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Heterogeneous catalysis via light-heat dual activation: A path to the breakthrough in C1 chemistry

A hybrid photothermal catalytic system, which combines both the photochemical (light) and thermal (heat) activation pathways over a bifunctional catalyst, has demonstrated remarkable levels of reaction activity and selectivity when compared with individual ...

Cell Press2024

Tungsten oxide-based photoanodes: biomass valorization and the effects of oxygen vacancies

Nukorn Plainpan

Tungsten oxide-based materials have unique and intriguing properties as photoanode materials for solar energy conversion. The first part of the thesis focuses on the use of WO3 photoanodes for the oxidation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF). Chapter one l ...

EPFL2023

Effect of a temperature gradient on the screening properties of ionic fluids

Andrea Grisafi, Federico Grasselli

The electrostatic screening properties of ionic fluids are of paramount importance in countless physical processes. Yet the screening behavior of ionic conductors out of thermal equilibrium has to date mainly been studied in the context of thermoelectric p ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2023

Evolution of the electrical double layer with electrolyte concentration probed by second harmonic scattering

Sylvie Roke, Arianna Marchioro, Bingxin Chu, Marie Bischoff

Investigating the electrical double layer (EDL) structure has been a long-standing challenge and has seen the emergence of several sophisticated techniques able to probe selectively the few molecular layers of a solid/water interface. While a qualitative e ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

A Cobalt Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mingyang Liu, Xiang Li, Yelin Hu, Matthias Beller

Catalytic hydrogenation and oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles to produce tetrahydroquinoline and quinoline derivatives are important reactions of particular importance in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Herein, we report earth-abu ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2023

Using continuous electrical conductivity measurements to derive major solute concentrations in karst systems

Paolo Benettin

Hydrochemical data of karst springs provide valuable insights into the internal hydrodynamical functioning of karst systems and support model structure identification. However, the collection of high-frequency time series of major solute species is limited ...

WILEY2023

Morphology and Transport Characterization of Catalyst Layers for CO2 Reduction

Sophia Haussener, Francesca Lorenzutti

Gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) help to reduce transport limitations in devices for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Homogenized modeling of such devices requires input of morphological characteristics and effective transport properties of the porous structu ...

2023

Support-Dependent Cu-In Bimetallic Catalysts for Tailoring the Activity of Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction

Thi Ha My Pham, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko, Liping Zhong

Cu-based bimetallic catalysts have attracted great attention for the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction due to their high activity and selectivity. This work reports the application of Cu-In bimetallic catalysts for the RWGS reaction and demonstrates ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Towards implementing new isotopes for environmental research:Redetermination of the 32Si half-life

Mario Aaron Veicht

The predicted climate changes on Earth will significantly impact the environment and human society. The climate patterns observed during the past centuries led to a better understanding of the driving forces for such changes. However, more studies using ne ...

EPFL2022

Strategic factors to design the next generation of molecular water oxidation catalysts: Lesson learned from ruthenium complexes

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Energy conversion through sustainable means is essential to counter global warming and an urgent solution through a multidisciplinary approach is required. The temperature change stems from the emission of greenhouse gases largely contributed by burning fo ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Electrospun nanofibers for electrochemical reduction of CO2: A mini review

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) into valuable products represents a step towards alleviating global warming and the energy crisis. However, the sluggish kinetics of the CO2RR and the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) still limit th ...

Elsevier2021

Uncovering the Activity of Alkaline Earth Metal Hydrogenation Catalysis Through Molecular Volcano Plots

Shubhajit Das

Recent advances in alkaline earth (Ae) metal hydrogenation catalysis have broadened the spectrum of potential catalysts to include candidates from the main group, providing a sustainable alternative to the commonly used transition metals. Although Ae-amide ...

2022

Work fluctuations in the active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle model

Francesco Cagnetta

We study the large deviations of the power injected by the active force for an active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle (AOUP), free or in a confining potential. For the free-particle case, we compute the rate function analytically in d-dimensions from a saddle- ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2021

The design and synthesis of nanostructured hydrogen oxidation reaction electrocatalysts for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

Weiyan Ni

Hydrogen fuel cell is a promising green technology that transforms the chemical energy in hydrogen into electricity. Currently, most of the efforts are focused on developing proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), however they are heavily dependent o ...

EPFL2021

Stable Palladium Oxide Clusters Encapsulated in Silicalite-1 for Complete Methane Oxidation

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Teng Li, Olga Safonova

Zeolite-supported metal catalysts are widely employed in a number of chemical processes, and the stability of the catalytically active species is one of the most critical factors determining the reaction performance. A good example is the Pd/zeolite cataly ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Unified analysis of topological defects in 2D systems of active and passive disks

Ignacio Pagonabarraga Mora, Pasquale Digregorio

We provide a comprehensive quantitative analysis of localized and extended topological defects in the steady state of 2D passive and active repulsive Brownian disk systems. We show that, both in and out-of-equilibrium, the passage from the solid to the hex ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Transport signatures of temperature-induced chemical potential shift and Lifshitz transition in layered type-II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4

Oleg Yazyev, Quansheng Wu, Meng Yang

Temperature-induced Lifshitz transitions have been identified in several materials. Their chemical potential shows a substantial shift with changing temperature. The common feature of these materials is the coexistence of electron and hole pockets in the v ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

Parietal Structures of Escherichia coli Can Impact the D-Cateslytin Antibacterial Activity

Georg Fantner, Oliver Peric

Bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics is of major concern. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered excellent alternatives. Among them, D-cateslytin (D-Ctl, derivative of a host defense peptide) has shown high efficiency against a broad spec ...

2020

Electrochemical and morphological engineering of 2D materials for nanopore sensing

Martina Lihter

Nanopores are nanometer-sized holes that were initially proposed for DNA sequencing. Several years ago sequencing was made possible with biological nanopores. However, solid-state nanopores have plenty of advantages to offer compared to their biological co ...

EPFL2020

Probing Substrate Scope with Molecular Volcanoes

Matthew Wodrich, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Boodsarin Sawatlon

Molecular volcano plots, a tool generally used to identify ideal catalysts for a given chemical transformation, are employed in an alternative fashion to examine the substrate scope by revealing the range of substrates that can be accommodated by a single ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020