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In situ investigation of the surface composition of catalyst particles improves the understanding of the active species in heterogeneous catalysis. This study analyzed the surface chemistry of ruthenium nanoparticles supported on alumina during CO2 methana ...

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Photoelectrochemical Degradation and Regeneration of Ca2fe2o5 Photocathodes

Kevin Sivula, Maria Isabel Diez Garcia, Benjamin Goldman

Ca2Fe2O5 is a p-type semiconductor with properties suitable for potential application as a photocathode in photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, it suffers from poor stability under working conditions that is still not completely understood. In th ...

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Ligand-modified nanoparticle surfaces influence CO electroreduction selectivity

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Improving the kinetics and selectivity of CO2/CO electroreduction to valuable multi-carbon products is a challenge for science and is a requirement for practical relevance. Here we develop a thiol-modified surface ligand strategy that promotes electrochemi ...

Nature Portfolio2024

Experimental and first-principles insights into an enhanced performance of Ru-doped copper phosphate electrocatalyst during oxygen evolution reaction

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

The OER involves a four-electron transfer and is a kinetically sluggish reaction that requires additional potential to drive. To enhance the electrochemical performance of the above-mentioned applications, highly efficient, corrosion-resistant, earth-abund ...

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Power plant units for CO2 neutral energy security in Switzerland

Andreas Züttel

A new concept based on Power Plant Units, able to deliver renewable energy on demand, for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Switzerland is presented. The technically realized efficiencies showed that complete electrification leads to ...

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Manipulation of the Electronic Structure of Ruthenium Nanoclusters by Ni-N4 Sites Enhances the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Mengmeng Lao, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei

Designing electrocatalysts that are both highly efficient and durable is crucial for the industrial implementation of alkaline electrocatalytic hydrogen production technologies. A limitation of the current Ru-based catalysts is that the water dissociation ...

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Carbonized wood impregnated with bimetallic nanoparticles as a monolithic continuous-flow microreactor for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Qingtong Zhang, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Rosemarie Janet Somerville

Porous monolithic microreactors show great promise in catalytic applications, but are usually based on non-renewable materials. Herein, we demonstrate a Ni/Au nanoparticle-decorated carbonized wood (Ni/Au-CW) monolithic membrane microreactor for the effici ...

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Atomic doping & coating for Electrocatalysis & Li-ion batteries

Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry

Molybdenum atomic-doping on bio-waste derived nitrogen-doped conductive carbon electrocatalyst was synthesized and investigated for the dinitrogen reduction to ammonia in alkaline media. The assessment of the catalytic activity was found to be non-trivial ...

EPFL2022