond (BDDL) thin films were synthesized as a semiconductor electron source to accelerate CO2 reduction. However, BDDL alone could not stabilize the intermediates of CO2 reduction, yielding a negligi...

A library of 1,2,3-triazoles was synthesized from diverse alkynes and azides using catalytic amounts of silver chloride instead of copper compounds. In addition, a novel "abnormal" silver N-heterocyclic carbene complex was tested as catalyst in this process. The results suggest that the reaction requires only 0.5% of silver complex, affording 1,2,3-triazoles in good yields.

The silver-catalyzed, oxidative coupling of methane to C2 hydrocarbons (OCM) is shown to be an extremely structure-sensitive reaction. Reaction-induced changes in the silver morphology lead to changes in the nature and extent of formation of various bulk and surface -terminating crystal structures. This, in-turn, impacts the adsorption properties and diffusivity of oxygen in silver which is nec...

Silver-catalyzed tandem acetalization and cycloisomerization reactions were found to lead to various furoquinolines, and a nitrogen effect was noticed for AgOTf reactivity, since the cyclization mode switched from 6-endo-dig to 5-exo-dig; from these observations silver imidazolate polymer is proposed as a stable silver catalyst.