The dehydrogenation of amines has been identified as an efficient method for nitrile synthesis. At present, this approach is restricted to (oxidative) dehydrogenations of primary amines, most often with specialized homogeneous catalysts. In this work, amines were transfer dehydrogenated to nitriles using simple and cheap alkenes (e.g. ethylene or p...
status: accepted
Introducing Ni in Ru oxide is a promising approach to enhance the catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, the role of Ni (which has a poor intrinsic activity) is not fully understood. Here, a RuNiOx electrode fabricated via a modified dip coating method exhibited excellent OER performance in acidic media, and neutral me...
Published in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
In this work, the use of ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) as a co-reactant for atomic layer deposition (ALD) is reported. The role of RuO4 as a co-reactant is twofold: it acts both as an oxidizing agent and as a Ru source. It is demonstrated that ALD of a ternary Ru-containing metal oxide (i.e. a metal ruthenate) can be achieved by combining a metalorgan...
Nanoscale patterning of inorganics is crucial for the fabrication of advanced electronic, photonic, and energy devices. The emerging sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) method fabricates nanofeatures by block-selective vapor-phase growth in block copolymer templates with tunable patterns. Yet, SIS has been demonstrated mainly for Al2O3 and a fe...
Hydrogenation of nitriles into primary amines is a crucial chemical reaction due to the importance of pri-mary amines in the plastic, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industry. However, the control of the selec-tivity during the reaction is a major issue, which is greatly affected by the used catalysts. Therefore, to show the existing arts and tren...
Hydrogenation of nitriles into primary amines is a crucial chemical reaction due to the importance of pri-mary amines in the plastic, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industry. However, the control of the selec-tivity during the reaction is a major issue, which is greatly affected by the used catalysts. Therefore, to show the existing arts and tren...
Chemical decarboxylation of L-lysine is a promising route for producing cadaverine, which is the key monomer of new polyamide, polyurethane, and nylon materials. Currently, the wide application of Ru-based catalysts is restricted by its low efficiency which was mainly caused by the severe agglomeration of ruthenium nanoparticle. In this study, mang...
Chemical decarboxylation of L-lysine is a promising route for producing cadaverine, which is the key monomer of new polyamide, polyurethane, and nylon materials. Currently, the wide application of Ru-based catalysts is restricted by its low efficiency which was mainly caused by the severe agglomeration of ruthenium nanoparticle. In this study, mang...
gamma-Valerolactone (GVL) is readily accessible by catalytic hydrogenation of carbohydrate-derived levulinic acid (LA) and is an attractive biobased chemical with a wide range of applications in both the chemical (e.g., as biomass-derived solvent) and the transportation fuel sector. In this study, we used isotopic labeling experiments to provide in...
