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Synthesis and characterization of a supported Pd complex on carbon nanofibers for the selective decarbonylation of stearic acid to 1-heptadecene: the importance of subnanometric Pd dispersion

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00322K, Paper
Open Access
Elba Ochoa, Wilson Henao, Sara Fuertes, Daniel Torres, Tomas van Haasterecht, Elinor Scott, Harry Bitter, Isabel Suelves, Jose Luis Pinilla
Evaluation of the dispersion of Pd active sites on the catalyst performance during fatty acids decarbonylation to α-olefins was explored in this work. Pd subnanometric particles, clusters and aggregates were found to modulate the catalyst activity.
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Enhancing aqueous pollutants photodegradation via Fermi level matched Z-scheme BiOI/Pt/g-C3N4 photocatalyst: unobstructed photogenerated charge behavior and degradation pathway exploration

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00429D, Paper
Jingjing Jiang, Yueyu Song, Xingyue Wang, Tianren Li, Mingyu Li, Yanhong Lin, Tengfeng Xie, Shuangshi Dong
Z-scheme photocatalytic system was widely requisited to solve water pollution problem. However, the degradation mechanism for pollutants with Z-scheme photocatalyst has been ambiguous. In this work, an efficient all solid-state...
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Superior adsorption capability and excellent photocatalytic activity derived from the ferroelectric external screening effect in Bi3TiNbO9 single-crystal nanosheets

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02513H, Paper
Xiaofeng Yin, Yingjie Sun, Xiaojun Wu, Xiaoning Li, Huan Liu, Wen Gu, Wei Zou, Liuyang Zhu, Zhengping Fu, Yalin Lu
A new strategy based on the ferroelectric external screening effect was used to enhance dye adsorption and degradation activity.
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Oxidation of lignocellulosic platform molecules to value-added chemicals using heterogeneous catalytic technologies

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00240B, Minireview
Pedro L. Arias, Juan A. Cecilia, Iñaki Gandarias, José Iglesias, Manuel López Granados, Rafael Mariscal, Gabriel Morales, Ramón Moreno-Tost, Pedro Maireles-Torres
This minireview gives an overview about heterogeneous catalytic technologies for the oxidation of key platform molecules (glucose, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, furfural and levulinic acid) into valuable chemicals.
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Hydrodeoxygenation of anisole to benzene over an Fe2P catalyst by a direct deoxygenation pathway

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00046A, Paper
Shuyuan Wang, Dan Xu, Yunlei Chen, Song Zhou, Di Zhu, Xiaodong Wen, Yong Yang, Yongwang Li
Fe2P catalyst was highly selective for the cleavage of C–O bond of anisole via direct deoxygenation pathway.
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Metal free alkene hydrogenation by B-doped graphitic carbon nitride

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00488J, Paper
Ashima Dogra, Ilaria Barlocco, Amritpal Singh, Ferenc Somodi, Alberto Villa, Neeraj Gupta
Metal free hydrogenation of styrene under mild conditions employing boron-doped carbon nitride catalysts is reported.
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Water-soluble NHC-stabilized platinum nanoparticles as recoverable catalysts for hydrogenation in water

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00481B, Paper
Andrea M. Ruiz-Varilla, Edwin A. Baquero, Bruno Chaudret, Ernesto de Jesús, Camino Gonzalez-Arellano, Juan C. Flores
Aromatic compounds have been hydrogenated in water using recoverable catalysts based on water-soluble platinum nanoparticles capped with NHC ligands.
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Recent advances and prospects of inkjet printing in heterogeneous catalysis

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00040J, Minireview
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Hesam Maleki, Volfango Bertola
This review provides an insight into inkjet printing technology in the context of heterogeneous catalysis.
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Enhancing the methane low-temperature conversion on the Zn/ZSM-5 in the presence of methanol by regulating methanol-to-aromatics reaction pathway

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00449A, Paper
Zhixiang Xi, Bingjie Zhou, Yue Yu, Binbo Jiang, Zhengliang Huang, Zuwei Liao, Jingdai Wang, Yao Yang, Jingyuan Sun, Yongrong Yang
Co-reaction method provides efficient strategy for methane conversion in mild condition, which is of urgent importance of direct valorization of natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons. However, vague mechanism and neglect...
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Molybdenum carbide supported metal catalysts (Mn/MoxC; M = Co, Ni, Cu, Pd, Pt) – metal and surface dependent structure and stability

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00504E, Paper
Fan Wang, Teng Li, Yun Shi, Haijun Jiao
The surface and metal-dependent morphologies and energies of molybdenum carbide supported metal catalysts (Mn/MoxC; M = Co, Ni, Cu, Pd, Pt) have been systematically investigated on the basis of periodic density functional theory computations.
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Deactivation and regeneration of carbon supported Pt and Ru catalysts in aqueous phase hydrogenation of 2-pentanone

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00163E, Paper
Jiajie Huo, Hien N. Pham, Yan Cheng, Hsi-Hsin Lin, Luke T. Roling, Abhaya K. Datye, Brent H. Shanks
Aqueous phase conversion of biomass-derived molecules requires development of catalysts and operating strategies that create viable operation for extended performance as necessitated for industrial applications.
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Seaweed bio-inspired ZnO piezoelectric cilia array applied in microreactors for enhanced photocatalytic performance

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2337-2342
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02509J, Paper
Yukai Chen, Jiaojiao Fang, Baoying Dai, Huimin Wei, Jiahui Kou, Chunhua Lu
A piezoelectric built-in electric field is believed to be an effective way to separate photoinduced carriers and enhance photocatalytic performance.
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Development of an engineered thermostable amine dehydrogenase for the synthesis of structurally diverse chiral amines

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2353-2358
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00071J, Paper
Lei Liu, Dong-Hao Wang, Fei-Fei Chen, Zhi-Jun Zhang, Qi Chen, Jian-He Xu, Zhi-Long Wang, Gao-Wei Zheng
Structurally diverse chiral amines and amino alcohols were synthesized using an engineered thermostable amine dehydrogenase, demonstrating its extensive synthesis potential.
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Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode to enhance the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2462-2472
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02335F, Paper
Aipeng Li, Xue Li, Wei Pang, Qing Tian, Ting Wang, Lianbing Zhang
Fine-tuning of the substrate binding mode was successfully applied for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of an ortho-haloacetophenone-specific carbonyl reductase.
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Synergistic photocatalysis–Fenton reaction for selective conversion of methane to methanol at room temperature

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2329-2332
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00028K, Communication
Yi Zeng, Hang Chen Liu, Jing Sheng Wang, Xing Yang Wu, Song Ling Wang
Combining the photocatalysis and Fenton reaction highly promote the yield and selectivity of CH3OH from CH4 with solar light at room temperature, up to 471 μmol g−1 h−1 and 83%, respectively.
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Microemulsion solventing-out co-precipitation strategy for fabricating highly active Cu–ZnO/Al2O3 dual site catalysts for reverse water gas shift

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2343-2352
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02608H, Paper
Ziheng Zhen, Wenxiang Tang, Wei (Willy) Chu, Tao Zhang, Li Lv, Shengwei Tang
A new strategy for the preparation of dual site catalysts is introduced, which combines microemulsion technology and anti-solvent extraction technology.
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Pd–Au bimetallic catalysts supported on ZnO for selective 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2503-2512
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02395J, Paper
Open Access
Belén Bachiller-Baeza, Ana Iglesias-Juez, Giovanni Agostini, Eva Castillejos-López
The effect of the ZnO morphology on the properties of Pd–Au bimetallic catalysts has been discussed.
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Antimony-doped tin oxide as an efficient electrocatalyst toward the VO2+/VO2+ redox couple of the vanadium redox flow battery

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2484-2490
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY01793C, Paper
Yang Lv, Chunmei Yang, Haining Wang, Jin Zhang, Yan Xiang, Shanfu Lu
Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of ATO toward the VO2+/VO2+ redox reaction by adjusting electronic conductivity.
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Path of electron transfer created in S-doped NH2-UiO-66 bridged ZnIn2S4/MoS2 nanosheet heterostructure for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2531-2539
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00127A, Paper
Qi Ran, Zebin Yu, Ronghua Jiang, Lun Qian, Yanping Hou, Fei Yang, Fengyuan Li, Mingjie Li, Qianqian Sun, Heqing Zhang
This work introduces the synthesis of ZnIn2S4/NH2-UiO-66/MoS2 sheet heterostructure photocatalysts and their application to photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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Hourglass-type polyoxometalate-based crystalline materials as efficient cooperating photocatalysts for the reduction of Cr(VI) and oxidation of dyes

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2593-2601
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00208A, Paper
Xuerui Tian, Yaqi Zhang, Yuanyuan Ma, Qing Zhao, Zhangang Han
Hourglass-type polyoxometalate-based crystalline materials exhibit efficient photocatalytic activities towards simultaneous photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction and organic MB oxidation.
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Trace amounts of Cu(OAc)2 boost the efficiency of cumene oxidation catalyzed by carbon nanotubes washed with HCl

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2523-2530
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02536G, Paper
Jie Deng, Yuhang Li, Yonghai Cao, Hongjuan Wang, Hao Yu, Qiao Zhang, Jiangliang Zuo, Feng Peng
Trace amounts of Cu(OAc)2 significantly improve the activity and selectivity of cumene oxidation catalyzed by HCl-washed carbon nanotubes.
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980 nm NIR light driven overall water splitting over a combined CdS–RGO–NaYF4–Yb3+/Er3+ photocatalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2389-2397
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00256A, Paper
Wei Gao, Yuqi Wu, Gongxuan Lu
Infrared light (NIR) accounts for more than 50% of the energy donated by the Sun to the Earth, but most of this type of energy is not utilized in photocatalytic reactions.
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Single-step benzene hydroxylation by cobalt(II) catalysts via a cobalt(III)-hydroperoxo intermediate

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2540-2548
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02601K, Paper
Karunanithi Anandababu, Sethuraman Muthuramalingam, Marappan Velusamy, Ramasamy Mayilmurugan
Cobalt(II) complexes reported as efficient and selective catalysts for single-step phenol formation from benzene using H2O2. The catalysis proceeds likely via cobalt(III)-hydroperoxo species.
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New findings and current controversies in the reaction of ruthenium red and ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate: focus on the precipitated compound

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2491-2502
DOI: 10.1039/C9CY02499A, Paper
Bahram Sarvi, Seyedeh Maedeh Hosseini, Bahareh Deljoo, Abdelhamid El-Sawy, Alireza Shirazi Amin, Mark Aindow, Steven L. Suib, Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour
During water-oxidation reaction in the presence of RuR and CAN, a heterogeneous nano-sized Ru-Ce compound is detected, which is formed by the interaction of [(NH3)5RuORu(NH3)4ORu(NH3)5],6+/7+ nitrate ions, and the products of the reduction of CAN.
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Direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide without the use of acids or halide promoters in dissolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2333-2336
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00416B, Communication
Open Access
G. Blanco-Brieva, F. Desmedt, P. Miquel, J. M. Campos-Martin, J. L. G. Fierro
We show the first catalyst family able to produce hydrogen peroxide at concentrations higher than 5 wt% in the absence of any promoter or stabilizing agent in dissolution.
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Alumina grafted SBA-15 sustainable bifunctional catalysts for direct cross-coupling of benzylic alcohols to diarylmethanes

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2583-2592
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00471E, Paper
Chandran Rajendran, Govindaswamy Satishkumar, Charlotte Lang, Eric M. Gaigneaux
AlSBA-15 catalysts possessing Brønsted acid and Lewis acid–base bifunctionalities catalyze the direct arylation of benzyl alcohols to diarylmethanes with an 85% product yield through C–O bond activation.
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Facile sulfolane-modified resins for enhanced dimethoxymethane carbonylation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2561-2572
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00201A, Paper
Jie Yao, Lei Shi, Wenjie Deng, Jiaqi Fan, Yan Wang, Weizhe Gao, Dongxi Zhang, Wenliang Zhu, Zhongmin Liu
A simple resin modification method for 50 h DMM carbonylation with a high STY of 3.15 mmolMMAc (gcat h)−1 and 100% MMAc selectivity.
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Highly-efficient Ru/Al–SBA-15 catalysts with strong Lewis acid sites for the water-assisted hydrogenation of p-phthalic acid

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2443-2451
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00047G, Paper
Cong Mao, Jingwei Zheng, Babasaheb M. Matsagar, Ranjith Kumar Kankala, Tansir Ahamad, Yucheng Yang, Kevin C.-W. Wu, Xueqin Zhang
A Ru/Al–SBA-15 catalyst with excess Lewis acid sites displayed excellent efficiency (100%), high cis-isomer selectivity (84%), and exceptional stability towards hydrogenation of p-phthalic acid in water.
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Carbon deposits during catalytic combustion of toluene on Pd–Pt-based catalysts

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2452-2461
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00101E, Paper
Yu Yang, Gang Wang, Peng Zheng, Falu Dang, Jiannian Han
Carbon is easily deposited on a catalyst during the catalytic combustion of toluene, resulting in catalyst deactivation.
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Gold-catalyzed domino cyclization enabling construction of diverse fused azaspiro tetracyclic scaffolds: a cascade catalysis mechanism due to a substrate and counterion

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2415-2426
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00120A, Paper
Yunhe Li, Xiang Zhao
The detailed mechanism and origins of gold-catalyzed domino cyclization to diverse fused azaspiro tetracyclic scaffolds by cooperative dual catalysis and cascade catalysis are systematically studied.
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Acetate-catalyzed hydroboration of CO2 for the selective formation of methanol-equivalent products

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2407-2414
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00118J, Paper
Yuri C. A. Sokolovicz, Olalla Nieto Faza, David Specklin, Béatrice Jacques, Carlos Silva López, João H. Z. dos Santos, Henri S. Schrekker, Samuel Dagorne
The acetate anion is a highly robust and effective catalyst for the selective hydroboration of CO2 to methanol-equivalent products.
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Enhanced and selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by H2O over strategically doped Fe and Cr into porous boron carbon nitride

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2663-2680
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00343C, Paper
Niwesh Ojha, Abhinav Bajpai, Sushant Kumar
Strategic doping of metals and non-metals into a photocatalyst can help in tuning the band gap and alignment of band structure.
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Loop engineering of aryl sulfotransferase B for improving catalytic performance in regioselective sulfation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2369-2377
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00063A, Paper
Yu Ji, Shohana Islam, Haiyang Cui, Gaurao V. Dhoke, Mehdi D. Davari, Alan M. Mertens, Ulrich Schwaneberg
Loop engineering of aryl sulfotransferase B improves catalytic performance in regioselective sulfation.
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Adjustable anchoring of Ni/Co cations by oxygen-containing functional groups on functionalized graphite paper and accelerated mass/electron transfer for overall water splitting

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2627-2643
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00181C, Paper
Yiyi Huang, Lei Sun, Zebin Yu, Ronghua Jiang, Jun Huang, Yanping Hou, Fei Yang, Boge Zhang, Runzhi Zhang, Yalan Zhang
NCS–NCO/FGP0.44 with a cellular network of porous nanosheets and close-contact heterointerface reveals accelerated interfacial mass/electron transportation for overall water splitting.
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Mechanistic insights into photocatalysis and over two days of stable H2 generation in electrocatalysis by a molecular cobalt catalyst immobilized on TiO2

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2549-2560
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00330A, Paper
Open Access
Nicola Weder, Benjamin Probst, Laurent Sévery, Ricardo J. Fernández-Terán, Jan Beckord, Olivier Blacque, S. David Tilley, Peter Hamm, Jürg Osterwalder, Roger Alberto
Molecular and heterogeneous water reduction combined: Over 2 days of electrocatalysis of a cobalt polypyridyl catalyst immobilized on TiO2.
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Enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis by aluminium-doped cobalt phosphide through in situ surface area increase

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2398-2406
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00123F, Paper
Timothy E. Rosser, Juliana P. S. Sousa, Yasmine Ziouani, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Dmitri Y. Petrovykh, Xian-Kui Wei, Jo J. L. Humphrey, Marc Heggen, Yury V. Kolen'ko, Andrew J. Wain
Al-doping of cobalt phosphide oxygen evolution catalysts results in enhanced performance which, based on in situ and operando analysis, is shown to result from a surface area increase associated with modified oxidation behaviour.
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Synthesis and molecular structure of model silica-supported tungsten oxide catalysts for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM)

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00289E, Paper
Daniyal Kiani, Sagar Sourav, Israel E. Wachs, Jonas Baltrusaitis
Catalysts with only dispersed phase Na–WO4 sites where Na/W < 2 are slightly less active but significantly more C2 selective than the traditional Na2WO4/SiO2 catalysts that contain a crystalline phase where Na/W = 2.
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Enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction through modulating electronic structure of self-supported NiFe LDH

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00315H, Paper
Xiao-Peng Li, Wen-Kai Han, Kang Xiao, Ting Ouyang, Nan Li, Feng Peng, Zhao-Qing Liu
NiFe-layered double hydroxide (NiFe LDH), as an efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalyst, has emerged as a promising electrocatalyst for catalyzing overall water splitting in alkaline electrolyte.
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Outstanding Reviewers for Catalysis Science & Technology in 2019

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10,2328-2328
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY90032J, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Catalysis Science & Technology in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Optimized preparation and regeneration of MFI type base catalysts for D-glucose isomerization in water

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00188K, Paper
Margarida M. Antunes, Auguste Fernandes, Diogo Falcão, Martyn Pillinger, Filipa Ribeiro, Anabela A. Valente
Eco-friendly solid bases possessing hierarchical MFI structure for D-glucose isomerization to D-fructose. Optimizing catalyst synthesis and composition for enhanced stability.
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Development of BiOI as an effective photocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction under simulated solar irradiation

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00266F, Paper
Tzu-Hsin Chen, Masaaki Yoshida, Shun Tsunekawa, Jia-Hao Wu, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Chechia Hu
In this study, crystalline BiOI powders were prepared for photocatalytic O2 evolution in the presence of NaIO3 as the electron mediator.
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Selenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes: insight into the mechanisms and developing trend

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00400F, Perspective
Hongen Cao, Rongrong Qian, Lei Yu
Recent progresses of the selenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes are summarized at the mechanism level. It may be beneficial for designing novel selenium-containing catalysts and alkene oxidation protocols for the next phase of studies.
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An in situ grown lanthanum sulfide/molybdenum sulfide hybrid catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00425A, Paper
Xinran Ding, Tao Yang, Wenxian Wei, Yihui Wang, Kai Xu, Zizheng Zhu, Hong Zhao, Tingting Yu, Dongen Zhang
An La2S3–MoS2 catalyst with expanded interlayer spacing and engineered nano-interfaces was facilely synthesized, demonstrating enhanced catalytic activity for electrochemical hydrogen evolution.
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Origin of CO2 as the main carbon source in syngas-to-methanol process over Cu: theoretical evidence from a combined DFT and microkinetic modeling study

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00602E, Paper
Dongyang Xu, Panpan Wu, Bo Yang
A theoretical study combining DFT and microkinetic modeling provides evidence that CO2 is the main carbon source in methanol synthesis from syngas (CO, CO2 and H2) over Cu.
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Heterogeneous iron-containing nanocatalysts – promising systems for selective hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00086H, Minireview
Anastasiya A. Shesterkina, Leonid M. Kustov, Anna A. Strekalova, Vladimir B. Kazansky
Bimetallic catalytic systems Fe–Me (Pt, Pd, Cu) demonstrate synergy in the activity/selectivity pattern in reactions involving hydrogen: selective hydrogenation of CC bonds, NO2 and carbonyl groups and hydrogenolysis of C–O bonds.
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Bimetallic scorpionate-based helical organoaluminum complexes for efficient carbon dioxide fixation into a variety of cyclic carbonates

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00593B, Paper
Marta Navarro, Luis F. Sánchez-Barba, Andrés Garcés, Juan Fernández-Baeza, Israel Fernández, Agustín Lara-Sánchez, Ana M. Rodríguez
The binuclear aluminum complexes [AlR22-NN';κ2-NN')AlR2] with TBAB/PPNCl behave as excellent systems for cyclic carbonate formation from CO2 with challenging epoxides.
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Insights into isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] annulation of α,β-unsaturated aryl esters with 2-acylbenzazoles:Mechani-sm, origin of stereoselectivity and switchable chemoselectivity

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00295J, Paper
Congcong Wang, Shi-Jun Li, Qiao-Chu Zhang, Donghui Wei, Lina Ding
Recently, isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] annulation reactions of α,β-unsaturated aryl esters with 2-acylbenzothiazole (or 2-acylbenzoxazole) were reported with switchable chemoselectivity to form either dihydropyridone or dihydropyrone, but predicting the...
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Regulation of rutile/anatase TiO2 heterophase interface by Ni12P5 to improve photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00634C, Paper
Qiu Chengwei, Jinjin Lin, Jinni Shen, Dan Liu, Zizhong Zhang, Huaxiang Lin, Xuxu wang
Anatase/rutile TiO2 heterophase junction composite has been documented to have much higher photocatalytic activity than single phase TiO2 (nude anatase or nude rutile) for various chemical reactions including the hydrogen...
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Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over nickel cobalt bimetallic phosphate anchored graphitic carbon nitrides by regulation of d-band electronic structure

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00556H, Paper
Yuanzheng Zhang, Yunrong Dai, Lifeng Yin, Huihui Li, Xiang Chen, Bin Chen
Non-precious metal co-catalysts with high activity and stability are extremely desirable for economically viable photocatalytic molecular hydrogen (H2) evolution. Herein, nickel cobalt phosphate (NiCo-Pi) was introduced into graphitic carbon nitride...
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Two-way desorption coupling to enhance the conversion of syngas into aromatics by MnO/H-ZSM-5

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00275E, Paper
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Gilani, Le Lu, Muhammad Tahir Arslan, Babar Ali, Qi Wang, Fei Wei
We herein report a composite catalyst containing partially reducible and highly active manganese oxide and nano-size H-ZSM-5 with short b-axis, prepared for the direct conversion of syngas into aromatics.
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