Catalysis by materials with well-defined structures

"Catalysis by Materials with Well-Defined Structures examines the latest developments in the use of model systems in fundamental catalytic science. A team of prominent experts provides authoritative, first-hand information, helping readers better understand heterogeneous catalysis by utilizing model catalysts based on uniformly nanostructured materials. The text addresses topics and issues related to material synthesis, characterization, catalytic reactions, surface chemistry, mechanism, and theoretical modeling, and features a comprehensive review of recent advances in catalytic studies on nanomaterials with well-defined structures, including nanoshaped metals and metal oxides, nanoclusters, and single sites in the areas of heterogeneous thermal catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis. Users will find this book to be an invaluable, authoritative source of information for both the surface scientist and the catalysis practitioner"--OCLC.

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 NANOSHAPES3. 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 …