Unlocking the potential of catalysts in thermochemical energy conversion processes

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5632-5653
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00848G, Paper
Avinash Alagumalai, Balaji Devarajan, Hua Song
Catalysis is indeed an essential component of many energy-related processes and is likely to become even more critical as we transition towards more sustainable and low-carbon energy systems.
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Active vanadium(IV) species synthesized at low-temperature facilitate excellent performance in low-temperature NOx-catalytic removal

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5197-5204
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00718A, Paper
Liwei Sun, Peng Liu, Jianheng Xu, Kaijie Liu, Zeshu Zhang, Yibo Zhang, Xiangguang Yang
V4+ species in a series of bulk vanadium oxide catalysts is more conducive to NH3 and O2 activation.
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Tuning catalytic activity with steric and electron-withdrawing effects of a porphyrin substituent

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5280-5289
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00758H, Paper
Lulu Jiang, Yosuke Imanaka, Hiroshi Fujii
The reactivity, spectroscopic, and kinetic studies of the catalytic reactions showed that the catalytic activity is determined by the balance of the rates of the formation, reaction, and decomposition reactions of the reactive intermediate.
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Organic additive for the selective C2-product formation on Cu(100): a density functional theory mechanistic study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5365-5373
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00857F, Paper
Amitabha Das, Shyama Charan Mandal, Biswarup Pathak
Electrochemical CO2 reduction is a promising approach to increase the chemical feedstock of energetically valuable products, especially ethylene and ethanol.
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Dynamic hydrogen bubbling templated AgSn@SnOx electrocatalyst for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction: adjusting the binding energy of the HCOO* intermediate

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5175-5179
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00939D, Communication
Hisham G. El-Aqapa, Ibrahim M. Badawy, Ghada E. Khedr, Ahmed M. Agour, Doha M. Sayed, Manar M. Taha, Nageh K. Allam
Core–shell AgSn@SnOx catalysts demonstrated selective CO2RR towards HCOOH with a faradaic efficiency of 96 ± 4.9% and partial current density of −10.46 ± 0.35 mA cm−2 by adjusting the binding energy of the HCOO* intermediate.
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Two-dimensional (2D) layered double metal cyanides as alternative catalysts for CO2/propylene oxide copolymerization

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5214-5226
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00753G, Paper
Guillermo Penche, María P. González-Marcos, Juan R. González-Velasco, Cyler W. Vos, Christopher M. Kozak
Layered 2D DMC complexes were first catalysts for green copolymerization of CO2 and PO to produce biodegradable and biocompatible polymers. The Co[Ni(CN)4] complex showed promising potential in this process and was further evaluated.
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Correlation between the structural features and intrinsic activity trend of Fe surfaces for ammonia synthesis

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5237-5247
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00462G, Paper
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Jianfu Chen, Ye Chen, Haifeng Wang, P. Hu
The Haber–Bosch process, which was developed more than a century ago, remains the primary method for nitrogen fixation on a large scale and Fe is typically the main catalyst used in the process.
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Improved NH3-SCR activity by the cooperation of FeVO4 and CeO2 nanosheet catalysts: structure and mechanism

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5374-5386
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00597F, Paper
Yuqiu Liu, Biyi Huang, Jianyi Zhang, Yanting Chen, Jinsheng Chen, Jinxiu Wang
The cooperation of FeVO4 and CeO2 nanosheets significantly improves NH3-SCR activity via the nanosheet structure with lattice defects and Fe–V–Ce interaction.
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