Photo-catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane over TiO2: A novel interpretation of temperature dependent performance

The rate of cyclohexane photo-catalytic oxidation to cyclohexanone over anatase TiO2 was studied at temperatures between 23 and 60ºC by in situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, and the kinetic parameters were estimated using a microkinetic model. At low temperatures, surface cyclohexanone formation is limited by cyclohexane adsorption due to unfavorable...

How Gold Deposition Affects Anatase Performance in the Photo-catalytic Oxidation of Cyclohexane

Gold deposition on Hombikat UV100 was found to negatively affect the activity of this Anatase catalyst in selective photo-oxidation of cyclohexane. By ammonia TPD and DRIFT spectroscopy it was determined that the Au deposition procedure leads to a significant decrease in OH-group density (mol m?2 BET) on Hombikat, suggesting that the amount of...

Enabling Electrocatalytic Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide Over Copper-based Electrodes

We report on the discovery that paraffins and olefins up to C6 hydrocarbons can be obtained in CO2 electroreduction at room temperature and atmospheric pressure by application of a commercially available Cu-electrode (Eurofysica), provided pretreatment by electropolishing is avoided. The product distribution follows the Schultz–Flory...