Review Article
Light-driven interfaces for PFAS detection and destruction
Due to exposure risks and health concerns, global limitations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become increasingly restrictive. Light-driven technologies can potentially destroy and detect PFAS, addressing these limitations.
Review Article
Recent advances in removal of pharmaceutical pollutants in wastewater using metal oxides and carbonaceous materials as photocatalysts: a review
The pharmaceuticals industry has played an important role in developing medicines for improving health and quality of life in treating humans and animals around the world.
Review Article
Nanoporous oxide electrodes for energy conversion and storage devices
Nanoporous oxides have been established as key materials for constructing electrodes for energy conversion and storage devices, offering high surface area and a large number of active sites for electrochemical reactions.
Paper
Exploring the influence of mesoporosity in hard carbon-templated hierarchical SAPO-5 for ethanol dehydration
Carbon nanotemplates are used to create hierarchical silicoaluminophosphate materials, with superior catalytic performance to microporous materials. Their hierarchical nature is probed with in-depth microscopy and small-angle neutron scattering.
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On the characterization and performance of highly dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles onto BEA zeolite in the continuous gas-phase photooxidation of ethylene
A synergetic effect between photoactive TiO2 and a BEA zeolite support in the efficient photooxidation of ethylene in a gas-phase system.
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Evaluating the electronic structure and stability of epitaxially grown Sr-doped LaFeO3 perovskite alkaline O2 evolution model electrocatalysts
O2 evolution activity of La1−xSrxFeO3 depends on the presence of hole states below the conduction-band-minimum, whose stability is compromised by Sr-leaching.
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Reaction intermediates recognized by in situ FTIR spectroscopy in CO2 hydrogenation over the Cu/ZnO/SPP-zeolite catalyst
SPP was used to confine the nanosized (2–8 nm) Cu/ZnO composite. The Cu surfaces maintains a constant carbonate coverage and low H2O adsorption during the reaction, while carbonyls and formates are rapidly formed and converted.
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Engineering Pt–CeO2 interfaces for reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction
Pt–CeO2 interfaces with superhydrophobic and highly reducible CeO2 are designed with improved properties for the RWGS reaction.
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Efficient peroxymonosulfate activation by Fe–BiOCl hollow microspheres for carbamazepine removal
An iron-doped BiOCl hollow microsphere photocatalyst was prepared using a simple one-step hydrothermal method, and then applied to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the removal of carbamazepine under visible irradiation.
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Characterizing catalyst function and transformations in the plasma reduction of CO2 on atomic layer deposition-synthesized catalysts
Catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition allow for comparisons between structurally-identical metal oxide catalysts for CO2 reduction in non-thermal plasmas.
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Engineering Pt nanoclusters on CeO2 surface with abundant point defects by in situ confined-domain encapsulation strategy for the catalytic elimination of VOCs
An in situ introduction approach of Pt species can effectively build up the point-defects on the surface of CeO2 to promote the dispersion and anchoring of Pt species, which can accelerate the oxidation rate of the toluene molecule.
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Nitrogen-doped carbon dots in transesterification reactions for biodiesel synthesis
Surface chemistry drives the catalytic efficiency of nitrogen-doped carbon dot heterogeneous catalysts for the transesterification of canola oil to biodiesel.
About this collection
This collection features articles published in RSC Applied Interfaces that have been specially selected by Associate Editor Professor Ryan Richards (Colorado School of Mines & NREL, USA). Broadly connected by the theme “catalysis”, these papers represent some of the top work published in the journal in our first year.