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Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure

2024

  1. Dao, Vandung; Choi, Hyuk; Yadav, Sunny; Jimenez, Juan D.; Kim, Chiyeop; Van Nguyen, Tuan; Chen, Kai; Uthirakumar, Periyayya; Van Le, Quyet; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Kim, Hyun You; Lee, In-Hwan (2024). LaCeOx coupled N-doped graphene/Ru single-atoms as a binary-site catalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution based on hydrogen spillover. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 343, 123452 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123452
  2. Shi, R; Ramirez, P; Rosales, R; Mahapatra, M; Rui, N; Rodriguez, J (2024). CsOx Nanostructures on Au(111): Morphology- and Size-dependent Activity for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c08190
  3. Porter, William N.; Mera, Hilda A.; Liao, Wenjie; Lin, Zhexi; Liu, Ping; Kitchin, John R.; Chen, Jingguang G. (2024). Controlling Bond Scission Pathways of Isopropanol on Fe- and Pt-Modified Mo2N Model Surfaces and Powder Catalysts. ACS Catalysis, 14(3), 1653-1662 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04700

2023

  1. Mehar, V; Liao, W; Mahapatra, M; Shi, R; Lim, H; Barba-Nieto, I; Hunt, A; Waluyo, I; Liu, P; Rodriguez, J (2023). Morphology Dependent Reactivity of CsOx Nanostructures on Au(111): Binding and Hydrogenation of CO2 to HCOOH. ACS Nano https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c08324
  2. Moncada, J; Chen, X; Deng, K; Wang, Y; Xu, W; Marinkovic, N; Zhou, G; Martinez-Arias, A; Rodriguez, J (2023). Structural and Chemical Evolution of an Inverse CeOx/Cu Catalyst under CO2 Hydrogenation: Tunning Oxide Morphology to Improve Activity and Selectivity. ACS Catalysis, 13, 15248-15258 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04222
  3. Zhai, Peng; Xie, Zhenhua; Huang, Erwei; Aireddy, Divakar R.; Yu, Haoran; Cullen, David A.; Liu, Ping; Chen, Jingguang G.; Ding, Kunlun (2023). CO2-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of propane enabled by Pt-based bimetallic catalysts. Chem, 9(11), 3268-3285 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.07.002
  4. Li, Hongyu; Zhang, Hong; Wang, Xuelong; Nuzzo, Ralph G.; Frenkel, Anatoly I.; Liu, Ping; Gersappe, Dilip (2023). Revealing Intermetallic Active Sites of PtNi Nanocatalysts for Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(45), 22067-22075 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05655
  5. Lin, Yu-Chung; Liu, Xiaoyang; Onghai, Gavin; Raut, Aniket; Fang, Yiwei; Yin, Yifan; Fu, Shi; Fang, Haoyan; Feng, Kuan-Che; Wang, Xuelong; Liu, Ping; Li, Tai-De; Sokolov, Jonathan; Rafailovich, Miriam (2023). Determination of the Interfacial Energy between Graphene Nanoplatelets and Deuterated or Hydrogenated Polystyrene. Macromolecules, 56(19), 8039-8046 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00982
  6. Rodriguez, J; Jimenez-Orozco, C; Florez, E; Viñes, F; Illas, F (2023). C1 Chemistry on Metal Carbide Nanoparticles: Boosting the Conversion of CO2 and CH4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(34), 16764-16780 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04541
  7. Huang, Erwei; Liu, Ping (2023). Theoretical Perspective of Promoting Direct Methane-to-Methanol Conversion at Complex Metal Oxide-Metal Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(29), 6556-6563 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01525
  8. Mehar, V; Huang, E; Shi, R; Rui, N; Rosales, R; Waluyo, I; Hunt, A; Liu, P; Rodriguez, J (2023). Microscopic Investigation of H2 Reduced CuOx/Cu(111) and ZnO/CuOx/Cu(111) Inverse Catalysts: STM, AP-XPS, and DFT Studies. ACS Catalysis, 13(14), 9857-9870 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c02514
  9. Danielis, Maila; Jiménez, Juan D.; Rui, Ning; Moncada, Jorge; Betancourt, Luis E.; Trovarelli, Alessandro; Rodriguez, José A.; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Colussi, Sara (2023). Tuning the hydrogenation of CO2 to CH4 over mechano-chemically prepared palladium supported on ceria. Applied Catalysis A: General, 660, 119185 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119185
  10. Ke, Wang; Qin, Xiangdong; Palomino, Robert M; Simonovis, Juan Pablo; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Rodriguez, José A.; Zaera, Francisco (2023). Redox Properties of TiO2 Thin Films Grown on Mesoporous Silica by Atomic Layer Deposition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14(20), 4696-4703 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00834
  11. Jimenez-Orozco, C; Florez, E; Rodriguez, J (2023). The α‐WC(0001) Surface as a Hydrogen Sponge: A First Principle Study of H2 Dissociation and Formation of Low and High Coverages. ChemCatChem, 1-10 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202300165
  12. Zhang, Shengbo; Hu, Qikun; Zhang, Yu-Xiao; Guo, Haoyue; Wu, Yanfen; Sun, Mingze; Zhu, Xingsong; Zhang, Jiangang; Gong, Shuyan; Liu, Ping; Niu, Zhiqiang (2023). Depolymerization of polyesters by a binuclear catalyst for plastic recycling. Nature Sustainability https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01118-4
  13. Jimenez-Orozco, C; Florez, E; Viñes, F; Rodriguez, J; Illas, F (2023). On the Ethylene Hydrogenation Molecular Mechanism on MoCy Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(16), 7666-7673 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00435
  14. Lavroll, Robert H.; Wang, Jason; White, Michael G.; Sautet, Philippe; Alexandrova, Anastassia N. (2023). Mechanism of Stoichiometrically Governed Titanium Oxide Brownian Tree Formation on Stepped Au(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(17), 8030-8040 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00715
  15. Huang, Erwei; Rui, Ning; Rosales, Rina; Liu, Ping; Rodriguez, José A. (2023). Activation and Conversion of Methane to Syngas over ZrO2/Cu(111) Catalysts near Room Temperature. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(15), 8326-8331 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c01980
  16. Rui, N.; Wang, X.; Deng, K.; Moncada, J.; Rosales, R.; Zhang, F.; Xu, W.; Waluyo, I.; Hunt, A.; Stavitski, E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A. (2023). Atomic Structural Origin of the High Methanol Selectivity over In2O3-Metal Interfaces: Metal-Support Interactions and the Formation of a InOx Overlayer in Ru/In2O3 Catalysts during CO2 Hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis, 13(5), 3187-3200 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c06029
  17. Li, J.; Huang, P.; Guo, F.; Huang, J.; Xiang, S.; Yang, K.; Deskins, N. A.; Batista, V. S.; Li, G.; Frenkel, A. I. (2023). X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of a Molecular CO2-Reduction Catalyst Deposited on Graphitic Carbon Nitride. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(7), 3626-3633 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08587
  18. Marcos, F. C. F.; Alvim, R. S.; Lin, L.; Betancourt, L. E.; Petrolini, D. D.; Senanayake, S. D.; Alves, R. M. B.; Assaf, J. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Giudici, R.; Assaf, E. M. (2023). The role of copper crystallization and segregation toward enhanced methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation over CuZrO2 catalysts: A combined experimental and computational study. Chemical Engineering Journal, 452, Article 139159 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.139519
  19. Biswas, A. N.; Winter, L. R.; Xie, Z.; Chen, J. G. (2023). Utilizing CO2 as a Reactant for C3 Oxygenate Production via Tandem Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society Au, 3(2), 293-305 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00533
  20. Gong, Q.; Zhang, H.; Yu, H.; Jeon, S.; Ren, Y.; Yang, Z.; Sun, C.-J.; Stach, E. A.; Foucher, A. C.; Yu, Y.; Smart, M.; Filippelli, G. M.; Cullen, D. A.; Liu, P.; Xie, J. (2023). Amino-tethering synthesis strategy toward highly accessible sub-3-nm L10-PtM catalysts for high-power fuel cells. Matter, 6(3), 963-982 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.12.011
  21. Liang, W.; Wang, X.; Yang, W.; Zhao, S.; Wiley, D.; Haynes, B. S.; Jiang, Y.; Liu, P.; Huang, J. (2023). Tailoring and Identifying Brønsted Acid Sites on Metal Oxo-Clusters of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Transformation. ACS Central Science, 9(1), 27-35 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c01140

2022

  • Effect of nanostructuring on the interaction of CO2with molybdenum carbide nanoparticles. Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Figueras, M.; Florez, E.; Viñes, F.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Illas, F. Chem. Chem. Phys.,2022, 24, 16556-16565. DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01143C
  • Au and Pt Remain Unoxidized on a CeO2-Based Catalyst during the Water–Gas Shift Reaction, Reina, TR; Gonzalez-Castaño, M.; Lopez-Flores, V.; Martinez, L.M.; Zitolo, T.A.; Ivanova, S.; Xu, W.; Centeno, M.A.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Odriozola, J.A. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, 144, 446-453. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10481
  • Lithium-Ion Battery Materials as Tunable, “Redox Non-Innocent” Catalyst Supports. Chapovetsky, A.; Kennedy, R.; Witzke, R.; Wegener, E.; Dogan, F.; Patel, P.; Ferrandon, M.; Niklas, J.; Poluektov, O.; Rui, N.; Senanayake, S.; Rodriguez, J.; Zaluzec, N.; Yu, L.; Wen, J.; Johnson, C.; Jenks, C.; Kropf, A.; Liu, C.; Delferro, M.; Kaphan, D. ACS Catal.2022, 12, 7233–7242. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00935
  • Effect of Operating Parameters on H2/CO2 Conversion to Methanol over Cu-Zn Oxide Supported on ZrO2 Polymorph Catalysts: Characterization and Kinetics. Marcos, F. C. F.; Cavalcanti, F. M.; Petrolini, D. D.; Lin, L.; Betancourt, L. E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Assaf, J. M.; Giudici, R.; Assaf, E. M. Eng. J.2022, 427, 130947. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130947
  • Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy and Temperature-Programmed Desorption Studies of CO Adsorption on Ni/CeO2 (111) Thin Films: The Role of the Ceria Support . Peterson, E. W.; Wang, H.; Liu, Z.; Ara, T.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Vac. Sci. Technol. A2022, 40, 013209. DOI: 10.1116/6.0001409
  • Reaction-Driven Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Formic Acid on Pd(111), H. Zhang, X. Wang, P. Liu, Chem. Chem. Phys.2022, 24, 16997-17003. DOI:10.1039/D2CP01971J
  • Carbon Nanosphere-Encapsulated Fe Core − Shell Structures for Catalytic CO2 Weber, D.; Rui, N.; Zhang, F.; Zhang, H.; Vovchok, D.; Wildy, M.; Arizapana, K.; Saporita, A.; Zhang, J. Z.; Senanayake, S. D.; Lu, P.; Zhang, C. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 11605-11616 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c02602
  • Highly Selective Methane to Methanol Conversion on SnO2/Cu2O/Cu(111) Catalysts: Unique Properties of SnO2 Nanostructures and the Inhibition of the Direct Oxidative Combustion of Methane, E. Huang, N. Rui, R. Rosales, J. Kang, S. Nemšák, S. D. Senanayake, J. A. Rodriguez, P. Liu, ACS Catal.2022, 12, 11253–11262. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c03060.
  • CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Inverse ZrO2/Cu(111) Catalysts: The Fate of Methoxy under Dry and Wet Conditions, N. Rui, E. Huang, J. Kim, V. Mehar, R. Shi, R. Rosales, Y. Tian, A. Hunt, I. Waluyo, S. Senanayake, P. Liu, J. A. Rodriguez, Phys. Chem. C. 126, 4479–14486 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03723
  • The Interaction of K and O2 on Au(111): Multiple Growth Modes of Potassium Oxide and Their Catalytic Activity for CO Oxidation, R. Shi, W. Liao, P. J. Ramirez, I. Orozco, M. Mahapatra, J. Kang, A. Hunt, I. Waluyo, S. Senanayake, P. Liu, J. Rodriguez, Chem. Int. Ed., e202208666 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208666
  • Mechanistic Investigations of Gas-Phase Catalytic Hydrogenation in Metal − Organic Frameworks: Cooperative Activity of the Metal and Linker Sites in CuxRh3–x(BTC)2. Chen, D. A.; Jimenez, J. D.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stetzler, J. P.; Shakya, D. M.; Mccarver, G. A.; Rajeshkumar, T.; Vogiatzis, K. D.; Mathur, A.; Shustova, N. B.; Myrick, M. L.; Metavarayuth, K.; Royko, M. M.; Lauterbach, J.; Tate, G. L.; Monnier, J. R. J . Phys. Chem. C2022, 126, 11553–11565. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02592
  • Tuning Selectivity in the Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol: Bimetallic Synergistic Effects on the Cleavage of C–H and O–H Bonds over NiCu/CeO2 Lustemberg, P.; Senanayake, S.; Rodriguez, J.; Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V. J. Phys. Chem. Lett.2022, 13, 5589–5596. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00885
  • Utilizing Bimetallic Catalysts to Mitigate Coke Formation in Dry Reforming of Methane. Sasson Bitters, J.; He, T.; Nestler, E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Chen, J. G.; Zhang, C. Energy Chem.2022, 68, 124–142. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2021.11.041
  • Trends and Descriptors of Heterogeneous Hydroformylation Activity and Selectivity of RhM3 (M = Fe, Co Ni, Cu and Zn) Catalysts, Z. Mao, H. Guo, Z. Xie, P. Liu, J. G. Chen, Sci. Tech.12, 4988-4992 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2CY00821A
  • Understanding the Surface Structure and Catalytic Activity of SnOx/Au(111) Inverse Catalysts for CO2 and H2 Kang, J.; Rui, N.; Rosales, R.; Tian, Y.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. J. Phys. Chem. C2022, 126, 10, 4862–4870. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00138
  • In Situ Studies of Methane Activation Using Synchrotron-Based Techniques: Guiding the Conversion of C-H Bonds. Rodriguez, J. A.; Rui, N.; Zhang, F.; Senanayake, S. D. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 9, 5470–5488. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00941
  • Catalytic Tandem CO2–Ethane Reactions and Hydroformylation for C3 Oxygenate Production, Z. Xie, H. Guo, Z. Mao, X. Chen, P. Liu, J. Chen, ACS Catal.2022, 12, 14, 8279-8290. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01700
  • Enhanced Descriptor Identification and Mechanism Understanding for Catalytic Activity using Data-Driven Framework: Revealing the Importance of Interactions between Elementary Steps, W. Liao, P. Liu, Sci. Tech.2022, 12, 3836–3845. DOI: 10.1039/D2CY00284A
  • Investigating the Elusive Nature of Atomic O from CO2 Dissociation on Pd(111): The Role of Surface Hydrogen, J. Simonovis, H. Zhang, N. Rui, A. Hunt, I. Orozco, P. Liu, S. Senanayake, J. A. Rodriguez, I. Waluyo, Phys. Chem. C. 2022, 126, 18, 7870–7879. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00976
  • General Descriptors for CO2-Assisted Selective C─H/C─C Bond Scission in Ethane, Z. Xie, X. Wang, X. Chen, P. Liu, J. G. Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022, 144, 9, 4186–4195. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13415
  • Enhanced Oxide Reduction by Hydrogen at Cuprous Oxide-Copper Interfaces near Ascending Step Edges, Xu, F.; An, W.; Baber, A. E.; Grinter, D.; White, M. G.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. J. J. Phys. Chem. C2022, 126, 18645-18651. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03719
  • Identification of Highly Selective Surface Pathways for Methane Dry Reforming using Mechano-Chemical Synthesis of Pd-CeO2, Jiménez, J. D.; Betancourt, L. E.; Danielis, M.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, F.; Orozco, I.; Xu, W.; Llorca, J.; Liu, P.; Trovarelli, A. Rodríguez, J. A.; Colussi, S. Senanayake, S. D., ACS Catal.  2022, 12, 12809–12822. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c01120

2021

  • “Highly Active Ni/CeO2 Catalyst for CO2 Methanation: Preparation and Characterization.” Rui, X. Zhang, F. Zhang, Z. Liu, X. Cao, Z. Xie, R. Zou, S.D. Senanayake, Y. Yang, J.A. Rodriguez, J. A. and C.-J. Liu, Appl. Catal. B Environ. 282 (2021) 119581. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119581
  • “Not All Platinum Surfaces are the Same: Effect of the Support on Fundamental Properties of Platinum Adlayer and its Implications for the Activity toward the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, A, A. Koverga, E Flórez, C. Jimenez-Orozco and J. A. Rodriguez, Electrochimica Acta, 368 (2021) 137598. DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137598
  • “Metal-support Interactions and C1 Chemistry: Transforming Pt-CeO2 into a Highly Active and Stable Catalyst for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Methane”, Zhang, R. A. Gutiérrez, P.G. Lustemberg, Z, Liu, N. Rui, T. Wu, P. J. Ramírez, W. Xu, H. Idriss, M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, S. D. Senanayake, and J. A. Rodriguez, ACS Catal. 11 (2021) 1613. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c04694
  • “Rationalization of Promoted Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction by Pt3Ni Alloy: Essential Contribution from Ensemble Effect”, H. Zhang, X. Wang, A. Frenkel, P. Liu, J. Chem. Phys. 154 (2021) 014702. DOI:10.1063/5.0037886
  • “In-Situ Studies of Methanol Decomposition Over Cu(111) and Cu2O/Cu(111): Effects of Reactant Pressure, Surface Morphology and Hot Spots of Active Sites“, I. Orozco, E. Huang, M. Mahapatra, R. Shi, J. Kang, S. Nemšák, S. D. Senanayake, P. Liu, J. A. Rodríguez, Phys. Chem. C 125 (2021) 558. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09572
  • “Methane Oxidation Activity and Nanoscale Characterization of Pd/CeO2 Catalysts Prepared by Dry Milling Pd Acetate and Ceria”, M. Danielis, L.E. Betancourt, I. Orozco, N.J. Divins, J. Llorca, J.A. Rodríguez, S.D. Senanayake, S. Colussi, and A. Trovarelli, Appl. B Environ. 282 (2021) 119567. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119567
  • “Dynamic Structure of Active Sites in Ceria-Supported Pt Catalysts for the Water Gas Shift Reaction.”, Li, Y.; Kottwitz, M.; Vincent, J. L.; Enright, M. J.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, L.; Huang, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Yang, W.-C. D.; Crozier, P. A.; et al. Commun., 12 (1), (2021) 1–9. DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-21132-4
  • “Growth, Sintering, and Chemical States of Co Supported on Reducible CeO2(111) Thin Films: The Effects of the Metal Coverage and the Nature of the Support.”, Zhou, J.; Du, L.; Braedt, D. L.; Miao, J.; Senanayake, S. D. Chem. Phys.154, (2021), (4). DOI: 10.1063/5.0036952
  • “Substoichiometric Tuning of the Electronic Properties of Titania”, Bell, C. N.; Lee, D. C.; Drexler, M. N.; Rouleau, C. M.; Sasaki, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Williams, M. D.; Alamgir, F. M.. Thin Solid Films 2021, 717, (2021), 138437. DOI:10.1016/j.tsf.2020.138437

2020

  • “Synchrotron Consortia for Catalysis and Electrocatalysis Research”, A. Frenkel, J.A. Rodriguez and J.G. Chen, Synchrotron Radiation News, 33 (2020) 2. DOI:10.1080/08940886.2020.1701366
  • “Structure and Chemical State of Cesium on Well-Defined Cu(111) and Cu2O/Cu(111) Surfaces“, C. E. Hamlyn, M. Mahapatra, I. Orozco, I. Waluyo, A. Hunt, J. A. Rodriguez, M. G. White, and S. D. Senanayake, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124 (2020) 3107. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10608
  • “Water-promoted interfacial pathways in methane oxidation to methanol on a CeO2-Cu2O catalyst”, Z. Liu, E. Huang, I. Orozco, W. Liao, R. M. Palomino, N. Rui, T. Duchon, S. Nemsak, D. Grinter, M. Mahapatra, P. Liu, J. A. Rodriguez, S. D. Senanayake, Science 368 (2020) 513. DOI: 10.1126/science.aba5005
  • “Low Temperature Activation of Methane on Metal-Oxide and Complex Interfaces: Insights from Surface Science” S.D. Senanayake, J.A. Rodriguez and J. Weaver, Accounts of Chem. Res. 53 (2020) 1488. DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00194
  • “Effects of Zr Doping into Ceria for the Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni/CeZrO2 Catalysts: In Situ Studies with XRD, XAFS, and AP-XPS.” Zhang, Z. Liu, X. Chen, N. Rui, L.E. Betancourt, L. Lin, W. Xu, C. Sun, A. Milinda Abeykoon, J.A. Rodriguez, and S.D. Senanayake. ACS Catal. 10 (2020) 3274. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b04451
  • “Growth and structural studies of In/Au(111) alloys and InOx/Au(111) inverse oxide/metal model catalysts” Kang, M. Mahapatra, N. Rui, I. Orozco, R. Shi, S.D. Senanayake, and J.A. Rodriguez, J. Chem. Phys. 152 (2020) 054702. DOI:10.1063/1.5139237
  • “Structure and Chemical State of Cesium on Well-Defined Cu(111) and Cu2O/Cu(111) Surfaces”, R.C. Hamlyn, M. Mahapatra, I. Orozco, I. Waluyo, A. Hunt, J.A. Rodriguez, M.G. White, and S.D. Senanayake, J. Phys. Chem. C 124 (2020) 3107. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10608
  • “Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol on a Au+-In2O3-x Catalyst”, N. Rui, F. Zhang, K. Sun, Z. Liu, W. Xu, E. Stavitski, S. D. Senanayake, J. A. Rodriguez, and C.-J. Liu, ACS Catal. 10 (2020) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c02120
  • “Boosting the Activity of Transition Metal Carbides towards Methane Activation by Nanostructuring”, Figueras, R.A. Gutierrez, H. Prats, F. Viñes, P.J. Ramirez, F. Illas and J.A. Rodriguez, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 7110. DOI:10.1039/D0CP00228C
  • “Optimized Microwave-based Synthesis of Thermally-Stable Inverse Catalytic Core-Shell Motifs for CO2 Hydrogenation”, K.L. Salvatore, K. Deng, S. Yue, S. McGuire, J.A. Rodriguez, and S.W. Wong, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (2020) DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c06430
  • “Promoting Effect of Tungsten Carbide on Catalytic Activity of Cu for CO2 Reduction”, A.A. Koverga, E. Florez, L. Dorkis and J.A. Rodriguez, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 13666. DOI:10.1039/D0CP00358A
  • “Morphology and Chemical Behavior of Model CsOx/Cu2O/Cu(111) Nanocatalysts for Methanol Synthesis: Reaction with CO2 and H2”, Hamlyn, M. Mahapatra, I. Orozco, A. Hunt, I. Waluyo, M. G. White, S. D. Senanayake and J. Rodriguez, J. Chem. Phys. 152 (2020) 044701. DOI:10.1063/1.5129152
  • “Insights into the Methanol Synthesis Mechanism via CO2 Hydrogenation over Cu-ZnO-ZrO2 Catalysts: Effects of Surfactant/Cu-Zn-Zr Molar Ratio”, C. F. Marcos, L. Linb, L. E. Betancourt, S. D. Senanayake, J. A. Rodriguez, J. M. Assaf, R. Giudici, and E. M. Assaf, Journal of CO2 Utilization, 41 (2020) 101215. DOI:10.1016/j.jcou.2020.101215
  • “Critical Hydrogen Coverage Effect on the Hydrogenation of Ethylene Catalyzed by δ-MoC (001): An Ab Initio Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study”, C. Jimenez-Orozco, E. Florez, F. Viñes, J.A. Rodriguez, F. Illas, ACS Catalysis. 10 (2020) 6213. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c00144
  • “Preparation and Structural Characterization of ZrO2/CuOx/Cu(111) Inverse Model Catalysts”, R. Shi, M. Mahapatra, J. Kang, I. Orozco, S.D. Senanayake and J. A. Rodriguez, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124 (2020) 10502. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00852
  • “Supported Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles as Hot Hydrogen Reservoirs for Catalytic Applications”, M. Figueras, R.A. Gutierrez, F. Viñes, P.J. Ramirez, J.A. Rodriguez and F.Illas, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11 (2020) 8437. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02608
  • “Deciphering Dynamic Structural and Mechanistic Complexity in Cu/CeO2/ZSM-5 Catalysts for the Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction”, D. Vovchok, C. Zhang, S. Hwang,L.Y. Jiao, F. Zhang, Z.Y. Liu, S.D. Senanayake, and J.A. Rodriguez, ACS Catal. 10 (2020) 10216. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c01584
  • “Studies of CO2 Hydrogenation over Cobalt/Ceria Catalysts with In-situ Characterization: The Effect of Cobalt Loading and Metal-Support Interactions on the Catalytic Activity”, K. Deng, L. Lin, N. Rui, D. Vovchok, F. Zhang, S. Zhang, S.D. Senanayake, T. Kim, and J. A. Rodriguez, Catal. Sci. & Technol. 10 (2020) 6468. DOI:10.1039/D0CY00962H
  • “Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Hydrogenation over a Potassium-Promoted CuxO/Cu(111) (x ≤ 2) Model Surface: Rationalizing the Potential of Potassium in Catalysis”, Liao and P. Liu, ACS Catal. 10 (2020) 5383. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b05226
  • “In Situ Characterization of Metal/Oxide Catalysts for CO2 Conversion: From Fundamental Aspects to Real Catalyst Design”, M. Mahapatra, L.E. Betancourt, Z. Liu, D. Vovchok, J.P. Simonovis, J. A. Rodriguez, and S.D. Senanayake, In: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Applications (Edited by Tomas R. Reina and Jose A. Odriozola), chapter 13, pages 431-458, Royal Society of Chemistry (2020). DOI:10.1039/9781788019576-00431
  • “Activation of Gold on Metal Carbides: Novel Catalysts for C1 Chemistry”, J.A. Rodriguez, Frontiers in Chemistry, 7 (2020) 1. DOI:3389/fchem.2019.00875
  • “Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ni Nanoparticles Supported on the TiC(001) Surface”, P. Lozano-Reis, R. Sayos, J.A. Rodriguez, F. Illas, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 26145. DOI:10.1039/D0CP04884D
  • “Inverse ZrO2/Cu as a Highly Efficient Methanol Synthesis Catalyst from CO2 Hydrogenation”, Wu, L. Lin, J. Liu, J. Zhang, F. Zhang, T. Zhou, N. Rui, S. Yao, Y. Deng, F. Yang, W. Xu, J. Luo, Y. Zhao, B. Yan, X. Wen, J. A. Rodriguez, and Ding Ma, Nature Communications, 11 (2020) 5767. DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-19634-8
  • “Nucleation and Initial Stages of Growth During the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of Titanium Oxide on Mesoporous Silica”, W. Ke, Y. Liu, X. Wang, X. Qin, L. Chen, R. Palomino, J. P. Simonovis, I. Lee, J. A. Rodriguez, A. I. Frenkel, P. Liu, F. Zaera, Nano Lett. 20 (2020) 6884. DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02990
  • “In Situ Structural Study of Manganese and Iron Oxide Promoted Rhodium Catalysts for Oxygenate Synthesis”, Carrillo, P.; Shi, R.; Senanayake, S. D.; White, M. G.. Catal. A Gen.608 (2020) 117845. DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117845

2019

  • Liu, Z.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. Chapter 5 - Catalysts for the Steam Reforming of Ethanol and Other Alcohols. In Ethanol; Basile, A., Iulianelli, A., Dalena, F., Veziroğlu, T. N., Eds.; Elsevier, 2019; pp 133–158 (invited).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Zhang, F.; Liu, Z.; Senanayake, S. D. Methane Activation and Conversion on Well-Defined Metal-Oxide Surfaces: In Situ Studies with Synchrotron-Based Techniques. In Catalysis: Volume 31; The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019; Vol. 31, pp 198–215 (invited).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A. Preface: Virtual Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Jan Hrbek. Sci. 2019, 680, A1.
  • Waluyo, I.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Xu, F.; An, W.; Liu, P.; Boscoboinik, J. A.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Stacchiola, D. J. “Potassium-Promoted Reduction of Cu2O/Cu(111) by CO”, Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 8057-8066
  • Flege, J. I.; Hocker, J.; Sadowski, J. T.; Senanayake, S. D.; Falta, J. Nucleation, Morphology, and Structure of Sub-Nm Thin Ceria Islands on Rh(111). Interface Anal. 2019, 51, 110–114.
  • Prats, H.; Posada-Perez, S.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Sayos, R.; Illas, F. Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations Unveil Synergic Effects at Work on Bifunctional Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 9117-9126.
  • Simonovis, J. P.; Hunt, A.; Senanayake, S. D.; Waluyo, I. Subtle and Reversible Interactions of Ambient Pressure H2 with Pt/Cu(111) Single-Atom Alloy Surfaces. Sci. 2019, 679, 207–213.
  • Koverga, A.A.; Florez, E.; Dorkis, L.; Rodriguez, J.A. CO, CO2, and H2 Interactions with (0001) and (001) Tungsten Carbide Surfaces: Importance of Carbon and Metal Sites, Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 8871-8876.
  • Liu, Z. et al, Highly Active Ceria-Supported Ru Catalyst for the Dry Reforming of Methane: In Situ Identification of Ruδ+–Ce3+ Interactions for Enhanced Conversion, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 3349-3359.
  • Lin, L.; Yao, S.; Rui, N.; Han, L.; Zhang, F.; Gerlak, C. A.; Liu, Z.; Cen, J.; Song, L.; Senanayake, S. D.; et al. Conversion of CO2 on a Highly Active and Stable Cu/FeOx/CeO2 Catalyst: Tuning Catalytic Performance by Oxide-Oxide Interactions. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9, 3735-3742.
  • Prats, H.; Gutierrez, R.A.; Piñero, J.J.; Viñes, F.; Bromley, S.T.; Ramirez, P.J.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Illas, F. R. Room Temperature Methane Capture and Activation by Ni Clusters Supported on TiC(001): Effects of Metal–Carbide Interactions on the Cleavage of the C–H Bond. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5303-5313.
  • Yao, S.; Lin, L.; Liao, W.; Li, N.; Rui, N.; Liu, Z.; Cen, J.; Zhang, F.; Su, D.; Senanayake, S.; Liu, P.; Ma, D.; Chen, J.G.; Rodriguez, A. Exploring Metal–Support Interactions to Immobilize Subnanometer Co Clusters on γ–Mo2N: A Highly Selective and Stable Catalyst for CO2 Activation, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 9087-9097.
  • Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Florez, E.; Moreno, A.; Rodriguez, J.A. Metal Carbide Surfaces as Catalysts for Olefin and Alkyne Conversion: Binding and Hydrogenation of Ethylidine, Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2019, 1247, 012003.
  • Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Florez, E.; Montoya, A.; Rodriguez, J.A. Binding and Activation of Ethylene on Tungsten Carbide and Platinum Surfaces, Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 17332-17336.
  • Orozco, I.; Huang, E.; Gutiérrez, R.A.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, F.; Mahapatra, M.; Kang, J.; Kersell, H.; Nemsak, S.; Ramírez, P.J.; Senanayake, S.D.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J.A. Hydroxylation of ZnO/Cu(1 1 1) Inverse Catalysts under Ambient Water Vapor and the Water–gas Shift Reaction, Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2019, 52, 454001.
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Remesal, E. R.; Ramírez, P. J.; Orozco, I.; Liu, Z.; Graciani, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Sanz, J. F. Water-Gas Shift Reaction on K/Cu(111) and Cu/K/TiO2(110) Surfaces: Alkali Promotion of Water Dissociation and Production of H2. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (12), 10751.
  • Vovchok, D.; Tata, J.; Orozco, I.; Zhang, F.; Palomino, R. M.; Xu, W. Q.; Harper, L.; Khatib, S. J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D. Location and Chemical Speciation of Cu in ZSM-5 during the Water-Gas Shift Reaction. Today 2019, 323, 216–224.
  • Qi, K.; Cui, X.;  Gu, L.;  Yu, S.;  Fan, X.;  Luo, M.;  Xu, S.;  Li, N.;  Zheng, L.;  Zhang, Q.;  Ma, J.;  Gong, Y.;  Lv, F.;  Wang, K.;  Huang, H.;  Zhang, W.;  Guo, S.;  Zheng, W.; Liu, P. Single-Atom Cobalt Array Bound to Distorted 1T-MoS2 with Ensemble Effect for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis”, Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 5231.
  • Shakya, D. M.; Ejegbavwo, O. A.; Rajeshkumar, T.; Senanayake, S. D.; Brandt, A. J.; Farzandh, S.; Acharya, N.; Ebrahim, A. M.; Frenkel, A. I.; Rui, N.; et al. Selective Catalytic Chemistry at Rhodium(II) Nodes in Bimetallic Metal–Organic Frameworks. Chemie 2019, 131 (46), 16685.
  • Kottwitz, M.; Li, Y.; Palomino, R. M.; Liu, Z.; Wang, G.; Wu, Q.; Huang, J.; Timoshenko, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Balasubramanian, M. Local Structure and Electronic State of Atomically Dispersed Pt Supported on Nanosized CeO2. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (9), 8738.
  • Kettner, M.; Duchoň, T.; Wolf, M. J.; Kullgren, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Hermansson, K.; Veltruská, K.; Nehasil, V. Anion-Mediated Electronic Effects in Reducible Oxides: Tuning the Valence Band of Ceria via Fluorine Doping. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151 (4), 44701.
  • Tian, Y.; M. Plonka, A.; M. Ebrahim, A.; M. Palomino, R.; D. Senanayake, S.; Balboa, A.; O. Gordon, W.; Troya, D.; G. Musaev, D.; R. Morris, J.; et al. Correlated Multimodal Approach Reveals Key Details of Nerve-Agent Decomposition by Single-Site Zr-Based Polyoxometalates. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10 (9), 2295–2299.
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Burrell, A. K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Idriss, H. XPS and NEXAFS Study of the Reactions of Acetic Acid and Acetaldehyde over UO2(100) Thin Film. Sci. 2019, 680, 107–112.
  • Flege, J. I.; Höcker, J.; Sadowski, J. T.; Senanayake, S. D.; Falta, J. Nucleation, Morphology, and Structure of Sub‐nm Thin Ceria Islands on Rh (111). Interface Anal. 2019, 51 (1), 110–114.
  • Winter, L. R.; Chen, R.; Chen, X.; Chang, K.; Liu, Z.; Senanayake, S. D.; Ebrahim, A. M.; Chen, J. G. Elucidating the Roles of Metallic Ni and Oxygen Vacancies in CO2 Hydrogenation over Ni/CeO2 Using Isotope Exchange and in Situ Measurements. Catal. B Environ. 2019, 245, 360–366.
  • Zhang, H. T.; Liu, C.; Liu, P.; Hu, Y. H. Mo6S8-Based Single-Metal-Atom Catalysts for Direct Methane to Methanol Conversion, Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 024304. (invited).
  • Zhou, Z.; Liu, P.; Yang, F.; Bao, X. Interface-Confined Triangular FeOx Nanoclusters on Pt(111), Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 214704. (Invited).
  • Mahapatra, M.; Gutiérrez, R. A.; Kang, J.; Rui, N.; Hamlyn, R.; Liu, Z.; Orozco, I.; Ramírez, P. J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. The Behavior of Inverse Oxide/Metal Catalysts: CO Oxidation and Water-Gas Shift Reactions over ZnO/Cu(111) Surfaces. Sci. 2018, 681, 116–121.

2018

  • Palomino, R.M.; Ramirez, P.J.; Liu, et al, Hydrogenation of CO2 on ZnO/Cu(100) and ZnO/Cu(111) Catalysts: Role of Copper Structure and Metal-Oxide Interface in Methanol Synthesis, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 794-798.
  • Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Florez, E.; Moreno, A.; Liu P.; Rodriguez, J.A. Acetylene and Ethylene Adsorption on a β-Mo2C(100) Surface: A Periodic DFT Study on the Role of C- and Mo-terminations for Bonding and Hydrogenation Reactions, Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 19786-19791.
  • Rodriguez, J.A.; Grinter, D.C.; Ramírez, P.J. et al, High Activity of Au/K/TiO2(110) for CO Oxidation: Alkali Enhanced Dispersion of Au and Bonding of CO, Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 4324-4328.
  • Kunkel, C.; Viñes, F.; Ramírez, P.J.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Illas, F. Combining Theory and Experiment for Multitechnique Characterization of Activated CO2 on Transition Metal Carbide (001) Surfaces, Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 123, 7567-7576.
  • Vovchok, D.; Guild, C. J.;  Dissanayake, S.;  Llorca, J.;  Stavitski, E.;  Liu, Z.;  Palomino, R. M.;  Waluyo, I.;  Li, Y.;  Frenkel, A. I.;  Rodriguez, J. A.;  Suib, S. L.; Senanayake, S. D. Characterization of Mesoporous Co/CeO2 Catalysts for the High Temperature Water-Gas Shift, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 8998-9008.
  • Zhang, F.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, S. et al, In-situ Elucidation of the Active State of Co-CeO2 Catalysts in the Dry Reforming of Methane: The Important Role of the Reducible Oxide Support and Interactions with Cobalt, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 3550-3560.
  • Lin, L.; Yao, S.; Liu, Z.;  Zhang, F.;  Li, N.;  Vovchok, D.;  Martínez-Arias, A.;  Castañeda, R.;  Lin, J.;  Senanayake, S. D.;  Su, D.;  Ma, D.; Rodriguez, J. A. In-situ Characterization of Cu/CeO2 Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation: Morphological Effects of Nanostructured Ceria on the Catalytic Activity, Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 12934-12943.
  • Zuo, Z.; Liu, S.; Wang, Z.; Liu, C.; Huang, W.; Huang, J.; Liu, P. “Dry reforming of Methane on single site Ni/MgO catalysts: importance of site confinement”, ACS Catal., 2019, 8, 9821−9835.
  • Voychok, D.; Guild, C. J.; Llorca, J.; Palomino, R. M.; Waluyo, I.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Suib, S. L.; Senanayake, S. D. Structural and Chemical State of Doped and Impregnated Mesoporous Ni/CeO2 Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift. Catal. A Gen. 2018, 567, 1–11.
  • Zhang, F.; Yao, S.; Liu, Z.; Gutiérrez, R. A.; Vovchok, D.; Cen, J.; Xu, W.; Ramírez, P. J.; Kim, T.; Senanayake, S. D.; et al. Reaction of Methane with MOx/CeO2 (M = Fe, Ni, and Cu) Catalysts: In Situ Studies with Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 28739–28747.
  • Mahapatra, M.; Kang, J.; Ramírez, P. J.; Hamlyn, R.; Rui, N.; Liu, Z.; Orozco, I.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. Growth, Structure, and Catalytic Properties of ZnOx Grown on CuOx/Cu(111) Surfaces. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 26554–26562.
  • Piñero, J.J.; Ramírez, J.; Bromley,  S.T.;  Illas, F.; Viñes, F.;  Rodriguez, J.A. Diversity of Adsorbed Hydrogen on TiC (001) Surface at High Coverages, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 26554-26562.
  • Voychok, D.; Guild, C. J.; Llorca, J.; Palomino, R. M.; Waluyo, I.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Suib, S. L.; Senanayake, S. D. Structural and Chemical State of Doped and Impregnated Mesoporous Ni/CeO2 Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift. Catal. A Gen. 2018, 567, 1–11.
  • Liu, Z.; Yao, S.; Johnston-Peck, A.; Xu, W.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D. Methanol Steam Reforming over Ni-CeO2 model and Powder Catalysts: Pathways to High Stability and Selectivity for H2/CO2 production. Today 2018, 311 74-80.
  • Lei, W.; Mi, Y.;  Feng, R.;  Liu, P.;  Hu, S.;  Yu, J.;  Liu, X.;  Rodriguez, J. A.;  Wang, J.-o.;  Zheng, L.;  Tang, K.;  Zhu, S.;  Liu, G.; Liu, M. Hybrid 0D–2D Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots–Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution”, Nano Energy 2018, 50, 552-561.
  • Hsieh, Y.-C.; Betancourt, L. E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Hu, E.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, W.; Polyansky, D. E. Modification of CO2 Reduction Activity of Nanostructured Silver Electrocatalysts by Surface Halide Anions. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 2(1), 102-109.
  • Simonovis, J. P.; Hunt, A.; Palomino, R. M.; Senanayake, S. D.; Waluyo, I. Enhanced Stability of Pt-Cu Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts: In Situ Characterization of the Pt/Cu(111) Surface in an Ambient Pressure of CO. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (8), 4488-4495.
  • Zhu, J.; Usov, P. M.; Xu, W.; Celis-Salazar, P. J.; Lin, S.; Kessinger, M. C.; Landaverde-Alvarado, C.; Cai, M.; May, A. M.; Slebodnick, C.; et al. A New Class of Metal-Cyclam-Based Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Adsorption and Chemical Fixation. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (3), 993-1003.
  • Zhu, J.; Liu, J.; Machain, Y.; Bonnett, B.; Lin, S.; Cai, M.; Kessinger, M. C.; Usov, P. M.; Xu, W.; Senanayake, S. D.; et al. Insights into CO2 Adsorption and Chemical Fixation Properties of VPI-100 Metal–Organic Frameworks. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6 (44), 22195–22203.
  • Kattel, S.; Chen J. G.; Liu, P. Mechanistic Study of Dry Reforming of Ethane by CO2 on a Bimetallic PtNi(111) Model Surface”, Sci. Tech. 2018, 8, 3748 – 3758. (Cover art)
  • Zhao, B.; Yan, B.; Jiang, Z.; Yao, S.; Liu, Z.; Wu, Q.; Ran, R.; Senanayake, S. D.; Weng, D.; Chen, J. G. High Selectivity of CO2 hydrogenation to CO by Controlling the Valence State of Nickel Using Perovskite. Commun. 2018, 54 (53), 7354-7357.
  • Hamlyn, R.; Mahapatra, M.; Grinter, D.; Xu, F.; Luo, S.; Palomino, R.; Kattel, S.; Waluyo, I.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D.; Senanayake, S.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Imaging the Ordering of a Weakly Adsorbed Two-dimensional condensate: ambient-pressure microscopy and spectroscopy of CO2 molecules on rutile TiO2(110)”, Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 13122-13126.
  • Liu, S.; White, M.G.; Liu, P. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Ag(111) in Alkaline Solution: A Combined Density Functional Theory and Kinetic Monte Carlo Study, ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 540-549. (Cover art)
  • Liu, S.; Liu, P. Optimized Pt-based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solution: A First Principle Study, Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, J3090-J3094 (Invited).
  • Ma, Z.; Zhang, Y.;  Liu, S.;  Xu, W.;  Wu, L.;  Hsieh, Y.-C.;  Liu, P.;  Zhu, Y.;  Sasaki, K.;  Renner, J. N.;  Ayers, K. E.;  Adzic, R. R.; Wang, J. X. Reaction Mechanism for Oxygen Evolution on RuO2, IrO2, and RuO2@IrO2 Core-shell Nanocatalysts, Electroanal. Chem. 2018, 819, 296-305.
  • A. Kuttiyiel, S. Kattel, S. Cheng, J. H. Lee, L. Wu, Y. Zhu, G. Park, P. Liu, K. Sasaki, J. G. Chen, R. R. Adzic, “Au-doped stable L10 structured platinum cobalt ordered intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts for enhanced electrocatalysis”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 3771–3777.
  • Carrillo, P.; Shi, R.; Teeluck, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; White, M. G. In-Situ Formation of FeRh Nanoalloys for Oxygenate Synthesis. ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (8), 7279-7286.

2017

  • Kattel, S.; Ramirez, P.J.; Chen, J.G.; Rodriguez J.A.; Liu, P. Active Sites for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol on Cu/ZnO Catalysts, Science, 2017, 355, 1296-1299.
  • Rodriguez, J.A.; Grinter, D.C.; Liu, Z.; Palomino, R.M.; Senanayake, S.D. Ceria-based Model Catalysts: Fundamental Studies on the Importance of the Metal-Ceria Interface in CO oxidation, the Water-gas Shift, CO2 Hydrogenation, and Methane and Alcohol reforming, Soc. Reviews 2017, 46, 1824-1833. (Invited)
  • Palomino, R.M.; Hamlyn, R.; Liu, Z.; Grinter, D.C.; Waluyo, I.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Senanayake, S.D. Interfaces in Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions: Ambient Pressure XPS as a Tool to Unravel Surface Chemistry, J. Electron Spectros. & Related Phen, 2017, 221, 28-43 (Invited).
  • Liu, Z.; Senanayake, S.D.; Rodriguez, J.A. Catalysts for the steam reforming of ethanol and other alcohols”, in Ethanol: Science and Engineering (Elsevier) - Editors: Angelo Basile, Adolfo Iulianelli, Nejat T. Veziroglu, April (2017) (Invited)
  • Posada-Pérez, S.; Viñes, F.; Valero, R.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Illas, F. Adsorption and dissociation of molecular hydrogen on orthorhombic ẞ-Mo2C and cubic α-MoC(001) surfaces,  Sci. 2017, 656, 24-29.
  • Luo, S.; Barrio, L; Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Vovchok, D.; Johnston, A.C.; Xu, W.; Stach, E.A.; Rodriguez, J.A.l; Senanayake, S.D.  Importance of Low Dimensional CeOx Nanostructures in Pt/CeOx–TiO2Catalysts for the Water–Gas Shift Reaction, J. Phys, Chem. C, 2017, 121, 6635-6640.
  • Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Florez, E.; Moreno, A.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez,A. Acetylene Adsorption on δ-MoC(001), TiC(001) and ZrC(001) Surfaces: A Comprehensive Periodic DFT Study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 1571-1576.
  • Rodriguez, J.A.; Ramirez, P.J.; Gutierrez, R.A. Highly Active Pt/MoC and Pt/TiC Catalysts for the Low-Temperature Water-gas Shift Reaction: Effects of the Carbide Metal/Carbon Ratio on the Catalyst Performance, Today 2017, 289, 47-58.
  • Guild, C.J.; Vovchok, D.; Kriz, D.A.; Bruix, A.; Hammer, B.; Llorca J. Xu, W.; El‐Sawy, A.; Biswas, S.; Rodriguez, J.A.  Senanayake, S.D.; Suib, S.L. Water-Gas-Shift over Metal-Free Nanocrystalline Ceria: An Experimental and Theoretical Study, Chem. Cat. Chem. 2017, 9, 1373.
  • Palomino, R.; Stavitski, E.; Waluyo, I.; Chen-Wiegart, Y.K.; Abeykoon, M.; Sadowski, J.T.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Frenkel, A.I.; Senanayake, S.D. New In-Situ and Operando Facilities for Catalysis Science at NSLS-II: The Deployment of Real-Time, Chemical, and Structure-Sensitive X-ray Probes, Synchrotron Radiation News, 2017, 30, 30-44 (Invited).
  • Vovchok, D.;  Guild, C. J.;  Llorca, J.;  Xu, W.;  Jafari, T.;  Toloueinia, P.;  Kriz, D.;  Waluyo, I.;  Palomino, R. M.;  Rodriguez, J. A.;  Suib, S. L.; Senanayake, S. D. Cu Supported on Mesoporous Ceria: Water-gas Shift  Activity at Low Cu Loadings through Metal–Support Interactions, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2017, 19, 17708-17713.
  • Yao, S.; Zhang, X.;  Zhou, W.;  Gao, R.;  Xu, W.;  Ye, Y.;  Lin, L.;  Wen, X.;  Liu, P.;  Chen, B.;  Crumlin, E.;  Guo, J.;  Zuo, Z.;  Li, W.;  Xie, J.;  Lu, L.;  Kiely, C. J.;  Gu, L.;  Shi, C.;  Rodriguez, J. A.; Ma, D. Atomic layered Au clusters on α-MoC as catalyst for the low temperature water gas shift reaction, Science, 2017, 357, 389-393.
  • Liu, Z.; Lustemberg, P.;  Gutiérrez, R. A.;  Carey, J. J.;  Palomino, R. M.;  Vorokhta, M.;  Grinter, D. C.;  Ramírez, P. J.;  Matolín, V.;  Nolan, M.;  Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V.;  Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. In-situ Investigation of Methane Dry Reforming on M-CeO2(111) {M= Co, Ni, Cu} Surfaces: Metal-Support Interactions and the activation of C-H bonds at Low Temperature, Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13041-13045.
  • Guild, C. J.; Vovchok, D.; Kriz, D. A.; Bruix, A.; Hammer, B.; Llorca, J.; Xu, W.; El-Sawy, A.; Biswas, S.; Rodriguez, J. A.; et al. Water-Gas-Shift over Metal-Free Nanocrystalline Ceria: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. ChemCatChem 2017, 9 (8) 1373-1377.
  • Palomino, R. M.; Gutiérrez, R. A.; Liu, Z.; Tenney, S.; Grinter, D. C.; Crumlin, E.; Waluyo, I.; Ramírez, P. J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D. Inverse Catalysts for CO Oxidation: Enhanced Oxide-Metal Interactions in MgO/Au(111), CeO2/Au(111), and TiO2/Au(111). ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2017, 5 (11) 10783-10791.
  • Posada-Perez, S.;  Gutierrez, R. A.;  Zuo, Z.;  Ramirez, P. J.;  Vines, F.;  Liu, P.;  Illas, F.; Rodriguez, J. A. Highly active Au/δ-MoC and Au/β-Mo2C catalysts for the Low-temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction: Effects of the Carbide Metal/Carbon Ratio on the Catalyst Performance, Catal. Sci. & Technol. 2017, 7, 5332-5339.
  • An, W.; Men, Y.; Wang, J.; Liu, P. Interfacial and Alloying Effects on Activation of Ethanol from First Principles, Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 5603–5611.
  • Lu, F.; Zhang, Y.;  Liu, S.;  Lu, D.;  Su, D.;  Liu, M.;  Zhang, Y.;  Liu, P.;  Wang, J. X.;  Adzic, R. R.; Gang, O. Surface Proton Transfer Promotes Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction on Gold Nanocrystal Surfaces in Alkaline Solution, Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7310–7317.
  • Vukmirovic, M.B.; Teeluck, K.M.; Liu, P.; Adzic R.R. Single Platinum Atoms Electrocatalysts: Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Oxidation Reactions, Croatica Chemica Acta, 2017, 90, 1-6.
  • Xue, M.; Nakayama, M.; Liu, P.; White, M.G. Electronic Interactions of Size-Selected Oxide Clusters on Metallic and Thin Film Oxide Supports, Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 22234–22247.
  • Kattel, S.; Liu, P.; Chen, J.G. Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions at the Metal/Oxide Interface, Am. Chem. Soc. (Perspective) 2017, 139, 9739-9754.
  • Duchoň, T.; Hackl, J.; Höcker, J.; Veltruská, K.; Matolín, V.; Falta, J.; Cramm, S.; Nemšák, S.; Schneider, C. M.; Flege, J. I.; et al. Exploiting Micro-Scale Structural and Chemical Observations in Real Time for Understanding Chemical Conversion: LEEM/PEEM Studies over CeOx–Cu(111). Ultramicroscopy 2017, 183, 84–88.
  • Wang, Q.; Chapleski, R. C.; Plonka, A. M.; Gordon, W. O.; Guo, W.; Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Sharp, C. H.; Marinkovic, N. S.; Senanayake, S. D.; Morris, J. R.; et al. Atomic-Level Structural Dynamics of Polyoxoniobates during DMMP Decomposition. Rep. 2017, 7 (1).
  • Betancourt, L. E.; Guzmán-Blas, R.; Luo, S.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Guinel, M.; Cabrera, C. R. Rotating Disk Slurry Au Electrodeposition at Unsupported Carbon Vulcan XC-72 and Ce3+ Impregnation for Ethanol Oxidation in Alkaline Media. Electrocatalysis 2017, 8 (2) 87-94.

2016

  • Rodriguez, J.A.; Rousseau, R.; Stacchiola, S.D. et al, Catalytic Chemistry of Oxide Nanostructures, in: Oxide Materials at the Two Dimensional Limit, First ed.; F. Netzer, Fortunelli, A., Eds. Springer International: New York, 2016; pp 251-280. (Invited)
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Luo, S.; Kim, H.Y. Yang, X.; Baber, A. E.; Hoffmann, F. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Chen, J.G.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola J. How to Stabilize Highly Active Cu+ Cations in a Mixed-oxide Catalyst. Catal. Today 2016, 263, 4-17.
  • Lustemberg, P.; Ramirez, P.J.; Liu, Z. Gutiérrez, A.; Grinter, D.G.; Carrasco, J.; Senanayake; S.D.; Rodriguez, J.A., Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V. Room Temperature Activation of Methane and Dry Reforming with CO2 on Ni-CeO2(111) Surfaces: Effect of Ce3+ Sites and Metal-Support Interactions on C-H bond Cleavage, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 8184-8189.
  • Zuo, Z.; Ramírez, P. J.; Senanayake, S.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A., “The Low-Temperature Conversion of Methane to Methanol on CeOx/Cu2O catalysts: Water Controlled Activation of the C-H Bond”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. Communication 138, 13810–13813 (2016).
  • Jimenez-Orozco, C.; Florez, E.; Moreno, A.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Systematic Theoretical Study of Ethylene Adsorption on δ-MoC(001), TiC(001), and ZrC(001) Surfaces”, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 13531-13540 (2016).
  • Liu, Z.; Grinter, D. C.; Lustemberg, P. G.; Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Zhou, Y.; Luo, S.; Waluyo, I.; Crumlin, E. J.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Zhou, J.; Carrasco, J.; Busnengo, H. F.; Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Dry Reforming of Methane on a Highly-Active Ni-CeO2 Catalyst: Effects of Metal-Support Interactions on C−H Bond Breaking”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 7455-7459 (2016).
  • Pruski, M.; Sadow, A. D.; Slowing, I. I.; Marshall, C. L.; Stair, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Harris, A.; Somorjai, G.; Biener, J.; Matranga, Virtual Special Issue on Catalysis at the US Department of Energy National Laboratories, ACS Catal. 6, 3227-3235 (2016).
  • Liu, Z. Y.; Duchon, T.; Wang, H. R.; Grinter, D. C.; Waluyo, I.; Zhou, J.; Liu, Q.; Jeong, B.; Crumlin, E. J.; Matolin, V.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D., “Ambient pressure XPS and IRRAS investigation of ethanol steam reforming on Ni-CeO2(111) catalysts: an in situ study of C-C and O-H bond scission”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 16621-16628 (2016).
  • Nguyen-Phan, T.; Baber, A. E.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D., “Au and Pt Nanoparticle Supported Catalysts Taylored for H2 Production: From Models to Powder Catalysts”, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 518, 18-47 (2016).
  • Liu, Z.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Elucidating the Interaction between Ni and CeOx in Ethanol Steam Reforming Catalysts: A Perspective of Recent Studies over Model and Powder Systems”, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 197, 184-197 (2016). (Invited)
  • Posada-Pérez, S.; Ramírez, P. J.; Evans, J.; Viñes, F.; Liu, P.; Illas, F.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Highly Active Au/δ-MoC and Cu/δ-MoC Catalysts for the Conversion of CO2: The Metal/C Ratio as a Key Factor Defining Activity, Selectivity, and Stability", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 8269-8278 (2016).
  • Plata, J. J.; Graciani, J.; Evans, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Fernandez Sanz, J., "Cu Deposited on CeOx-Modified TiO2(110): Synergistic Effects at the Metal−Oxide Interface and the Mechanism of the WGS Reaction", ACS Catal. 6, 4608-4615 (2016).
  • Posada-Perez, S.; Ramirez, P. J.; Gutierrez, R. A.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Vines, F.; Liu, P.; Illas, F.; Rodriguez, J. A., "The conversion of CO2 to methanol on orthorhombic ẞ-Mo2C and Cu/ẞ-Mo2C catalysts: mechanism for admetal induced change in the selectivity and activity", Catal. Sci. Tech. 6, 6766-6777 (2016).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Ramirez, P. J.; Waluyo, I.; Kundu, S.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Liu, Z.; Liu, Z.; Axnanda, S.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Evans, J.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol on CeOx/Cu(111) and ZnO/Cu(111) Catalysts: Role of the Metal-Oxide Interface and Importance of Ce3+ Sites", J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 1778-1784 (2016).
  • An, W.; Liu, P. “Complex behavior of Pd7 cluster supported on TiO2(110) during CO oxidation : adsorbate-driven promoting effect”, Phys, Chem. Chem. Phys.: Comm. 18, 30881-31340 (2016).
  • Magee, J. W.; Palomino, R. M.; White, M. G. “Infrared Spectroscopy Investigation of Fe-Promoted Rh Catalysts Supported on Titania and Ceria for CO Hydrogenation,” Catal. Lett. 146, 1771–1779 (2016).
  • Zhang, T.; Lei, W.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Yu, J.; Qi, Y.; Liu, G.; Liu, M. “Organic pollutant photodecomposition by Ag/KNbO3 nanocomposites: A combined experimental and theoretical study,” J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 2777-2786 (2016).
  • Lei, W.; Zhang, T.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, G.; Liu, M. “Bandgap and local field-dependent photoactivity of Ag-black phosphorus nanohybrids", ACS Catalysis 6, 8009-8020 (2016).
  • Li, H.; Pan, C.; Zhao, S.; Liu, P.; Zhu, Y.; Rafailovich, M. H. “Enhancing performance of PEM fuel cells: Using the Au nanoplatelet/Nafion interface to enable CO oxidation under ambient conditions,” J. Catal. 339, 31-37 (2016).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P.; Graciani, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Grinter, D. C.; Stacchiola, D.; Hrbek, J.; Fernández-Sanz, J. “Inverse Oxide/Metal catalysts in fundamental studies and practical applications: a perspective of recent developments,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 2627-2639 (2016).
  • Liu, S.; White, M. G.; Liu, P. “Mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction on Pt(111) in alkaline solution: importance of chemisorbed water on surface,” J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 15288-15298 (2016).
  • Grinter, D. C.; Senanayake, S. D.; Flege, J. I. “In situ growth, structure, and real-time chemical reactivity of well-defined CeOx-Ru(0001) model surfaces,” Appl. Catal. B 197, 286-298 (2016).
  • Höcker, J.; Duchoň, T.; Veltruská, K.; Matolín, V.; Falta, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Flege, J. I. “Controlling Heteroepitaxy by Oxygen Chemical Potential: Exclusive Growth of (100) Oriented Ceria Nanostructures on Cu(111)”, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 4895-4901 (2016).
  • Flege, I.; Höcker, J.; Kaemena, B.; Mentes, T. O.; Sala, A.; Locatelli, A.; Gangopadhyay, S.; Sadowski, J. T.; Senanayake, S. D.; Falta, J. “Growth and Characterization of Epitaxially Stabilized Ceria(001) Nanostructures on Ru(0001),” Nanoscale 8, 10849-10856 (2016).
  • Nguyen-Phan, T. D.; Luo, S.; Vovchok, D.; Llorca, J.; Sallis, S.; Kattel, S.; Xu, W.; Piper, L. F. J.; Polyansky, D. E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Three-Dimensional Ruthenium-Doped TiO2 Sea Urchins for Enhanced Visible-Light-Responsive H2 Production,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 15972-15979 (2016).
  • Eren, B.; Liu, Z.; Stacchiola, D.; Somorjai, G. A.; Salmeron, M. “Structural Changes of Cu(110) and Cu(110)-(2 × 1)-O Surfaces under Carbon Monoxide in the Torr Pressure Range Studied with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy,” J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 8227−8231 (2016).
  • Hoffmann, F. M.; Hrbek, J.; Ma, S.; Park, J. B.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Senanayake, S. D. “Enhancing the Reactivity of Gold: Nanostructured Au(111) adsorbs CO Surface Science,” Surf. Sci. 650, 17–23 (2016).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Pappoe, N. A.; Nguyen-Phan, T. D.; Luo, S.; Li, Y.; Xu, W.; Liu, Z.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Johnston-Peck, A.; Frenkel, A. I.; Heckler, I.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Interfacial Cu+ promoted surface reactivity: Carbon monoxide oxidation reaction over polycrystalline copper-titania catalysts,” Surf. Sci. 650, 34-39 (2016).
  • Grinter, D. C.; Park, J. B.; Agnoli, S.; Evans, J.; Hrbek, J.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. "Water-gas shift reaction over gold nanoparticles dispersed on nanostructured CeOx-TiO2(110) surfaces: Effects of high ceria coverage", Surf. Sci. 650, 34-39 (2016).
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Luo, S. Kim, H. Yang, X.; Baber, A. E.; Hoffmann, F. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Chen, J.G.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. J. “How to stabilize highly active Cu+ Cations in a mixed-oxide catalyst?” Catal. Today 263, 4-10, (2016).
  • Nguyen-Phan, T.D.; Liu, Z.; Luo, S.; Gamalski, A. D.; Vovchok, D.; Xu, W.; Stach, E. A.; Polyansky, D. E.; Fujita, E.; Rodriguez J. A.; Senanayake, S. D. “Unraveling the Hydrogenation of TiO2 and Graphene Oxide/TiO2 Composites in Real Time by In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function Analysis,” J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 3472–3482 (2016).
  • Kattel, S.; Yan, B.; Yang, Y.; Chen, J. G.; Liu, P., “Optimizing Binding Energies of Key Intermediates for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Oxide-Supported Copper”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 12440-12450 (2016).
  • Kattel, S.; Yu, W.; Yang, X.; Yan, B.; Huang, Y.; Wan, W.; Liu, P.; Chen, J. G., “CO2 Hydrogenation over Oxide-Supported PtCo Catalysts: The Role of the Oxide Support in Determining the Product Selectivity”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 7968-7973 (2016).
  • Kattel, S.; Yan, B.; Chen, J. G.; Liu, P., “CO2 Hydrogenation on Pt, Pt/SiO2 and Pt/TiO2: Importance of Synergy between Pt and Oxide Support” J. Catal. 343, 115-126 (2016).
  • Hu, J.; Wu, L.; Kuttiyiel, K. A.; Goodman, K.; Zhang, C.; Zhu, Y.; White, M. G.; Sasaki, K.; Adzic, R. R. “High performance Ti oxide doped Au@Pt core-shell catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138 , 9294–9300 (2016).

2015

  • Guzman, H. J.; Xu, W.; Stacchiola, D.; Vitale, G.; Scott, C. E.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Pereira, P., “Formation of ẞ-Mo2C below 600 C using MoO2 Nanoparticles as precursor”, J. Catal. 332, 83-94 (2015).
  • Posada-Perez, S.; Vines, F.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., “Structure and Electronic Properties of Cu Clusters on Mo2C(001) and MoC(001):, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 114704 (2015).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Si, R.; Evans, J.; Xu, W.; Hanson, J. C.; Tao, J.; Zhu, Y., “Active Gold-ceria and Gold-ceria-titania Catalysts for CO Oxidation: From Single-crystal Model Catalysts to Powder Catalysts”, Catal. Today, 240, 229-235 (2015).
  • Mante, O.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D.; Babu, S., “Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors into Hydrocarbon Fuel Precursors”, Green Chem. 17, 2362-2368 (2015).
  • Graciani, J.; Vidal, A.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Sanz, J. F., Unraveling the Nature of the Oxide-Metal Interaction in Ceria-based Noble Metal Inverse Catalysts. J. Physical Chemistry C 118, 26931-26938 (2015).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Burrell, A. K.; Sadowski, J. T.; Idriss, H., “The Surface Reactions of Ethanol over UO2(100) Thin Film”, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 24895-24901 (2015).
  • Asara, G.; Ricart, J. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., Exploring the Activity of a Novel Au/TiC(001) Model Catalyst Towards CO and CO2 Hydrogenation. Surf. Sci. 640, 141-149 (2015).
  • Xu, W.; Ramirez, P. J.; Stacchiola, D.; Brito, J. L.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Carburization of Transition Metal Molybdates and the Generation of Highly Active Metal/Carbide Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation", Catal. Lett. 145, 1365-1373 (2015).
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Ramirez, P. J.; Kundu, S.; Baber, A.; Yang, F.; Agnoli, S.; Axnanda, S.; Liu, Z.; Hrbek, J.; Evans, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Stacchiola, D., "Intermediates Arising from the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Cu Surfaces: From UHV to Near Atmospheric Pressures". Top. Catal. 58, 271-280 (2015).
  • Carrasco, J.; Lopez-Duran, D.; Liu, Z.; Duchon, T.; Evans, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Crumlin, E. J.; Matolin, V.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Veronica Ganduglia-Pirovano, M., "In Situ and Theoretical Studies for the Dissociation of Water on an Active Ni/CeO2 Catalyst: Importance of Strong Metal-Support Interactions for the Cleavage of O-H Bonds", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 3917-3921 (2015).
  • Zhao, F.; Liu, Z.; Xu, W.; Yao, S.; Si, R.; Johnston-Peck, A.; Martínez-Arias, A.; Hanson, J.; Senanayake, S.; Rodriguez, J., Pulse Studies to Decipher the Role of Surface Morphology in CuO/CeO2 Nanocatalysts for the Water Gas Shift Reaction. Catal. Lett. 145, 808-815 (2015).
  • Posada-Perez, S.; Vines, F.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., "Fundamentals of Methanol Synthesis on Metal Carbide Based Catalysts: Activation of CO2 and H2", Top. Catal. 58, 159-173 (2015). (Invited)
  • Zhang, T.; Lei, W.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Yu, J.; Qi, Y.; Liu, G.; Liu, M. “Insights into Structure-Photoreactivity Relationships in Well-Defined Perovskite Ferroelectric KNbO3 Nanowires,” Chem. Sci. 6, 4118-4123 (2015).
  • Liu, H.; An, W.; Li, Y.; Frenkel, A. I.; Sasaki, K.; Koenigsmann, C.; Su, D.; Anderson, R. M.; Crooks, R. M.; Adzic, R. R.; Liu, P.; Wong, S. S. “In situ probing of the active site geometry of ultrathin nanowires for the oxygen reduction reaction,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 12597-12609 (2015).
  • An, W.; Liu, P. “Rationalization of Au concentration and distribution in AuNi@Pt core-shell nanoparticles for oxygen reduction reaction,” ACS Catal. 5, 6328-6336 (2015).
  • Carrasco, J.; López-Durán, D.; Liu, Z.; Duchoň, T.; Evans, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Crumlin, E. J.; Matolín, V.; Rodríguez, J. A.; Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V. “In Situ and Theoretical Studies for the Dissociation of Water on an Active Ni/CeO2 Catalyst: Importance of Strong Metal–Support Interactions for the Cleavage of O–H Bonds,” Angew. Chem. Int, Ed. 54, 3917-3921 (2015).
  • An, W.; Xu, F.; Stacchiola, D.; Liu, P. “Potassium-induced effect on structure and chemical activity of CuxO/Cu(111) (x£2) surface: a combined STM and DFT study,” ChemCatChem 7, 3865-3872 (2015).
  • Palomino, R.; Magee, J. W.; Llorca, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; White, M. G. “The Effects of Fe-Rh Alloying on CO Hydrogenation to C2+ Oxygenates,” J. Catal. 329, 87–94 (2015).
  • Graciani, J.; Yang, F.; Evans, J.; Vidal, A.B.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J.A.; Sanz, J.F. “When ruthenia met titania: Achieving extraordinary catalytic activity at low temperature by nanostructuring oxides,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 26813-26818 (2015).
  • Corchado-García, J.; Betancourt, L. E.; Vélez, C. A.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D.; Sasaki, K.; Guinel, M. J.-F.; Zhou, Y., Cheung, C. L., Cabrera, C. R. “Cerium Oxide as a Promoter for the Electro-Oxidation Reaction of Ethanol: In-situ XAFS Characterization of the Pt Nanoparticles Supported on CeO2 Nanoparticles and Nanorods” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 32251-32256 (2015).
  • Stacchiola D. “Tuning the Properties of Copper-Based Catalysts Based on Molecular in Situ Studies of Model Systems” Acc. Chem. Res. 48, 2151–2158 (2015).
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Xu, F.; Hoffmann, F. H.; Hrbek, J.; Waluyo, I.; Boscoboinik, J. A.; Stacchiola, D. “Adsorbate-Driven Morphological Changes on Cu(111) Nano-Pits” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 3032-3038 (2015).
  • Liu, Z.; Xu, W.; Yao, S.; Johnson-Peck, A. C.; Zhao, F.; Michorczyk, P.; Kubacka, A.; Stach, E. A.; Fernández-García, M.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Superior performance of Ni–W–Ce mixed-metal oxide catalysts for ethanol steam reforming: Synergistic effects of W- and Ni-dopants”, J. Catal. 321, 90-99 (2015).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D.; Senanayake, S. D.; White, M. G.; Chen, J. G., Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol: Importance of Metal-Oxide and Metal-Carbide Interfaces in the Activation of CO2. ACS Catal. 5, 6696-6706 (2015).
  • Liu, C.; Liu, P., “Mechanistic study of methanol synthesis from CO2 and H2 on a modified model Mo6S8 cluster”, ACS Catal. 5, 1004-1012 (2015). (Invited)
  • Yu, L.; Liu, Y.; Yang, F.; Evans, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P. “CO oxidation on gold-supported Iron oxides: new insights into strong Oxide-Metal interactions,” J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 16614-16622 (2015).
  • Vajda, S.; White, M. G. “Catalysis Applications of Size-selected Cluster Deposition,” ACS Catalysis, 5, 7152–7176 (2015).
  • Nakayama, M.; Xue, M.; An, W.; Liu, P.; White, M. G. “Influence of Cluster-Support Interactions on Reactivity of Size-Selected NbxOy Clusters,” J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 14756-14768 (2105).
  • Höcker, J.; Menteş, T. O.; Sala, A.; Locatelli, A.; Schmidt, T.; Falta, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Flege, J. I. “Hydrogen: Unraveling the Dynamic Nanoscale Reducibility (Ce4+ → Ce3+) of CeOx–Ru in Hydrogen Activation,” Adv. Mat. Interfaces 2, 1500314-1500320 (2015).
  • Luo, S.; Nguyen-Phan, T.D.; Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Barrio, L.; Sallis, S.; Arena, D. A.; Kundu, S.; Xu, W.; Piper, L. F. J.; Stach, E. A.; Polyanskiy, D.; Fujita, E.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D. “Hierarchical Heterogeneity at the CeOx-TiO2 Interface: Electronic and Geometric Structural Influence on the Photocatalytic Activity of Oxide on Oxide Nanostructures,” J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 2669-2679 (2015).
  • Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Luo, S.; Liu, Z.; Gamalski, A. D.; Tao, J.; Xu, W.; Stach, E. A.; Polyansky, D. E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Fujita, E.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Striving Towards Noble-Metal-Free Photocatalytic Water Splitting: The Hydrogenated-Graphene-TiO+ Prototype”. Chem. Mat. 27, 6282–6296 (2015).
  • Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Luo, S.; Vovchok, D.; Llorca, J.; Graciani, J.; Sanz, J. F.; Sallis, S.; Xu, W.; Bai, J.; Piper, L. F. J.; Polyansky, D. E.; Fujita, E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Visible Light-Driven H2 Production over Highly Dispersed Ruthenia on Rutile TiO2 Nanorods,” ACS Catal. 6, 407–417 (2015).
  • Porosoff, M. D.; Kattel, S.; Li, W.; Liu, P.; Chen, J. G., “Identifying Trends and Descriptors for Selective CO2 Conversion to Co over Transition Metal Carbides”, Chem. Commun. 51, 6988-6991 (2015).
  • Porosoff, M. D.; Myint, M. N. Z.; Kattel, S.; Xie, Z.; Gomez, E.; Liu, P.; Chen, J. G. “Identifying Different Types of Catalysts for CO2 Reduction by Ethane through Dry Reforming and Oxidative Dehydrogenation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 15501-15505 (2015).
  • Yang, X.; Kattel, S.; Senanayake, S. D.; Boscoboinik, J. A.; Nie, X.; Graciani, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Chen, J. G., “Low Pressure CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Gold Nanoparticles Activated on a CeOx/Tio2 Interface”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 10104-10107 (2015).
  • Yang, X.; Kattel, S.; Xiong, K.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Rykov, S.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Chen, J. G., “Direct Epoxidation of Propylene over Stabilized Cu+ Surface Sites on Titanium-Modified Cu2O”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 11946-11951 (2015).
  • Kuttiyiel, K. A.; Choi, Y.; Hwang, S.-M.; Park, G.-G.; Yang, T.-H.; Su, D.; Sasaki, K.; Liu, P.; Adzic, R. R. “Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction on Nitride Stabilized Pt-M (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) Core-Shell Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts,” Nano Energy 13, 442-449 (2015).
  • Elbert, K.; Hu, J.; Ma, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, G.; An, W.; Liu, P.; Isaacs, H. S.; Adzic, R. R.; Wang, J. X. “Elucidating Hydrogen Oxidation/Evolution Kinetics in Alkaline and Acid Solutions via Optimizing Pt-Shell Thickness on Ru Core,” ACS Catal. 5, 6764-6772 (2015).

2014

  • Asara, G.; Roldan, A.; Ricart, J. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F.; de Leeuw, N. H., “New Insights into the Structure of the C-terminated ẞ-Mo2C(001) Surface from First Principles”, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 19224-19231 (2014).
  • Asara, G.; Vines, F.; Ricart, J. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., “When Reconstruction Comes Around: Ni, Cu and Au Adatoms on MoC(001)”, Surf. Sci. 624, 32-36 (2014).
  • Hanson, J. C.; Si, R.; Xu, W.; Senanayake, S. D.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Pulsed-reactant In-situ Studies of Ceria/CuO Catalysts Using Simultaneous XRD, PDF and DRIFTS Measurements”, Catal. Today 229, 64-71 (2014).
  • Yao, S. Y.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Xu, W. Q.; Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Hanson, J. C.; Wu, T. P.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Zhao, H. Y.; Beyer, K. A.; Chapman, K. W.; Chupas, P. J.; Martinez-Arias, A.; Si, R.; Bolin, T. B.; Liu, W. J.; Senanayake, S. D., “Unraveling the Dynamic Nature of a CuO/CeO2 Catalyst for CO Oxidation in Operando: A Combined Study of XANES (Fluorescence) and DRIFTS”, ACS Catal. 4, 1650-1661 (2014).
  • Camara, A. L.; Corberan, V. C.; Barrio, L.; Zhou, G.; Si, R.; Hanson, J. C.; Monte, M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Martinez-Arias, A., “Improving the CO-PROX Performance of Inverse CeO2/CuO Catalysts: Doping of the CuO Component with Zn”, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 9030-9041 (2014).
  • Bak, S.-M.; Hu, E.; Zhou, Y.; Yu, X.; Senanayake, S. D.; Cho, S.-J.; Kim, K.-B.; Chung, K. Y.; Yang, X.-Q.; Nam, K.-W., “Structural changes and thermal stability of charged LiNixMnyCozO2 cathode materials studied by combined in situ time-resolved XRD and mass spectroscopy”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 22594-22601 (2014).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Ramírez, P. J.; Asara, G. G.; Viñes, F.; Evans, J.; Liu, P.; Ricart, J. M.; Illas, F., "Charge Polarization at a Au–TiC Interface and the Generation of Highly Active and Selective Catalysts for the Low-Temperature Water–Gas Shift Reaction", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 11270-11274 (2014).
  • Xu, W.; Ramirez, P. J.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Synthesis of α-MoCx and ẞ-MoCy Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation by Thermal Carburization of Mo-oxide in Hydrocarbon and Hydrogen Mixtures", Catal. Lett. 144, 1418-1424 (2014).
  • Graciani, J.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Xu, F.; Baber, A. E.; Evans, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Liu, P.; Hrbek, J.; Sanz, J. F.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Highly active copper-ceria and copper-ceria-titania catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO2", Science 345, 546-550 (2014).
  • Zhao, F.; Liu, Z.; Xu, W.; Yao, S.; Kubacka, A.; Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Senanayake, S. D.; Zhang, A.-Q.; Stach, E. A.; Fernandez-Garcia, M.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Water Gas Shift Reaction on Ni -W-Ce Catalysts: Catalytic Activity and Structural Characterization", J. Phys .Chem. C 118, 2528-2538 (2014).
  • Posada-Perez, S.; Vines, F.; Ramirez, P. J.; Vidal, A. B.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., "The Bending Machine: CO2 Activation and Hydrogenation on δ-MoC(001) and ẞ-Mo2C(001) Surfaces", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 14912-14921 (2014).
  • An, W.; Baber, A. E.; Xu, F.; Soldemo, M.; Weissenrieder, J.; Stacchiola, D.; Liu, P. “Mechanistic study of CO titration on CuxO/Cu(111) (x£2) surfaces”, ChemCatChem, 6 2364-2372 (2014).
  • Xu, F.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Baber, A. E.; Soldemo, M.; Weissenrieder, J. White, M. G.; Stacchiola, D. J. “Redox-Mediated Reconstruction of Copper during Carbon Monoxide Oxidation,” J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 15902–15909 (2014).
  • Magee, J. W.; Zhou, W.-P.; White, M. G. “Promotion of Pt Surfaces for Ethanol Electro-Oxidation by the Addition of Small SnO2 Nanoparticles: Activity and Mechanism,” Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 152–153, 397–402 (2014).
  • Weissenrieder, J.; Gustafson, J.; Stacchiola, D. “Reactivity and mass transfer of low dimensional catalysts” Chem. Rec. 14, 857–868 (2014).
  • Guzmán-Blas, R.; Suazo-Dávila, D.; Velez, C. A.; Daza, C. E.; Stacchiola, D. J. ; Sasaki, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Molina, R. ; Cabrera, C. R. “EDTA-Ce(III) Modified Pt Vulcan XC-72 Catalyst Synthesis for Methanol Oxidation in Acid Solution” Electrocatalysis 5, 50-61 (2014).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Bruix, A.; Agnoli, S.; Hrbek, J.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A., “The Unique Properties of the Oxide-Metal Interface: Reaction of Ethanol on an Inverse Model CeOx-Au(111) Catalyst”, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 25057-25064 (2014).
  • Agnoli, S.; Reeder, A. E.; Senanayake, S. D.; Hrbek, J.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Structure and Special Chemical Reactivity of Interface-stabilize Cerium Oxide Nanolayers on TiO2(110)”, Nanoscale 6, 800-810 (2014).
  • Yao, S. Y.; Xu, W.; Johnston-Peck, A.; Zhao, F.; Liu, Z.; Luo, S.; Heckler, I.; Senanayake, S. D.; Martinez, A.; Liu, W.; Rodriguez, J., "Morphological effects of nanostructured ceria supports on the activity and stability of CuO/ CeO2 catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 17183-17195 (2014).
  • Baber, A. E.; Yang, X.; Kim, H. Y.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Soldemo, M.; Weissenrieder, J.; Senanayake, S. D.; Al-Mahboob, A.; Sadowski, J. T.; Evans, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Liu, P.; Hoffmann, F. M.; Chen, J. G.; Stacchiola, D. J. “Stabilization of catalytically active Cu+ surface sites on Titanium–Copper mixed-oxide films”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Hot paper) 53, 5336-5340 (2014).
  • Zhang, Y.; Hsieh, Y.-C.; Volkov, V.; Su, D.; An, W.; Si, R.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, P.; Wang, J. X.; Adzic, R. R., “High Performance Pt Monolayer Catalysts Produced Via Core-Catalyzed Coating in Ethanol”, ACS Catalysis 4, 738-742 (2014).
  • Yang, L.; Liu, P., “Ethanol Synthesis from Syngas on Transition Metal-Doped Rh(111) Surfaces: A Density Functional Kinetic Monte Carlo Study”, Top. Catal. 57, 125-134 (2014).
  • Yang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Nakayama, M.; Nie, L.; Liu, P.; White, M. G., “Surface Dipoles and Electron Transfer at the Metal Oxide–Metal Interface: A 2ppe Study of Size-Selected Metal Oxide Clusters Supported on Cu(111)”, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 13697-13706 (2014).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D.; Liu, P.; Hrbek, J., "The Activation of Gold and the Water–Gas Shift Reaction: Insights from Studies with Model Catalysts", Acc. Chem. Res. 47, 773-782 (2014). (Invited)

2013

  • A. E. Baber, F. Xu, F. Dvorak, K. Mudiyanselage, M. Soldemo, J. Weissenreider, S. D. Senanayake, J. T Sadowski, J. R. Rodriguez, V. Matolin, M. G. White, D. Stacchiola, “In Situ Imaging of Cu2O under Reducing Conditions: Formation of Metallic Fronts by Mass Transfer,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 16781–16784 (2013).
  • Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Senanayake, S. D.; Plata, J. J.; Kundu, S.; Xu, W.; Barrio, L.; Graciani, J.; Sanz, J. F.; Navarro, R. M.; Fierro, J. L. G.; Stach, E. A.; Rodriguez, J. A. “Nature of the Mixed-Oxide Interface in Ceria–Titania Catalysts: Clusters, Chains, and Nanoparticles,” J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 14463-14471 (2013).
  • Senanayake, S.; Rodriguez, J.; Stacchiola, D., "Electronic Metal–Support Interactions and the Production of Hydrogen through the Water-Gas Shift Reaction and Ethanol Steam Reforming: Fundamental Studies with Well-Defined Model Catalysts", Top. Catal. 56, 1488-1498 (2013). (Invited)
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Feria, L.; Kundu, S.; Baber, A. E.; Graciani, J.; Vidal, A. B.; Agnoli, S.; Evans, J.; Chang, R.; Axnanda, S.; Liu, Z.; Sanz, J. F.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Stacchiola, D.," Importance of the Metal-Oxide Interface in Catalysis: In Situ Studies of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction by Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 5101-5105 (2013).
  • Carrasco, J.; Barrio, L.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Ganduglia-Pirovano, M. V., "Theoretical Studies of the Adsorption of CO and C on Ni(111) and Ni/CeO2(111): Evidence of a Strong Metal-Support Interaction", J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 8241–8250 (2013).
  • Kundu, S.; Vidal, A.; Nadeem, M.; Senanayake, S.; Idriss, H.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J.; Stacchiola, D., “Ethanol Photoreaction on RuOx/Ru-Modified TiO2(110)”, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 11149–11158 (2013).
  • Mante, O.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Babu, S. P. “Selective Defunctionalization by TiO2 of Monomeric Phenolics from Lignin Pyrolysis”, Bioresource Tech. 148, 508-516 (2013).
  • Platolla, A.; Baumann, P.; Xu, W.; Senanayake, S. D.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Frenkel, A. I., “Characterization of Metal Oxide Catalysts in Operando Conditions by Combining X-ray Absorption and Raman Spectroscopies in the Same Experiment”, Top. Catal. 56, 896-904 (2013).
  • Lucier, B. E. G.; Johnston, K. E.; Xu, W.; Hanson, J. C.; Senanayake, S. D.; Yao, S.; Bourassa, M. W.; Srebro, M.; Autschbach, J.; Schurko, R. W., “Unravelling the Structure of Magnus' Pink Sal”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 1333-1351 (2013).
  • Müller, K.; Lu, D.; Senanayake, S. D.; Starr, D. E., “Monoethanolamine Adsorption on TiO2(110): Bonding, Structure and Implications for Use as a Model Solid Supported CO2 Capture Material”, J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 1576-1586 (2013).
  • Yeager, M. P.; Du, W. X.; Wang, Q.; Deskins, N. A.; Sullivan, M.; Bishop, B.; Su, D.; Xu, W. Q.; Senanayake, S. D.; Si, R.; Hanson, J.; Teng, X. W., “Pseudocapacitive Hausmannite Nanoparticles with (101) Facets: Synthesis, Characterization, and Charge-Transfer Mechanism”, ChemSusChem 6, 1983-1992 (2013).
  • Yeager, M. P.; Du, W.; Bishop, B.; Sullivan, M.; Xu, W.; Su, D.; Senanayake, S. D.; Hanson, J.; Teng, X., “Storage of Potassium Ions in Layered Vanadium Pentoxide Nanofiber Electrodes for Aqueous Pseudocapacitors”, ChemSusChem 6, 2231-2235 (2013).
  • Rodriguez, J. A., Gold-based Catalysts for CO Oxidation, the Water-gas shift and Desulfurization Processes. In New and Future Developments in Catalysis, Suib, S., Ed. Elsevier: New York, 2013.(Invited)
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Hanson, J. C.; Chupas, P., Goals and Challenges for the In-situ Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts. In In-situ Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts, First ed.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Hanson, J. C.; Chupas, P., Eds. Wiley: New York, 2013.
  • Xu, W.; Liu, Z.; Johnston-Peck, A. C.; Senanayake, S. D.; Zhou, G.; Stacchiola, D.; Stach, E. A.; Rodriguez, J. A., “Steam Reforming of Ethanol on Ni/CeO2: Reaction Pathway and Interaction between Ni and the CeO2 Support”, ACS Catal. 3, 975-984 (2013).
  • Wang, H.; Zhou, W.; Liu, J.; Si, R.; Sun, G.; Zhong, M.; Su, H.; Zhao, H.; Rodriguez, J.; Pennycook, S.; Idrobo, J.; Li, W.; Kou, Y.; Ma, D., Platinum-Modulated Cobalt Nanocatalysts for Low-Temperature Aqueous-Phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 4149-4158.
  • Guzman, H. J.; Xu, W.; Stacchiola, D.; Vitale, G.; Scott, C. E.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Pereira, P., “In-situ Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction Study of the Synthesis of Mo2C with Different Carburization Aggents”, Can. J. Chem. 91, 573-582 (2013).
  • Baber, A. E.; Mudiyanselage, K.; Senanayake, S. D.; Beatriz-Vidal, A.; Luck, K. A.; Sykes, E. C. H.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Stacchiola, D. J., “Assisted deprotonation of formic acid on Cu(111) and self-assembly of 1D chains”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 12291-12298 (2013).
  • dos Santos Politi, J. R.; Vines, F.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Illas, F., “Atomic and Electronic Structure of Molybdenum Carbide Phases: Bulk and Low Miller-Index”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 12617-12625 (2013).
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Evans, J.; Feria, L.; Vidal, A. B.; Liu, P.; Nakamura, K.; Illas, F., "CO2 Hydrogenation on Au/TiC, Cu/TiC and Ni/TiC Catalysts: Production of CO, Methanol, and Methane", J. Catal. 307, 162-169 (2013).
  • Rodriguez, J. A., Design and Modeling of Active Sites in Metal Ceria Catalysts for the Water-gas Shift Reaction and Related Chemical Processes. In Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials, Trovarelli, A.; Fornasiero, P., Eds. Imperial College Press: New York, 2013. (Invited)
  • Rodriguez, J. A., Gold-based Catalysts for CO Oxidation, the Water-gas shift and Desulfurization Processes. In New and Future Developments in Catalysis, Suib, S., Ed. Elsevier: New York, 2013. (Invited)
  • Ramirez Reina, T.; Xu, W.; Ivanova, S.; Centeno, M. A.; Hanson, J.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Odriozola, J. A., "In-situ Chearacterization of iron-promoted ceria-alumina gold catalysts during the water-gas shift reaction", Catal. Today 295, 41-48 (2013).
  • Kubacka, A.; Si, R.; Priot, M.; Martinez-Arias, A.; Xu, W.; Hanson, J. C.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Fernandez-Garcia, M., Tungsten as an Interface Agent leading to Highly Active and Stable Copper-Ceria Water-gas Shift Catalysts. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 132, 423-432 (2013).
  • Senanayake, S. D.; Stacchiola, D.; Rodriguez, J. A., "Unique Properties of Ceria Nanoparticles Supported on Metals: Novel Inverse Ceria/Copper Catalysts for CO Oxidation and the Water-Gas Shift Reaction", Acc. Chem. Res. 46, 1702-1711 (2013). (Invited)
  • Rodriguez, J. A.; Hanson, J. C.; Stacchiola, D.; Senanayake, S. D., "In situ/operando studies for the production of hydrogen through the water-gas shift on metal oxide catalysts", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 12004-12025 (2013). (Invited)
  • O’Connor, D.; Axnanda, S.; Zhou, W.-P.; Lofaro, J.; White, M. G. “Characterization of GaOx Thin Films Grown on a CoGa(110) Crystal,” Surf. Sci, 616, 192–197 (2013).
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; An, W.; Yang, F.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. “Selective Molecular Adsorption in Sub-Nanometer Cages of a Cu2O Surface Oxide,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 15, 10726-10731 (2013).
  • J. I. Flege, B. Kaemena, S. D. Senanayake, J. Höcker, J. T. Sadowski, J. Falta, “Growth mode and oxidation state analysis of individual cerium oxide islands on Ru(0001),” Ultramicroscopy 130, 87-93 (2013).
  • Mudiyanselage, K.; Kim, H.Y.; Senanayake, S. D.; Baber, A. E.; Liu, P.; Stacchiola, D. “Probing Adsorption Sites for CO on Ceria,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 15856-15862 (2013).
  • Wang, H.; Sun, K.; Tao, F.; Stacchiola, D. J.; Hu, Y. H. “3D Honeycomb-Like Structured Graphene and Its High Efficiency as a Counter-Electrode Catalyst for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 9210-9214 (2013).
  • Stacchiola, D.; Senanayake, S. D.; Liu, P.; Rodriguez, J.A. “Special Properties of MOx/TiO2(110) {M = V, Ru, Ce, or W},” Chem. Rev. 113, 4373–4390 (2013).

2012

  • "Effect of ceria on gold-titania catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction: Fundamental studies for Au/CeOx/TiO2(110) and Au/CeOx/TiO2 powders" Si, R., Tao, J., Evans, J., Park, J.B., Barrio, L., Hanson, J.C., Zhu, Y.M., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(44): p. 23547-23555.
  • "Synchrotron techniques for in situ catalytic studies: Capabilities, challenges, and opportunities" Frenkel, A.I., Rodriguez, J.A., and Chen, J.G.G. ACS Catalysis, 2012. 2(11): p. 2269-2280.
  • "Co oxidation on inverse Fe2O3/Au(111) model catalysts" Yan, T., Redman, D.W., Yu, W.Y., Flaherty, D.W., Rodriguez, J.A., and Mullins, C.B. Journal of Catalysis, 2012. 294: p. 216-222.
  • "Co2 activation and methanol synthesis on novel Au/TiC and Cu/TiC catalysts" Vidal, A.B., Feria, L., Evans, J., Takahashi, Y., Liu, P., Nakamura, K., Illas, F., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012. 3(16): p. 2275-2280.
  • "Exploring the structural and electronic properties of Pt/Ceria-modified TiO2 and its photocatalytic activity for water splitting under visible light" Kundu, S., Ciston, J., Senanayake, S.D., Arena, D.A., Fujita, E., Stacchiola, D., Barrio, L., Navarro, R.M., Fierro, J.L.G., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(26): p. 14062-14070.
  • "In situ studies of CeO2-supported Pt, Ru, and Pt-Ru alloy catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction: Active phases and reaction intermediates" Xu, W.Q., Si, R., Senanayake, S.D., Llorca, J., Idriss, H., Stacchiola, D., Hanson, J.C., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Catalysis, 2012. 291: p. 117-126.
  • "A new type of strong metal-support interaction and the production of h-2 through the transformation of water on Pt/Ceo2(111) and Pt/CeOx/TiO2(110) catalysts" Bruix, A., Rodriguez, J.A., Ramirez, P.J., Senanayake, S.D., Evans, J., Park, J.B., Stacchiola, D., Liu, P., Hrbek, J., and Illas, F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012. 134(21): p. 8968-8974.
  • "Nanopattering in CeOx/Cu(111): A new type of surface reconstruction and enhancement of catalytic activity" Senanayake, S.D., Sadowski, J.T., Evans, J., Kundu, S., Agnoli, S., Yang, F., Stacchiola, D., Flege, J.I., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012. 3(7): p. 839-843.
  • "Special chemical properties of ruox nanowires in RuOx/TiO2(110): Dissociation of water and hydrogen production" Kundu, S., Vidal, A.B., Yang, F., Ramirez, P.J., Senanayake, S.D., Stacchiola, D., Evans, J., Liu, P., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(7): p. 4767-4773.
  • "In situ characterization of pt catalysts supported on ceria modified TiO2 for the wgs reaction: Influence of ceria loading" Barrio, L., Zhou, G., Gonzalez, I.D., Estrella, M., Hanson, J., Rodriguez, J.A., Navarro, R.M., and Fierro, J.L.G. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012. 14(7): p. 2192-2202.
  • "Activation of noble metals on metal-carbide surfaces: Novel catalysts for co oxidation, desulfurization and hydrogenation reactions" Rodriguez, J.A. and Illas, F. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012. 14(2): p. 427-438.
  • "Platinum monolayer electrocatalysts for anodic oxidation of alcohols" Li, M., Liu, P., and Adzic, R.R. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012. 3(23): p. 3480-3485.
  • "Understanding the behavior of TiO2(110)-supported Pd-7 cluster: A density functional study" Liu, P.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(48): p. 25337-25343. "Size effects in monolayer catalysis-model study: Pt submonolayers on au(111)" Bae, S.E., Gokcen, D., Liu, P., Mohammadi, P., and Brankovic, S.R.
    Electrocatalysis, 2012. 3(3-4): p. 203-210.
  • "Nitride stabilized PtNi core-shell nanocatalyst for high oxygen reduction activity" Kuttiyiel, K.A., Sasaki, K., Choi, Y.M., Su, D., Liu, P., and Adzic, R.R. Nano Letters, 2012. 12(12): p. 6266-6271.
  • "Electrooxidation of methanol at snox-pt interface: A tunable activity of tin oxide nanoparticles" Zhou, W.P., An, W., Su, D., Palomino, R., Liu, P., White, M.G., and Adzic, R.R. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012. 3(22): p. 3286-3290.
  • "Vacancy-driven surface segregation in Ni(x) Mg1-x O(100) solid solutions from first principles calculations" Torres, D. and Liu, P. Catalysis Letters, 2012. 142(10): p. 1211-1217.
  • "Highly stable Pt monolayer on PdAu nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction" Sasaki, K., Naohara, H., Choi, Y.M., Cai, Y., Chen, W.F., Liu, P., and Adzic, R.R. Nature Communications, 2012. 3.
  • "Reactivity and morphology of oxygen-modified Au surfaces" Baber, A.E., Torres, D., Muller, K., Nazzarro, M., Liu, P., Starr, D.E., and Stacchiola, D.J. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(34): p. 18292-18299.
  • "Direct octane fuel cells: A promising power for transportation" Liu, M.F., Choi, Y.M., Yang, L., Blinn, K., Qin, W.T., Liu, P., and Liu, M.L. Nano Energy, 2012. 1(3): p. 448-455.
  • "Theoretical study of methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation on metal-doped Cu(111) surfaces" Yang, Y.X., White, M.G., and Liu, P. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(1): p. 248-256.
  • "Bimetallic IrNi core platinum monolayer shell electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction" Kuttiyiel, K.A., Sasaki, K., Choi, Y., Su, D., Liu, P., and Adzic, R.R. Energy & Environmental Science, 2012. 5(1): p. 5297-5304.
  • "Tetrahedral palladium nanocrystals: A new support for platinum monolayer electrocatalysts with high activity and stability in the oxygen reduction reaction" Gong, K.P., Cho, Y., Vukmirovic, M.B., Liu, P., Ma, C., Su, D., and Adzic, R.R. Zeitschrift Fur Physikalische Chemie-International Journal of Research in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics, 2012. 226(9-10): p. 1025-1038.
  • "Density functional study of water-gas shift reaction on M3O3x/Cu(111)" Vidal, A.B. and Liu, P.
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012. 14(48): p. 16626-16632.
  • "Adsorption and thermal decomposition of 2-octylthieno[3,4-b]thiophene on Au(111)" Park, J.B., Zong, K., Jeon, I.C., Hahn, J.R., Stacchiola, D., Starr, D., Muller, K., and Noh, J. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2012. 384: p. 143-148.
  • "Reversible graphene-metal contact through hydrogenation" Rajasekaran, S., Kaya, S., Abild-Pedersen, F., Anniyev, T., Yang, F., Stacchiola, D., Ogasawara, H., and Nilsson, A. Physical Review B, 2012. 86(7).
  • "Structural study of the coating effect on the thermal stability of charged MgO-coated LiNi0.8CO0.2O2 cathodes investigated by in situ XRD" Yoon, W.S., Nam, K.W., Jang, D., Chung, K.Y., Hanson, J., Chen, J.M., and Yang, X.Q. Journal of Power Sources, 2012. 217: p. 128-134.
  • "The kinetic effect on structural behavior of mixed LiMn2O4-LiNi1/3CO1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode materials studied by in situ time-resolved x-ray diffraction technique" Yoon, W.S., Nam, K.W., Jang, D., Chung, K.Y., Cho, Y.H., Choi, S., Hanson, J.C., and Yang, X.Q. Electrochemistry Communications, 2012. 15(1): p. 74-77.
  • "Infrared study of triruthenium dodecacarbonyl interactions with gold" Hoffmann, F.M., Hoo, Y.S., Cai, T.H., White, M.G., and Hrbek, J. Surface Science, 2012. 606(23-24): p. 1906-1913. 

2011

  • "CeO2 <-> CuOx interactions and the controlled assembly of CeO2(111) and CeO2(100) nanoparticles on an oxidized Cu(111) substrate" Yang, F., Choi, Y., Agnoli, S., Liu, P., Stacchiola, D., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(46): p. 23062-23066.
  • "Theoretical study of the interaction of CO on TiC(001) and Au nanoparticles supported on TiC(001): Probing the nature of the au/tic interface" Asara, G.G., Feria, L., Florez, E., Ricart, J.M., Liu, P., Rodriguez, J.A., and Illas, F. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(45): p. 22495-22504.
  • "Combining x-ray absorption and x-ray diffraction techniques for in situ studies of chemical transformations in heterogeneous catalysis: Advantages and limitations" Frenkel, A.I., Wang, Q., Marinkovic, N., Chen, J.G., Barrio, L., Si, R., Camara, A.L., Estrella, A.M., Rodriguez, J.A., and Hanson, J.C. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(36): p. 17884-17890.
  • "Identification of 5-7 defects in a copper oxide surface" Yang, F., Choi, Y., Liu, P., Stacchiola, D., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011. 133(30): p. 11474-11477.
  • "Morphological and structural changes during the reduction and reoxidation of CuO/CeO2 and Ce1-xCuxO2 nanocatalysts: In situ studies with environmental tem, XRD, and XAS" Ciston, J., Si, R., Rodriguez, J.A., Hanson, J.C., Martinez-Arias, A., Fernandez-Garcia, M., and Zhu, Y.M. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(28): p. 13851-13859.
  • "Reactivity of transition metals (Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au) toward molecular hydrogen dissociation: Extended surfaces versus particles supported on TiC(001) or small is not always better and large is not always bad" Gomez, T., Florez, E., Rodriguez, J.A., and Illas, F. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(23): p. 11666-11672.
  • "Novel Au-TiC catalysts for Co oxidation and desulfurization processes" Rodriguez, J.A., Liu, P., Takahashi, Y., Vines, F., Feria, L., Florez, E., Nakamura, K., and Illas, F. Catalysis Today, 2011. 166(1): p. 2-9.
  • "Interaction of SO2 with Cu/TiC(001) and Au/TiC(001): Toward a new family of DeSO(x) catalysts" Feria, L., Rodriguez, J.A., Jirsak, T., and Illas, F. Journal of Catalysis, 2011. 279(2): p. 352-360.
  • "Co oxidation on inverse CeOx/Cu(111) catalysts: High catalytic activity and ceria-promoted dissociation of O2"
    Yang, F., Graciani, J., Evans, J., Liu, P., Hrbek, J., Sanz, J.F., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011. 133(10): p. 3444-3451.
  • "Water-gas shift and CO methanation reactions over Ni-CeO2(111) catalysts" Senanayake, S.D., Evans, J., Agnoli, S., Barrio, L., Chen, T.L., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Topics in Catalysis, 2011. 54(1-4): p. 34-41.
  • "Gold-based catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction: Active sites and reaction mechanism" Rodriguez, J.A. Catalysis Today, 2011. 160(1): p. 3-10.
  • "On the dissociation of molecular hydrogen by Au supported on transition metal carbides: Choice of the most active support" Florez, E., Gomez, T., Rodriguez, J.A., and Illas, F. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011. 13(15): p. 6865-6871.
  • "Determining the behavior of RuOx nanoparticles in mixed-metal oxides: Structural and catalytic properties of RuO2/TiO2(110) surfaces" Yang, F., Kundu, S., Vidal, A.B., Graciani, J., Ramirez, P.J., Senanayake, S.D., Stacchiola, D., Evans, J., Liu, P., Sanz, J.F., and Rodriguez, J.A. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2011. 50(43): p. 10198-10202.
  • "Kirkendall effect and lattice contraction in nanocatalysts: A new strategy to enhance sustainable activity" Wang, J.X., Ma, C., Choi, Y.M., Su, D., Zhu, Y.M., Liu, P., Si, R., Vukmirovic, M.B., Zhang, Y., and Adzic, R.R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011. 133(34): p. 13551-13557.
  • "Understanding of ethanol decomposition on Rh(1 1 1) from density functional theory and kinetic monte carlo simulations" Choi, Y.M. and Liu, P. Catalysis Today, 2011. 165(1): p. 64-70.
  • "Stabilization of carboxylate surface species on Pd(111)" Calaza, F., Tysoe, W.T., and Stacchiola, D.J. Adsorption Science & Technology, 2011. 29(6): p. 603-611.
  • "An infrared spectroscopic and temperature-programmed desorption study of 1,1-difluoroethylene on clean and hydrogen-covered pd(111)" Mahapatra, M., Burkholder, L., Calaza, F., Stacchiola, D., and Tysoe, W.T. Adsorption Science & Technology, 2011. 29(6): p. 595-602.
  • "In situ oxidation of ultrathin silver films on Ni(111)" Meyer, A., Flege, J.I., Senanayake, S.D., Kaemena, B., Rettew, R.E., Alamgir, F.M., and Falta, J. IBM Journal of Research and Development, 2011. 55(4).
  • "Interactions of oxygen and ethylene with submonolayer Ag films supported on Ni(111)" Rettew, R.E., Meyer, A., Senanayake, S.D., Chen, T.L., Petersburg, C., Flege, J.I., Falta, J., and Alamgir, F.M. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011. 13(23): p. 11034-11044.
  • "Characterization of the Fe-doped mixed-valent tunnel structure manganese oxide KOMS-2" Shen, X.F., Morey, A.M., Liu, J., Ding, Y.S., Cai, J., Durand, J., Wang, Q., Wen, W., Hines, W.A., Hanson, J.C., Bai, J.M., Frenkel, A.I., Reiff, W., Aindow, M., and Suib, S.L. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(44): p. 21610-21619.
  • "Combined XRD and XAS"
    Ehrlich, S.N., Hanson, J.C., Camara, A.L., Barrio, L., Estrella, M., Zhou, G., Si, R., Khalid, S., and Wang, Q. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2011. 649(1): p. 213-215.
  • "The crystal structures of two anhydrous magnesium hydroxychloride phases from in situ synchrotron powder diffraction data" Dinnebier, R.E., Halasz, I., Freyer, D., and Hanson, J.C. Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie, 2011. 637(11): p. 1458-1462.
  • "A flow-through reaction cell that couples time-resolved x-ray diffraction with stable isotope analysis" Wall, A.J., Heaney, P.J., Mathur, R., Post, J.E., Hanson, J.C., and Eng, P.J. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2011. 44: p. 429-432.
  • "Enhancement in ethanol electrooxidation by snox nanoislands grown on Pt(111): Effect of metal oxide-metal interface sites" Zhou, W.P., Axnanda, S., White, M.G., Adzic, R.R., and Hrbek, J. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011. 115(33): p. 16467-16473.

2010

  • "Unraveling the active site in copper-ceria systems for the water-gas shift reaction: In situ characterization of an inverse powder CeO2-x/CuO-Cu catalyst" Barrio, L., Estrella, M., Zhou, G., Wen, W., Hanson, J.C., Hungria, A.B., Hornes, A., Fernandez-Garcia, M., Martinez-Arias, A., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(8): p. 3580-3587.
  • "Unusual physical and chemical properties of ni in Ce1-xNixO2-y oxides: Structural characterization and catalytic activity for the water gas shift reaction" Barrio, L., Kubacka, A., Zhou, G., Estrella, M., Martinez-Arias, A., Hanson, J.C., Fernandez-Garcia, M., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(29): p. 12689-12697.
  • "In situ XRD studies of ZnO/GaN mixtures at high pressure and high temperature: Synthesis of Zn-Rich (Ga1-xZnx)(N1-xOx) photocatalysts" Chen, H.Y., Wang, L.P., Bai, J.M., Hanson, J.C., Warren, J.B., Muckerman, J.T., Fujita, E., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(4): p. 1809-1814.
  • "Hydrogenation reactions on Au/TiC(001): Effects of Au-C interactions on the dissociation of H2" Florez, E., Gomez, T., Liu, P., Rodriguez, J.A., and Illas, F. Chemcatchem, 2010. 2(10): p. 1219-1222.
  • "Theoretical analysis of the adsorption of late transition-metal atoms on the (001) surface of early transition-metal carbides" Gomez, T., Florez, E., Rodriguez, J.A., and Illas, F. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(3): p. 1622-1626.
  • "A comparative study of the water gas shift reaction over platinum catalysts supported onCeO2, TiO2 and Ce-modified TiO2" Gonzalez, I.D., Navarro, R.M., Wen, W., Marinkovic, N., Rodriguez, J.A., Rosa, F., and Fierro, J.L.G. Catalysis Today, 2010. 149(3-4): p. 372-379.
  • "A theoretical insight into the catalytic effect of a mixed-metal oxide at the nanometer level: The case of the highly active metal/CeOx/TiO2(110) catalysts" Graciani, J., Plata, J.J., Sanz, J.F., Liu, P., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010. 132(10).
  • "Inverse CeO2/CuO catalyst as an alternative to classical direct configurations for preferential oxidation of CO in hydrogen-rich stream" Hornes, A., Hungria, A.B., Bera, P., Camara, A.L., Fernandez-Garcia, M., Martinez-Arias, A., Barrio, L., Estrella, M., Zhou, G., Fonseca, J.J., Hanson, J.C., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 132(1): p. 34-+.
  • "Gold, copper, and platinum nanoparticles dispersed on CeOx/TiO2(110) surfaces: High water-gas shift activity and the nature of the mixed-metal oxide at the nanometer level" Park, J.B., Graciani, J., Evans, J., Stacchiola, D., Senanayake, S.D., Barrio, L., Liu, P., Sanz, J.F., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A.  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 132(1): p. 356-363.
  • "Role of Au-C interactions on the catalytic activity of au nanoparticles supported on TiC(001) toward molecular oxygen dissociation" Rodriguez, J.A., Feria, L., Jirsak, T., Takahashi, Y., Nakamura, K., and Illas, F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 132(9): p. 3177-3186.
  • "Inverse oxide/metal catalysts: A versatile approach for activity tests and mechanistic studies" Rodriguez, J.A. and Hrbek, J. Surface Science, 2010. 604(3-4): p. 241-244.
  • "Destruction of SO2 on an and Cu nanoparticles dispersed on MgO(100) and CeO2(111)" Rodriguez, J.A., Liu, P., Perez, M., Liu, G., and Hrbek, J. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2010. 114(11): p. 3802-3810.
  • "Desulfurization reactions on surfaces of metal carbides: Photoemission and density-functional studies" Rodriguez, J.A., Liu, P., Takahashi, Y., Nakamura, K., Vines, F., and Illas, F. Topics in Catalysis, 2010. 53(5-6): p. 393-402.
  • "Catalysis and the nature of mixed-metal oxides at the nanometer level: Special properties of MOx/TiO2(110) {M= V, W, Ce} surfaces" Rodriguez, J.A. and Stacchiola, D. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010. 12(33): p. 9557-9565.
  • "Probing the reaction intermediates for the water-gas shift over inverse CeOx/Au(111) catalysts" Senanayake, S.D., Stacchiola, D., Evans, J., Estrella, M., Barrio, L., Perez, M., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Catalysis, 2010. 271(2): p. 392-400.
  • "Autocatalytic reduction of a Cu2O/Cu(111) surface by CO: STM, XPS, and DFT studies" Yang, F., Choi, Y.M., Liu, P., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(40): p. 17042-17050.
  • "Fundamental studies of methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation on Cu(111), Cu clusters, and Cu/ZnO(000(1) over-bar)" Yang, Y.X., Evans, J., Rodriguez, J.A., White, M.G., and Liu, P. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010. 12(33): p. 9909-9917.
  • "High activity of Ce1-xNixO2-y for H2 production through ethanol steam reforming: Tuning catalytic performance through metal-oxide interactions" Zhou, G., Barrio, L., Agnoli, S., Senanayake, S.D., Evans, J., Kubacka, A., Estrella, M., Hanson, J.C., Martinez-Arias, A., Fernandez-Garcia, M., and Rodriguez, J.A. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2010. 49(50): p. 9680-9684.
  • "Water-gas shift reaction on Oxide/Cu(111): Rational catalyst screening from density functional theory" Liu, P.
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010. 133(20).
  • "Comparison of bond scission sequence of methanol on tungsten monocarbide and Pt-modified tungsten monocarbide" Stottlemyer, A.L., Liu, P., and Chen, J.G.G. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010. 133(10).
  • "Electronic structure of the thiophene/Au(111) interface probed by two-photon photoemission" Zhou, J., Yang, Y.X., Liu, P., Camillone, N., and White, M.G. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010. 114(32): p. 13670-13677.
  • "Core-protected platinum monolayer shell high-stability electrocatalysts for fuel-cell cathodes" Sasaki, K., Naohara, H., Cai, Y., Choi, Y.M., Liu, P., Vukmirovic, M.B., Wang, J.X., and Adzic, R.R. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2010. 49(46): p. 8602-8607.
  • "Hydrogenation of carbon dioxide by water: Alkali-promoted synthesis of formate" Hoffmann, F.M., Yang, Y.X., Paul, J., White, M.G., and Hrbek, J. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2010. 1(14): p. 2130-2134.
  • "Autocatalytic reduction of a Cu2O/Cu(111) surface by Co: STM, XPS and DFT studies" Yang, F., Choi, Y.M., Liu, P., Hrbek, J., and Rodriguez, J.A. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2010. 240.
  • "H2 production through the water-gas shift reaction: An in situ time-resolved x-ray diffraction investigation of manganese OMS-2 catalyst" Sithambaram, S., Wen, W., Njagi, E., Shen, X.F., Hanson, J.C., and Suib, S.L.
    Catalysis Today, 2010. 156(1-2): p. 2-7.
  • "(H3O)Fe(SO4)2 formed by dehydrating rhomboclase and its potential existence on mars" Xu, W.Q., Parise, J.B., and Hanson, J. American Mineralogist, 2010. 95(10): p. 1408-1412.
  • "Nanoscale disorder and local electronic properties of CaCu3Ti4O12: An integrated study of electron, neutron, and x-ray diffraction, x-ray absorption fine structure, and first-principles calculations" Zheng, J.C., Frenkel, A.I., Wu, L., Hanson, J., Ku, W., Bozin, E.S., Billinge, S.J.L., and Zhu, Y.M. Physical Review B, 2010. 81(14).
  • "Quick extended x-ray absorption fine structure instrument with millisecond time scale, optimized for in situ applications" Khalid, S., Caliebe, W., Siddons, P., So, I., Clay, B., Lenhard, T., Hanson, J., Wang, Q., Frenkel, A.I., Marinkovic, N., Hould, N., Ginder-Vogel, M., Landrot, G.L., Sparks, D.L., and Ganjoo, A. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2010. 81(1).

About the CRS Group

We pursue an improved understanding of chemical catalysis for advanced fuels synthesis and energy conversion processes by elucidating catalytically important properties of well-defined surfaces, powders and nanostructures.