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Structural insight into [Fe–S2–Mo] motif in electrochemical reduction of N2 over Fe1-supported molecular MoS2 (2020)
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Zheng, J., Wu, S., Lu, L., Huang, C., Ho, P., Kirkland, A., …Edman Tsang, S. (2021). Structural insight into [Fe–S2–Mo] motif in electrochemical reduction of N2 over Fe1-supported molecular MoS2. Chemical Science, 12(2), 688-695. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc04575f

The catalytic synthesis of NH3 from the thermodynamically challenging N2 reduction reaction under mild conditions is currently a significant problem for scientists. Accordingly, herein, we report the development of a nitrogenase-inspired inorganic-ba... Read More about Structural insight into [Fe–S2–Mo] motif in electrochemical reduction of N2 over Fe1-supported molecular MoS2.

Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR (2020)
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Large, A., Wahl, S., Abate, S., da Silva, I., Delgado Jaen, J., Pinna, N., …Arrigo, R. (2020). Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR. Catalysts, 10(11), e1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10111289

Earth-abundant Mn-based oxide nanoparticles are supported on carbon nitride using two different immobilization methods and tested for the oxygen reduction reaction. Compared to the metal free CN, the immobilization of Mn oxide enhances not only the e... Read More about Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR.

On the activity/selectivity and phase stability of thermally grown copper oxides during the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 (2020)
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Velasco-Vélez, J., Chuang, C., Gao, D., Zhu, Q., Ivanov, D., Jeon, H., …Schlögl, R. (2020). On the activity/selectivity and phase stability of thermally grown copper oxides during the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2. ACS catalysis, 10(19), 11510-11518. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03484

Revealing the active nature of oxide-derived copper is of key importance to understand its remarkable catalytic performance during the cathodic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce valuable hydrocarbons. Using advanced spectroscopy, electron mic... Read More about On the activity/selectivity and phase stability of thermally grown copper oxides during the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2.

Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source (2020)
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Held, G., Venturini, F., Grinter, D., Ferrer, P., Arrigo, R., Deacon, L., …Scott, S. (2020). Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 27(5), 1153-1166. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577520009157

The ambient-pressure endstation and branchline of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline B07 at Diamond Light Source serves a very diverse user community studying heterogeneous catalysts, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials under realistic condition... Read More about Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source.

The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3 (2020)
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Blackmore, R., Rivas, M., Tierney, G., Mohammed, K., Decarolis, D., Hayama, S., …Wells, P. (2020). The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(34), 18774-18787. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp00793e

The use of mechanochemistry to prepare catalytic materials is of significant interest; it offers an environmentally beneficial, solvent-free, route and produces highly complex structures of mixed amorphous and crystalline phases. This study reports o... Read More about The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3.

Revealing the active phase of copper during the electroreduction of CO2 in aqueous electrolyte by correlating in situ x-ray spectroscopy and in situ electron microscopy (2020)
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Velasco-Velez, J., Mom, R., Sandoval-Diaz, L., Falling, L., Chuang, C., Gao, D., …Schlögl, R. (2020). Revealing the active phase of copper during the electroreduction of CO2 in aqueous electrolyte by correlating in situ x-ray spectroscopy and in situ electron microscopy. ACS Energy Letters, 5(6), 2106-2111. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00802

The variation in the morphology and electronic structure of copper during the electroreduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols was revealed by combining in situ surface- and bulk-sensitive X-ray spectroscopies with electrochemical scan... Read More about Revealing the active phase of copper during the electroreduction of CO2 in aqueous electrolyte by correlating in situ x-ray spectroscopy and in situ electron microscopy.

Elucidating the mechanism of the CO2 methanation reaction over Ni–Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts via surface-sensitive in situ XPS and NEXAFS (2020)
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Giorgianni, G., Mebrahtu, C., Schuster, M., Large, A., Held, G., Ferrer, P., …Arrigo, R. (2020). Elucidating the mechanism of the CO2 methanation reaction over Ni–Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts via surface-sensitive in situ XPS and NEXAFS. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(34), 18788-18797. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp00622j

Hydrotalcite-derived Ni and Fe-promoted hydrotalcite-derived Ni catalysts were found to outperform industrial catalysts in the CO2 methanation reaction, however the origin of the improved activity and selectivity of these catalysts is not clear. Here... Read More about Elucidating the mechanism of the CO2 methanation reaction over Ni–Fe hydrotalcite-derived catalysts via surface-sensitive in situ XPS and NEXAFS.