Surface X-ray studies of catalytic clean technologies.
The rational design of new heterogeneous catalysts for clean chemical technologies can be accelerated by molecular level insight into surface chemical processes. In situ methodologies, able to provide time-resolved and/or pressure dependent information on the evolution of reacting adsorbed layers over catalytically relevant surfaces, are therefore of especial interest. Here we discuss recent applications of surface X-ray techniques to surface-catalysed oxidations, (de)hydrogenations, C-C coupling, dehalogenation and associated catalyst restructuring, and explore how these may help to shape future sustainable chemistry.
Lee
Adam F
AF
Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK CF10 3AT. leeaf@cardiff.ac.uk
Prabhakaran
Vinod
V
Wilson
Karen
K
D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D001969:Bromobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry; D000440:Butanols / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D006865:Hydrogenation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D013499:Surface Properties
D000473:Alkanes; D001969:Bromobenzenes; D000440:Butanols; C032036:bromobenzene; C007153:crotonyl alcohol