A two-dimensional MXene-supported CuRu catalyst for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5543-5548
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01009K, Communication
Fang Zhao, Guangxin Li, Qianqian Hua, Jianghui Cao, Jiliang Song, Liguo Gao, Tingli Ma, Xuefeng Ren, Anmin Liu
The Ru–Cu/Cu2O@Ti3C2 exhibited excellent nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) performance.
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Structure sensitivity in Pt-catalyzed hydrodeoxygenation of multi-oxygenated lignol model compounds

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5662-5678
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00757J, Paper
Justin Marlowe, Peter C. Ford, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Phillip Christopher
The valorization of multi-oxygenated model lignols through hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) over Pt/SiO2 catalysts is sensitive to Pt surface structure, with well-coordinated and under-coordinated sites facilitating distinct reactions.
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Anti-symmetric exchange and hydrogen evolution in titanium halide monolayers

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5710-5717
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00787A, Paper
Vidit B. Zala, Rishit S. Shukla, Sanjeev K. Gupta, P. N. Gajjar
The present work shows photocatalytic activity of magnetic TiX3 (X = F, Cl, Br) monolayers for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), in the framework of density functional theory (DFT).
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Direct Z-scheme WO3/covalent organic framework (COF) heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in water

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5599-5609
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00878A, Paper
Yepeng Yang, Yuan Li, Xiaoqian Ma, Lanxin Xie, Die Lv, Liang Jiang, Jiao He, Daomei Chen, Jiaqiang Wang
Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production from water and O2 has received considerable attention.
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Entropic influence on the generation of Fe(IV)O species at mononuclear Fe(II) sites in metal–organic frameworks

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5689-5701
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00392B, Paper
Fernan Saiz, Leonardo Bernasconi
We study the oxidation of mononuclear Fe(II) centers in MOF-74 in the presence of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, dinitrous dioxide, oxygen, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide using static density-functional theory calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.
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Divergence in CH alkylation of indoles under Mn catalysis

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5745-5756
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY01044A, Paper
Akash Mondal, Rohit Kumar, Abhijith Karattil Suresh, Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Ekambaram Balaraman
We report manganese-catalyzed CH alkylation of indole/indolines with alcohols, where catalyst control provides product selectivity. We synthesise several life science molecules (vibrindole A, turbomycin B alkaloid and antileukemic and anticancer agents).
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The construction of a vanadium-doped polysulfide iron bimetallic active center for enhanced photocatalytic nitrogen fixation

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5567-5575
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00744H, Paper
Wei Cai, Kang Li, Jianuan Wen, Zhicheng Zhang, Qin Zhong, Hongxia Qu
Inspired by natural nitrogen fixation, we constructed a metal–S mimetic biocatalyst using vanadium-doped iron polysulfide as the active center combined with g-C3N5, which is rich in nitrogen vacancies.
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Highly efficient oxidation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate with molecular oxygen over VxOy/SBA-15 catalysts

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5582-5591
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00476G, Paper
Jing Xu, Zonghui Liu, Yali Zhou, Rui Fu, Zhe Wen, Bing Yan, Bing Xue
Vanadia supported on SBA-15 significantly enhanced the reaction rate of EL in the oxidation reaction of EL to EP.
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Hierarchical hollow TiO2/In2S3 heterojunction photocatalyst decorated with spatially separated dual co-catalysts for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5449-5455
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00838J, Paper
Ruyu Zhang, Xiaowei Jia, Xianchun Liu, Mingliang Sun, Yuyu Wang, Anqi Xie, Xiaodan Yu, Zhan Shi, Yan Xing
The Pt/TO/IS/PdS photocatalytic system was delicately designed, which exhibited enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production because of the heterojunciton structures and the decoration of spatially separated dual co-catalysts.
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Conditions to meet for the [CuOH]+ site to be favorable and reactive toward the conversion of methane to methanol over Cu-MOR zeolite

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13,5767-5775
DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00929G, Paper
Muhammad Haris Mahyuddin, Elbert Timothy Lasiman, Adhitya Gandaryus Saputro, Suci Valerie Casuarina, Nugraha, Hermawan Kresno Dipojono
The CuOH site in MOR zeolite is CH4-reactive when hosted on specific Al sites with the C–H bond activation mechanism being dependent on the CuOH orientation and able to form CH3OH when the Cu2+ inactive site coexists.
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