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Cover Picture: Activation of Carbon Dioxide over Zinc Oxide by Localised Electrons (ChemPhysChem 15/2012)
Author(s) -
Dutta Gargi,
Sokol Alexey A.,
Catlow C. Richard A.,
Keal Thomas W.,
Sherwood Paul
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201290069
Subject(s) - chemisorption , carbon dioxide , zinc , oxide , chemistry , cover (algebra) , photochemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , adsorption , mechanical engineering , engineering
Carbon dioxide can be transformed from an environmental hazard to a commodity, as shown on p. 3453 by A. A. Sokol et al. The unique mechanism of activation of carbon dioxide over zinc oxide is unravelled using advanced quantum mechanical methods. The key process is the CO 2 chemisorption catalysed by a highly localized electron carrier trapped at a vacant oxygen interstitial surface site.