Nature Communications (Aug 2020)
Adsorption and activation of molecular oxygen over atomic copper(I/II) site on ceria
- Liqun Kang,
- Bolun Wang,
- Qiming Bing,
- Michal Zalibera,
- Robert Büchel,
- Ruoyu Xu,
- Qiming Wang,
- Yiyun Liu,
- Diego Gianolio,
- Chiu C. Tang,
- Emma K. Gibson,
- Mohsen Danaie,
- Christopher Allen,
- Ke Wu,
- Sushila Marlow,
- Ling-dong Sun,
- Qian He,
- Shaoliang Guan,
- Anton Savitsky,
- Juan J. Velasco-Vélez,
- June Callison,
- Christopher W. M. Kay,
- Sotiris E. Pratsinis,
- Wolfgang Lubitz,
- Jing-yao Liu,
- Feng Ryan Wang
Affiliations
- Liqun Kang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Bolun Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Qiming Bing
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University
- Michal Zalibera
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Radlinského 9
- Robert Büchel
- Particle Technology Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092
- Ruoyu Xu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Qiming Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Yiyun Liu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Diego Gianolio
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton
- Chiu C. Tang
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton
- Emma K. Gibson
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building. University Avenue
- Mohsen Danaie
- Electron Physical Science Imaging Center, Diamond Light Source Ltd.
- Christopher Allen
- Electron Physical Science Imaging Center, Diamond Light Source Ltd.
- Ke Wu
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
- Sushila Marlow
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- Ling-dong Sun
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
- Qian He
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Shaoliang Guan
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton
- Anton Savitsky
- Max-Planck-Institut Für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36
- Juan J. Velasco-Vélez
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6
- June Callison
- UK Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Christopher W. M. Kay
- London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London
- Sotiris E. Pratsinis
- Particle Technology Laboratory, Institute of Process Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092
- Wolfgang Lubitz
- Max-Planck-Institut Für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36
- Jing-yao Liu
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University
- Feng Ryan Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Roberts Building, Torrington Place
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17852-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Precise control over the energy of atomic metal sites is key to unlocking novel reaction pathways. Here, the authors achieve selective oxygen activation by the isolated copper site on ceria, due to its reduced 3d orbital energy via cerium induced electron withdrawing effect.
