Effect of Catalytic Gasification of Active Carbon from Plum Stones on its Mesoporous Structure by R. Leboda, W. Grzegorczyk, A. Lodyga, A. Dabrowski

“…The possibilities of the development of a mesoporous structure during gasification of carbonaceous material with water vapour in the presence of a calcium(II) catalyst are demonstrated. Investigations have been carried out on active carbon prepared from plum stones. …”
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Ni-catalysed acceptorless dehydrogenative aromatisation of cyclohexanones enabled by concerted catalysis specific to supported nanoparticles by Takehiro Matsuyama, Takafumi Yatabe, Tomohiro Yabe, Kazuya Yamaguchi

“…Here, we report a CeO2-supported Ni(0) nanoparticle catalyst for acceptorless dehydrogenative aromatisation of cyclohexanone derivatives. …”
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Properties and Biodegradability of Thermoplastic Starch Obtained from Granular Starches Grafted with Polycaprolactone by Z. B. Cuevas-Carballo, S. Duarte-Aranda, G. Canché-Escamilla

“…Granular starches grafted with polycaprolactone (St-g-PCL) were obtained using N-methylimidazole (NMI) as a catalyst. The effect of the starch/monomer ratio and catalyst content was studied to obtain different levels of grafted PCL. …”
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Photodegradation of Methylene Blue Using Carbon-Doped ZnSn(OH)6 Composite Coated on Membrane by Ernso Fenelon, Achmad Chusnun Ni’am, Truc-Mai Thi Nguyen, Ying-Fu Lin, Ya-Fen Wang, Sheng-Jie You

“…In this study, the photocatalytic technology and membrane module were combined to improve the surface distribution of the active species of the catalyst for better degradation of the methylene blue (MB) dye under visible light. …”
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Comparison of CaO-NPs and Chicken Eggshell-Derived CaO in the Production of Biodiesel from Schinziophyton rautanenii (Mongongo) Nut Oil by Keene Carlvin Mmusi, Sebusi Odisitse, Florence Nareetsile

“…However, in terms of catalyst loading, the eggshell was a better catalyst as it required a low catalyst load to obtain an optimum yield of 83% at 6 wt.% compared to CaO-NPs with an optimum yield of 85% at 12 wt.%. …”
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An Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of 1,8-Dioxodecahydroacridines Using Silica-Supported Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA-SiO2) under Solvent-Free Conditions by Farid Moeinpour, Amir Khojastehnezhad

“…The catalyst was separated by simple filtration and used in the reaction three times without any significant loss of its activity.…”
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Full N,N-Methylation of 4,4′-Methylenedianiline with Dimethyl Carbonate: A Feasible Access to 4,4′-Methylene bis(N,N-Dimethylaniline) by Zegang Qiu, Kunjie Wang, Zhiqin Li, Tao Li, Jinhao Bai, Chanjuan Yin, Xiushen Ye, Haining Liu

“…The yield of the major product 4,4′-methylene bis(N,N-dimethylaniline) (MBDMA) reached as high as 97% over NaY catalyst at 190°C for 6 h. The catalyst could be used for two more times with acceptable MBDMA yields higher than 90%. …”
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Diffusion-programmed catalysis in nanoporous material by Suvendu Panda, Tanmoy Maity, Susmita Sarkar, Arun Kumar Manna, Jagannath Mondal, Ritesh Haldar

“…Consequently, the chemical functionality of the catalysts typically governs turnover frequency and geometric selectivity. …”
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Effect of MnOx/α-Fe2O3 Prepared from Goethite on Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3 by Huimin Zhou, Lili Qian, Ting Cheng, Bo Du, Fengjie Xia, Chengzhu Zhu

“…A low-cost goethite and manganese acetate were used to prepare a MnOx/α-Fe2O3 composite catalyst by simple impregnation method for novel high-efficiency selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3, and its denitration performance of composite catalyst under different conditions was investigated in a thermal fixed-bed catalytic reaction system. …”
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Investigation of the Characteristic Properties of Glacial Acetic Acid-Catalyzed Carbon Xerogels and Their Electrochemical Performance for Use as Electrode Materials in Electrical D... by Nguyen Khanh Nguyen Quach, Wein-Duo Yang, Zen-Ja Chung, Hoai Lam Tran, Rui Liu

“…Glacial acetic acid was used as a catalyst in the preparation process of carbon xerogels from the condensation of resorcinol and formaldehyde for shortening significantly the gelation time. …”
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Photocatalytic Degradation of Aniline Using TiO2 Nanoparticles in a Vertical Circulating Photocatalytic Reactor by F. Shahrezaei, Y. Mansouri, A. A. L. Zinatizadeh, A. Akhbari

“…Besides, the effect of temperature on aniline photo degradation was found to be unremarkable in the range of 293–313 K. The optimum catalyst concentration was about 60 mg/L. The Langmuir Hinshelwood kinetic model could successfully elucidate the effects of the catalyst concentration, pH, and temperature on the rate of heterogeneous photooxidation of aniline. …”
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HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS USING BENTONITE-SUPPORTED Fe-Co-Ni TRIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES by ADERIBIGBE FATAI ALADE, ADEWOYE TUNMISE LATIFAT, MUSTAPHA SHERIF ISHOLA, MOHAMMED ISHAQ ALHASSAN, SAKA HARVIS BAMIDELE, AJALA ELIJAH OLAWALE, OLUWASEYI SOILE SAMUEL

“…The synthesized heterogeneous catalyst was used to investigate the production of biodiesel by varying the reaction parameters using Box-Behnken design response surface methodology (RSM-BBD). …”
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Efficient Synthesis of 1-Amidoalkyl-2-Naphthols by One-Pot, Three-Component Reaction under Solvent-Free Conditions by Zahed Karimi-Jaberi, Marziyeh Jokar, S. Zoleykha Abbasi

“…High yields, short reaction times, easy workup of the catalyst are advantages of these procedures.…”
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Poly(4-Vinylpyridinium)Hydrogen Sulfate Catalyzed an Efficient and Ecofriendly Protocol for the One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of 1,8-Acridinediones in Aqueous Medium by Janardhan Banothu, Rajitha Bavantula, Peter A. Crooks

“…Highly efficient, ecofriendly, and improved protocol for the synthesis of 1,8-acridinediones has been developed via one-pot multicomponent condensation of 1,3-cyclohexanedione/dimedone, aromatic aldehydes, and ammonium acetate utilizing poly(4-vinylpyridinium)hydrogen sulfate as catalyst in aqueous medium. Excellent yields in shorter reaction time, simple work-up procedure, easy recovery, and reusability of the catalyst are attractive features of this green protocol.…”
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Monometallic Pd and Pt and Bimetallic Pd-Pt/Al2O3-TiO2 for the HDS of DBT: Effect of the Pd and Pt Incorporation Method by Reynaldo Martínez Guerrero, Agileo Hernández-Gordillo, Víctor Santes, Jorge Roberto Vargas García, José Escobar, Leonardo Díaz-García, Lucía Díaz Barriga Arceo, Vicente Garibay Febles

“…The effect of the preparation method of monometallic Pd and Pt and bimetallic Pd-Pt/Al2O3-TiO2 catalysts on the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of dibenzothiophene (DBT) was investigated in this study. …”
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Recent Overview of Solar Photocatalysis and Solar Photo-Fenton Processes for Wastewater Treatment by A. G. Gutierrez-Mata, S. Velazquez-Martínez, Alberto Álvarez-Gallegos, M. Ahmadi, José Alfredo Hernández-Pérez, F. Ghanbari, S. Silva-Martínez

“…Parameters that influence the degradation and mineralization of organics like catalyst preparation, type and load of catalyst, catalyst phase, pH, applied potential, and type of organic pollutant are addressed. …”
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Solvent-free Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes Catalyzed by KF/Al2O3, Montmorillonite KSF and K10 by Li-Jun Li, Ying-Xia Song, Yan-Su Gao, Yan-Feng Li, Jian-Feng Zhang

“…KF/Al2O3 was more effective catalyst both in multistep procedure and one-pot reaction.…”
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Investigation of Friedel-Crafts Alkylation in the Presence of Supported Sulfonic Acid on Silica Gel by A. R. Kiasat, M. Karimi-Cheshmeali, R. Soleymani, H. Rajabzadeh

“…The solid acid supported on silica gel and then as an effective catalyst in Friedel-Crafts alkylation of alcohols and aromatic compounds was used. …”
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Reaction Kinetics of Cinnamaldehyde Hydrogenation over Pt/SiO2: Comparison between Bulk and Intraparticle Diffusion Models by Ali Al-Shathr, Zaidoon M. Shakor, Bashir Y. Al-Zaidi, Hasan Sh. Majdi, Adnan A. AbdulRazak, Safa Aal-Kaeb, Adel A. Shohib, James McGregor

“…The liquid-phase hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde over a Pt/SiO2 catalyst was investigated experimentally and theoretically. …”
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All-round enhancement induced by oxophilic single Ru and W atoms for alkaline hydrogen oxidation of tiny Pt nanoparticles by Wensheng Jiao, Zhanghao Ren, Zhibo Cui, Chao Ma, Ziang Shang, Guanzhen Chen, Ruihu Lu, Tao Gan, Ziyun Wang, Yu Xiong, Yunhu Han

“…However, platinum (Pt), as the benchmark catalyst for the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) of AEMFCs anodes, still faces issues of insufficient performance and susceptibility to CO poisoning. …”
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