Amorphous versus nanocrystalline RuO2 electrocatalysts: Activity and stability for oxygen evolution reaction in sulfuric acid

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01144E, Paper
Kosuke Beppu, Kazuki Obigane, Fumiaki Amano
Ruthenium oxide (RuO2) electrocatalysts possessing high activity and stability are needed to sustain the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) under harsh anodic conditions in acidic water electrolysis systems. Herein, we report...
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Sewage Remediation Using Solar Energy and a Triply Fused Zn-Porphyrin Dimer Molecular Graphene Photocatalytic Agent

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01131C, Paper
Fei Cheng, Taotao Qiang, Mingli Li, Tony D. James
Photocatalysis plays a pivotal role in achieving clean energy and a pollution-free environment. However, its practical application is limited by the complexity of photoreactors and the fragility of external light-emitting...
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Efficient regio- and stereo-selective C–H bond hydroxylation of steroids using an engineered heme-thiolate peroxygenase biocatalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01223A, Communication
Jinia Akter, Eva F. Hayball, Stephen G. Bell
A steroid hydroxylating monooxygenase enzyme was converted into a peroxygenase to enable the stereoselective hydroxylation of C–H bonds in these complex molecules simply by adding hydrogen peroxide.
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Metal-Support Interactions in Pt-Embedded Porous Fe2P Nanorods for Efficient Hydrogen Production

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01058A, Paper
Ahmed Mahmoud Idris, Song Zheng, Meng Zhang, Xinyan Jiang, Guocan Jiang, Jin Wang, Sheng Li, Zhengquan Li
Metal-support-interactions (MSI) are critical in catalyst design and optimization toward enhancing solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen-evolution-reaction (HER). Transitional metal phosphates (TMPs) have been predicted as promising catalysts for photocatalytic HER owing to...
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Spin state reconfiguration at single-atom dimers by the super-exchange interaction enables nitrate reduction to ammonia

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01232H, Paper
Yun Shan, Tinghui Li, Lizhe Liu
Electrochemical strategy from nitrate to ammonia plays a critical role in reducing nitrate pollutants, but which is facing the difficulty of multiple competing reactions and nitrate adsorption at catalyst surfaces....
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Insights into the role of water and surface OH species in methane activation on Copper oxide: A Combined theoretical and experimental study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00431G, Paper
Kartavya Bhola, Quang Thang Trinh, Dapeng Liu, Yan Liu, Samir Hemant Mushrif
Despite its huge potential, the utilization of methane as a main feed-stock for the synthesis of fuel and value-added chemicals is limited. Earth abundant transition metal oxides (TMO) are promising...
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Towards catalytic redox-active iridium polypyridyl complex by in situ photosubstitution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00942D, Paper
Yi Zhen Tan, Xiangyang Wu, Yunpeng Lu, Shunsuke Chiba, Edwin K. L. Yeow
In situ modification of an Ir(III) complex generates catalytic redox-active species that are used to facilitate hydrodehalogenation reactions.
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Mechanistic exploration of syngas conversion at the interface of graphene/Cu(111): Identifying the effect of promoted electron transfer on the product selectivity

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01184D, Paper
Zhongzeng Wei, Bing Bai, Hui Bai, Yongliang Duan, Mingxue Yang, Haojie Cao, ZhiJun Zuo, Jianping Zuo, Qiang Wang, Wei Huang
Syngas conversion into ethanol is a promising pathway to obtain an attractive alternative fuel, but its selectivity is not ideal. Here, we used a combination of density functional theory calculations...
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Amorphous zeolite imidazole framework derived hierarchically porous, multi-catalytic active site bifunctional catalysts for zinc-air batteries

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01042B, Paper
Supeng Ye, Yunxian Zhang, Fei Lin, Yingjian Huang, Xuelong Zhou, Qixing Wu, Fang Wang
Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) are widely used as cathode catalysts of zinc-air batteries (ZABs) due to their ultra-high porosity and abundant Metal-N-C structure. However, the microporous structure of ZIFs prevents...
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Enhancing the Activity of Supported Rhenium-catalyzed Cross-Metathesis of Ethene and 2-Butene via promotion of boron

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01264F, Paper
Yibo Yang, Gaolei Qin, Anping Yin, Yuhang Cai, Ziyu Zhou, Nengfeng Gong, Xiangjie Zhang, Tao Yan, Gengzhe Song, Xiaodong Sun, Hongliu Wan, Yong Yang, Yongwang Li, Zhi Cao
The cross-metathesis of ethene and 2-butene to produce propene over a supported rhenium (Re)-based catalyst usually suffers from sluggish reaction rates, especially at low mass loading of Re. Herein, we...
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