Cheap and simple Cu/ZnO catalysts are very effective and recyclable for the synthesis of dimethylformamide (DMF) from CO(2), H(2), and dimethylamine, and a yield of 97% can be reached.

in present investigation, zno nanostructure was synthesized by means of a precipitation and sonochemical methods. the x-ray diffraction (xrd) pattern is shown that the wurtzite structure of zno has the hexagonal symmetry and there is no impurity. the average zno particles crystallite size was calculated about 41 nm. the sem and tem images reveal nanostructure zno particles with a cauliflower-li...

Estuarine and marine sediments are a probable end point for many engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) due to enhanced aggregation and sedimentation in marine waters, as well as uptake and deposition by suspension-feeding organisms on the seafloor. Benthic infaunal organisms living in sediments encounter relatively high concentrations of pollutants and may also suffer toxic effects of ENPs. We tested...

Highly efficient recyclable photocatalysts of ternary g-C 3 N 4 -ZnO/Cu 2 O nanocomposite were designed for photo-degradation RhB dye. The structural, morphological, surface structure and optical properties the as-prepared nanocomposites (NCs) characterized by XRD, FT-IR, FE-SEM with EDS, HRTEM, XPS, BET, UV–Vis DRS PL spectra analysis respectively. efficiencies dye over , /ZnO, /Cu (PCs) 36.4%...

ZnO-CuO nanocomposite thin films were prepared by carbothermal evaporation of ZnO and Cu, combined with annealing. The effects of 90 MeV Ni(7+) ion irradiation on the structural and optical properties of ZnO-CuO nanocomposites were studied by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-visible absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. XRD studies...

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We show that the activity and selectivity of Cu catalyst can be promoted by a Zr-based metal-organic framework (MOF), Zr6O4(OH)4(BDC)6 (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate), UiO-66, to have a strong interaction with Zr oxide [Zr6O4(OH)4(-CO2)12] secondary building units (SBUs) of the MOF for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. These interesting features are achieved by a catalyst composed of 18 nm single...

In their Comment on the our recent Report, Nakamura et al argue that our x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis was affected by the presence of formate species on the catalyst surface. This argument is not valid because the reactant gases were evacuated at temperatures from 525 to 575 kelvin, conditions under which formate is not stable on the catalyst surface. An analysis of the XPS r...