Wu, Zili. <br/><br/>
Catalysis by Materials with Well-Defined Structures. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (393 pages) 
<br/><br/>Front Cover -- Catalysis by Materials With Well-Defined Structures -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1 - Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Properties of Well-Defined Cu2O Nanocrystals -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS -- 3. SURFACE COMPOSITION/STRUCTURE OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS -- 4. SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS -- 5. CATALYTIC PROPERTY OF WELL-DEFINED CU2O NANOCRYSTALS -- 6. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Ceria Nanoshapes-Structural and Catalytic Properties -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS AND MORPHOLOGY OF CERIA NANOSHAPES -- 3. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF ADSORBED SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSHAPES -- 4. WGS REACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS -- 5. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - The Characterization and Structure-Dependent Catalysis of Ceria with Well-Defined Facets -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF SIZE- AND STRUCTURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF CEO2 NANOPARTICLES -- 3. HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS REACTIONS ON NANOSHAPED CEO2 -- 4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Gold Clusters and Nanoparticles Stabilized by Nanoshaped Ceria in Catalysis -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GOLD SPECIES ON CERIA NANOSTRUCTURES -- 3. IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLD SPECIES SUPPORTED ON CERIA ROD AND CUBE -- 4. MORPHOLOGY-DEPENDENT CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF AU/CEO2 -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Gold/Ceria: The Making of a Robust Catalyst for Fuel Processing and Hydrogen Production -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CERIA: STRUCTURE, SYNTHESIS METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS -- 3. METAL-CERIA INTERACTION -- 4. GOLD/CERIA CATALYSTS: THEORETICAL STUDIES, PREPARATION METHODS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CATALYSIS. 5. IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACTIVE SITE IN AU/CEO2 CATALYSTS FOR THE WATER-GAS SHIFTS AND THE STEAM REFORMING OF METHANOL -- 6. OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - Surface Effects in the Reactivity of Ceria: A First Principles Perspective -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING OF CERIA -- 3. MODELING PERFECT SURFACES OF CERIA -- 4. MODELING OF SURFACE DEFECTS IN CERIA -- 5. INTERACTION OF OXYGEN WITH CERIA SURFACES -- 6. MODELING OF MOLECULAR ADSORPTION AT SURFACES -- 7. ADSORPTION OF METAL ATOMS AT CERIA SURFACES -- 8. TUNING REACTIVITY: DOPING OF CERIA SURFACES -- 9. PERSPECTIVE AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Applications of Electron Microscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BASICS OF TEM -- 3. ATOMIC RESOLUTION CHARACTERIZATION USING TEM -- 4. CASE STUDIES -- 5. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Catalysis by Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS OF ATOMICALLY PRECISE GOLD NANOCLUSTERS -- 3. ATOMIC STRUCTURES OF GOLD NANOCLUSTERS -- 4. THERMAL STABILITY OF AUN(SR)M NANOCLUSTERS -- 5. CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF AUN(SR)M NANOCLUSTERS -- 6. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Catalysis on Single Supported Atoms -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SYNTHESIS -- 3. CHARACTERIZATION -- 4. DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORETICAL MODELING OF SINGLE SUPPORTED ATOMS -- 5. CATALYTIC REACTION CHEMISTRY -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 - Tailoring Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. NP CATALYSTS FOR ORR -- 3. NP CATALYSTS FOR FUEL OXIDATION REACTIONS -- 4. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 - Nanofaceted Metal Surfaces: Structure, Reactivity, and Applications -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ADSORBATE-INDUCED FACETING OF METAL SURFACES. 3. REACTIONS ON FACETED AND PLANAR METAL SURFACES -- 4. APPLICATIONS OF FACETED METAL SURFACES -- 5. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 - Nano-Array Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Catalysis -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. NANO-ARRAY CATALYSTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS -- 3. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780128013403 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heterogeneous catalysis.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QD505 -- .C383 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>541.395