In Pt/ZrO2 catalysts used for CO2/CH4 reforming to syngas, not all accessible Pt contributes equally to the activity of the catalyst. The catalytic activity is determined by the accessibility of Pt on the Pt-ZrO2 perimeter. This is explained in terms of the CO2 activation via carbonate species on the support which must be in the proximity of the Pt particles to react with the methane activated ...

Methane conversion strategies that protect methanol via in situ esterification achieve higher yields compared to direct methane without product protection; however, most of these high-yield systems operate under unfavorable conditions. To date, there is very limited work developing heterogeneous catalysts for methane-to-methyl-ester conversion, and studies demonstrating the activity manganese a...

Various platinum-free electrocatalysts have been explored for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic solutions. However, in economical water-alkali electrolysers, sluggish water dissociation kinetics (Volmer step) on platinum-free electrocatalysts results in poor hydrogen-production activities. Here we report a MoNi4 electrocatalyst supported by MoO2 cuboids on nickel foam (MoNi4/MoO2@Ni), which...