Zixuan's first but definitely not last first-author paper is out Catalysis Sci & Tech! The ethene-to-propene reaction on Ni catalysts correlates with the formation of alkylated aromatic species. Check details #openaccess at pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our traditional Christmas 🎄dinner with fondue and Glühwein 🧀🍷, with present and past LESE members.

Marrying #SOMC with #ALD to uncover the active Cu(0)–Zn(2+) interface for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol: a great collaboration with Atsushi Urakawa Copéret Group / @coperetgroup.bsky.social and Hui Zhou. See details here pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

The LESE delegation for #Europa_Cat has left Switzerland. Enjoy!

Paula Abdala 🕊 got tenure! LESE is very excited and with Zixuan at the grill there is very little that can go wrong.

One topic that Zixuan likes to discuss in particular (especially when @EuropaCat2023) is the structure-activity studies of GaOx catalysts of alkane dehydrogenation prepared by #ALDep. More details too follow soon..

More details on the #ALDep of gallia shells: work of Zixuan hot of the press #OA in Chemistry of Materials. See insights why Ga-based Lewis acid sites (LAS) are stronger on silica than Al-based LAS and implications for alkane dehydrogenation pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

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Our artistic view in Chemistry of Materials of the situation when less Ga on SiO2 is actually more with regards to alkane dehydrogenation performance (as thinner #ALDep coatings contain a larger fraction of isolated [4]Ga(4Si) sites).

A new study by Zixuan, thanks to insights obtained via a PANACEA Project project, uncovers that Ga–O–Ga bonds in an #ALDep made catalyst convert to Ga–O–Si bonds upon dehydroxylation (i.e., increasing dispersion). For details, see pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

News from our #MXene team. While the lack of surface passivating groups makes Mo2CTx an active FT catalyst, the presence of stoichiometric carbidic carbon renders it selective to diesel range alkanes. See details in ACS Catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…