Core-Shell and Yolk-Shell Nanocatalysts

1. Introduction.- Part I:  Core-Shell for Catalysis.- 2. Aerobic Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Alcohols by Gold-Nickel Oxide Nanoparticle Catalysts with a Core-Shell Structure.- 3. Core-Shell Nano-structured Catalysts for ChemoselectiveHydrogenations.- 4. Core-Shell Structured Catalysts: Design and Applications in Hydrogenation Reactions.- 5. Core-Shell Structures and Dynamics of Nanoalloy Catalysts.- 6. Fabrication of Core-Shell Structured Catalysts for Heterogeneous Thermal Catalysis.- 7. Powerful and New Chemical Synthesis Reactionsfrom CO2 and C1 Chemistry Innovated by Tailor-Made Core-Shell Catalysts.- 8. Core-Shell Structured Catalysts for Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to Syngas, Fuels and Chemicals.- 9. Elucidating the Active Pd Atoms in Supported Alloy Nanoparticles for the Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Formic Acid.- 10. Core-shell confinement MnCeOx@ZSM-5 catalyst for NOx removal with enhanced performances.- 11. ZSM-5/Silicalite-1 Core-Shell Zeolite Catalyst.- 12. Zeolite Catalysts with Core-Shell Structure for Improvement of Product Selectivity.- Part II:  Core-Shell for Photocatalysis & Electrocatalysis.- 13. Core-shell Materials for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction.- 14. Self-Supported MOFs Materials for Photocatalysis.- 15. Synthesis of Plasmonic Catalyst with Core-Shell Structure for Visible-Light Enhanced Catalytic Reaction.- 16. Functionalization of Plasmonic Photocatalysts by Introduction of Core-shell Structure.- 17. Core-Shell Nanostructures as Visible-Light Responsive Plasmonic Photocatalysts.- 18. Core-Shell Nanoparticles as Cathode Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells.- 19. Tailoring of Core Shell Like Structure in PdPt Bimetallic Catalyst for Mobile Application.- 20. Core-Shell Functional Materials for Electrocatalysis.- 21. Pd-Based Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Catalytic and Eectrocatalytic Applications.- Part III:  Yolk-shell for Catalysis.- 22. Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated in a Hollow Carbon Sphere.-

Hiromi Yamashita has been a professor at Osaka University since 2004, after receiving his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1987. He was an assistant professor at Tohoku University, an associate professor at Osaka Prefecture University, and an invited professor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University. He was also a visiting research fellow at the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the California Institute of Technology. He has been an editor of Applied Catalysis B, an associate editor of the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C, the president of the Catalysis Society of Japan, the president of the Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies (APACS), a professor of Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries Kyoto University and a member of Academia Europea. He has received awards from the Catalysis Society of Japan, the Japanese Photochemistry Association, the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, theJapan Petroleum Institute, and the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials. His research interests include the design of single-site photocatalysts and nanostructured catalysts.

Hexing Li has been a professor at Shanghai Normal University since 1999 and is now the president of the Shanghai University of Electric Power. He received a Ph.D. from Fudan University in 1998. He is an invited professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, East-China Normal University, and East-China University of Science and Technology, among others. He was also a visiting research fellow at Ball State University in the USA. He is an associate editor of Applied Catalysis B, a vice-chairman of the Photocatalysis Committee of China, and a director of the Chinese Education Ministry Key Lab and the International Joint Lab on Resource Chemistry. His research interests include the design and application of porous metal catalysts and hierarchical photocatalysts. He has published many papers in Nature, Nature