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MOF-derived N-doped CoNi@C as bifunctional catalysts for efficient water splitting

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00924J, Paper
Xihui Yang, Zekun Li, Zikun Yang, Dapeng Meng, Zhao Wang
CoNi@C core–shell catalysts from ZIF-67 were synthesized for efficient water splitting. The hydrophilic carbon shell inhibits metal oxidation. The CoNi alloy serves as the active site, while nitrogen doping promotes the electrocatalytic performance.
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Exploration of the synergistic regulatory mechanism of hydroxide and fluoride modification on the photocatalytic activity of 2D g-C3N4

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00971A, Paper
Qianqian Shang, Hongbing Wang, Changjie Kan, Rui Ding, Yankai Li, Shiva Pandeya, Ziliang Li, Mahesh Kumar Joshi
Exfoliation and hetero-element doping are common procedures for band gap engineering and enhancing the photocatalytic properties of g-C3N4.
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Mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds: a DFT study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00995A, Paper
Tiantian Liu, Kang Lv, Xiaoguang Bao
A detailed computational study was performed to shed light on the mechanistic differences between the Ru(II) and Zn(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropenes with diazo compounds.
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NiFe2O4: harnessing catalytic potential in water splitting

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6155-6175
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00627E, Review Article
A. Anantha Krishnan, Sreehari Harikumar, M. A. Aneesh Kumar, Revathy B. Nair, Sajith Kurian, M. Ameen Sha, P. S. Arun
NiFe2O4 is a potential catalyst for energy conversion and storage, owing to their electrical conductivity, catalytic activity, and stability.
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Influence of redox treatments on the low-temperature water gas shift reaction over Pt/CeO2 catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6247-6258
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00741G, Paper
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Clément Molinet-Chinaglia, Elizabeth Vera, Philippe Vernoux, Laurent Piccolo, Stéphane Loridant
H2 reducing pretreatment at 500 °C promotes the activity of low-Pt-content Pt/CeO2 catalysts by increasing the number of active Pt0 NPs. A 12 h oxidative post-treatment at 500 °C which forms PtOx species easily activated also leads to improvement.
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Sulfonic acid-modified MOFs as heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts for ethylene oligomerization at room temperature without cocatalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6270-6277
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00502C, Paper
Yao Ning, Yuqi Yang, Dongming Shan, Shuxing Mei, Yibai Yan, Linjie Ding, Ying Zhang
Ethylene oligomerization plays an important role in industrial production.
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Modification of porous bismuth molybdate for high removal of antibiotics and H2O2 production

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6420-6429
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00906A, Paper
Shilin Li, Yunhui Tian, Guangxin Zhang
The regulations of the Bi2MoO6 structure, such as dopant incorporation, composite formation, and synthesis condition modification, have garnered significant attention due to their implications for enhancing photocatalytic activity.
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Selectively controlled synthesis of diethyl carbonate and methyl ethyl carbonate via transesterification of dimethyl carbonate over a KATriz/Al2O3 catalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00979G, Paper
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Peixue Wang, Shimin Liu, Xinjiang Cui, Feng Shi
Effectively synthesis of methyl ethyl carbamate from dimethyl carbonate and ethanol using 14 wt% KATriz/Al2O3 in fixed bed mode.
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Identification of Ni3Fe alloy as a candidate catalyst for quinoline selective hydrogenation with computations

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01076K, Paper
Zhaochun He, Yonghua Liu, Tao Wang
We computationally identified Ni3Fe as a promising catalyst for the quinoline (QL) selective hydrogenation to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (py-THQL) using density functional theory calculations and microkinetic modeling.
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Mechanistic Study of DETA-Modified CdS for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01140F, Paper
Meiyan Guo, Wanxiang Yang, Yi Li, Yongfan Zhang, Wei Lin
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) exhibits remarkable light absorption capabilities and is widely employed in photocatalytic reduction of CO2. Nevertheless, the role of crystal facet effects on the micro-scale mechanisms governing CO2...
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Synthesis of Co3O4 catalysts with different morphologies and their excellent catalytic performance for soot combustion

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01115E, Paper
Xinyu Zhang, Chunlei Zhang, Siyu Gao, Xinyu Chen, Siyuan Chen, Shengran Zhou, Di Yu, Lanyi Wang, Xiaoqiang Fan, Xuehua Yu, Zhen Zhao
A series of Co3O4 catalysts with different morphologies were prepared by a hydrothermal method. Among them, the sea urchin shaped Co3O4 catalyst exhibits the best catalytic performance for soot combustion.
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Photocatalytic H2O2 production with perylene(bis-imide)-doped periodic mesoporous silica using micropollutants as sacrificial donors

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6710-6719
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00739E, Paper
Charlotte David, Stephane Grolleau, Denys Grekov, Aydar Rakhmatullin, Errol Blart, Valerie Hequet, Yann Pellegrin
A perylene-doped mesoporous silica material is used as a photocatalyst to produce H2O2 from aerated polluted water samples under light soaking.
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Study on the effect and mechanism of Ag and Bi2MoO6 modification on the CO2 photo-thermal reduction performance of g-C3N4 catalysts with localized surface plasmon resonance

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6621-6640
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00930D, Paper
Bin Guan, Junyan Chen, Zhongqi Zhuang, Zhan Gao, Zeren Ma, Xuehan Hu, Chenyu Zhu, Sikai Zhao, Kaiyou Shu, Hongtao Dang, Tiankui Zhu, Zhen Huang
As a promising future energy material, g-C3N4 as a CO2 photo-thermal-reduction catalyst can effectively convert CO2 to renewable fuel, but the low yield and low product selectivity significantly limit its further development and application.
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Unspecific peroxygenase immobilization in 3D-printed microfluidics: towards tailor-made screening platforms

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6496-6502
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00869C, Communication
Elena Gkantzou, Theofilia Koulopoulou, Hannah Brass, David Schönauer, Anton Glieder, Selin Kara
In the context of empowering biocatalysis, an easy-to-develop, reproducible, and easy-to-scale biocatalytic system is demonstrated as a microfluidic screening platform.
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Phenol Hydroxyl-Modified Imine-Based Covalent organic framework for enhanced solar-driven generation of H2O2 via Hydrogen Bonds

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01096E, Paper
Lang Chen, Song Qin, Jiahui Hang, Bo Chen, Jinyang Kang, yang zhao, Shan-Yong Chen, Yongdong Jin, Hongjian Yan, Yuanhua Wang, Xia Chuanqin
Photosynthesis of H2O2 have been considered an eco-friendly strategy. However, the concentration of H2O2 in reported studies is far from industrial requirement. Herein, we present a strategy by employing phenolic...
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Bifunctional catalysts based on PdZn/ZnO and hierarchical zeolites in the direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from CO-rich syngas: influence of the support and the Zn/Pd molar ratio

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00860J, Paper
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Bing Wang, Nicola Da Roit, Michael Zimmermann, Markus Boese, Thomas Zevaco, Silke Behrens
Pd/Zn-nanoparticles were used as precursors to study the influence of the molar Zn/Pd ratio and hierarchical HZSM-5 zeolites in the syngas-to-dimethyl ether process.
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Effect of graphene electrode functionalization on machine learning-aided single nucleotide classification

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20202-20215
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR02274B, Paper
Mohd Rashid, Milan Kumar Jena, Sneha Mittal, Biswarup Pathak
In this study, we explored the role of functionalized entities (C, H, N, and OH) in graphene electrodes using a machine learning (ML) framework integrated with the quantum transport method to achieve precise single DNA nucleotide identification.
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Nucleic acid detection with single-base specificity integrating isothermal amplification and light-up aptamer probes

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20067-20072
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01638F, Communication
Jaekyun Baek, Jihyun Park, Youngeun Kim
CLASSIC is a label-free DNA detection platform with single-nucleotide specificity and attomolar sensitivity. This assay offers rapid and sequence-specific DNA analysis through single-strand conversion and split light-up aptamer probes.
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Enhanced antifungal activity of siRNA-loaded anionic liposomes against the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03225J, Communication
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Yidong Yu, Theresa Vogel, Sina Hirsch, Jürgen Groll, Krystyna Albrecht, Andreas Beilhack
Application of anionic liposomes co-loaded with amphotericin B and siRNA demonstrates a temporary antifungal effect lasting 3–4 days, highlighting their therapeutic potential.
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Bifunctional electrocatalytic hybrid heterostructures for polysulfide anchoring/conversion for a stable lithium–sulfur battery

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03190C, Paper
Sakthivel Kaliyaperumal, Karthik Kiran Sarigamala, Padmini Moorthy, Balaji Ramachandran, Narendhar Chandrasekar, Tim Albrecht
In situ phase engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) based hybrid heterostructures with controlled sulfur vacancies offers a promising strategy for superior-performance lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries.
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Quantifying the polar skyrmion motion barrier in an oxide heterostructure

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03686G, Paper
Lizhe Hu, Yuhui Huang, Yong Jun Wu, Zijian Hong
Exotic polar topologies such as polar skyrmions have been widely observed in the ferroelectric superlattice system. The dynamic motion of the polar skyrmion under external forces holds promise for applications...
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Improving Dynamic Control of Toehold-Mediated Strand Displacement Reactions through Phosphorothioate Modifications

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR04201H, Paper
Ruyi Liang, Yiyang Shen, Tanqing Long, Peilin Yang, Chuanrui Xu, Tongbo Wu, Mingxia Zhang
The toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction plays a crucial role in the functionality of DNA nanodevices. However, the reaction's velocity is heavily reliant on the length of the toehold region. A...
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