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The Effect of Surface Wettability and Coalescence Dynamics in Catalytic Performance and Catalyst Preparation: A Review
Author(s) -
Li Tao,
Wang Junjun,
Wang Fenglong,
Zhang Lishu,
Jiang Yanyan,
Arandiyan Hamidreza,
Li Hui
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201801925
Subject(s) - wetting , dewetting , coalescence (physics) , catalysis , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering , physics , astrobiology
The interactions between the reactants and catalysts surfaces play a significant role in heterogeneous catalysis, thus to tune the interfacial properties between them has emerged as an important topic. This review has summarised some recent advances about the effects of wettability on the catalytic reactions, including hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and dewetting properties. In addition, the effect of coalescence dynamics among the catalyst particles is also discussed based on a series of investigations. Although the researchers have realised the importance of wettability, the ability to tune the wettability in their work needs to be further enhanced. Therefore, we finally highlighted considerable useful approaches to achieve controllable wettability and coalescence. It is expected that in the future design of catalysts, researchers should pay more attention to tuning the interfacial structure to achieve the enhanced catalysts behaviours.