title: Surface X-ray studies of catalytic clean technologies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK CF10 3AT. leeaf@cardiff.ac.uk
authors.forename: Adam F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D001969:Bromobenzenes; D000440:Butanols; C032036:bromobenzene; C007153:crotonyl alcohol