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CoFe2O4@Ti3C2 MXene Nanocomposite-Based Broad-Spectrum Degradation of Biotoxins Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Xuwen Chen, J. Brett Sallach, Wanting Ling, Xuqiang Zhao, Thomas Borch, Yanzheng Gao
A significant research priority is developing a treatment method to effectively remove biotoxins commonly found in food production and the environment. A novel CoFeO@TiC MXene nanocomposite was fabricated by growing ferrite on MXene, and used nanocomposite to develop an oxidation-based treatment system with persulfate (PS). The ability of this system to broad-spectrum degrade mycotoxins and plant toxins
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Distinct structure-activity relationship and reaction mechanism over BaCoO3/CeO2 catalysts for NO direct decomposition Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Running Kang, Xuehai Wang, Junqin Huang, Sufeng An, Lu Wang, Gang Wang, Hong Chen, Cuijuan Zhang, Feng Bin, Yongdan Li
The dependency on morphology is crucial for achieving highly efficient direct decomposition of NO. Herein, a BaCoO/CeO catalyst is synthesized using CeO small particles (p), spheres (s) and rods (r) as supports. The NO conversion to N (NTN2) at 800C follows the order BaCoO/CeO-r (78.8%) > BaCoO/CeO-s (75.9%) > BaCoO/CeO-p (56.9%) > BaCoO (8.6%) at a space velocity 1g·s/cm. BaCoO/CeO-r exhibts high
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Isolated Ni sites anchored on zeolites for direct synthesis of acetic acid from methane oxidative carbonylation Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jin Liu, Yao Wei, Ruitao Li, Yuxin Liu, Hailing Yu, Xuan Zhou, Bo Wu, Tiejun Lin, Liangshu Zhong
Direct conversion of methane to acetic acid with high activity and selectivity over non-noble metal-based catalysts under mild reaction conditions remains a grand challenge. Specifically, 1.2Ni-ZSM-5 with 88.9% isolated Ni sites achieved a high acetic acid yield of 2920 mol/g and a remarkable selectivity up to 82.3% from methane oxidative carbonylation. Combined with high angle annular dark field scanning
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Understanding the unique Ohmic-junction for enhancing the photocatalytic activity of CoS2/MgIn2S4 towards hydrogen production Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jiangshan Li, Jun Yao, Qiang Yu, Xiao Zhang, Sónia A.C. Carabineiro, Xianqiang Xiong, Chenglin Wu, Kangle Lv
MgInS is a photocatalyst with a suitable band gap for renewable energy production, but its effectiveness is hindered by pronounced photocorrosion, insufficient surface active sites and rapid charge recombination. Herein, we report the synthesis of CoS/MgInS Ohmic junction with a robust internal electric field. The optimized CoS/MgInS photocatalyst with a CoS loading of 20.5wt%, depicts a maximum H
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Bimetallic NH2-MIL-101(Fe, Co) as highly efficient photocatalyst for nitrogen fixation Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Huifang Feng, Qiaozhen Xu, Tao Lv, Hong Liu
Developing effective catalysts for N photofixation at ambient conditions is highly desirable but still challenging. Herein, we reported a novel Co-doped NH-MIL-101(Fe) (NM-Fe) bimetallic organic framework (BMOF) for visible-light-driven catalytic N fixation. It was found that the doping of Co ions could effectively enhance light-harvesting, reduce the conduction band potential, suppress the recombination
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Converting CO2 to single-cell protein via an integrated electrocatalytic-biosynthetic system Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Huijuan Cui, Weisong Liu, Chunling Ma, Pezhman Shiri, Zhiguang Zhu, Huifeng Jiang, Demao Li, Lingling Zhang
Boosting CO biotransformation by renewable electrical energy provides a prospective avenue to reform the biomanufacturing paradigm and achieve a circular carbon economy. However, mismatches between electrocatalytic and biosynthetic modules lead to poor efficiency. Herein, we design an integrated electro-driven CO-single cell protein (SCP) transformation system, via coupling an electrocatalytic CO reduction
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Two-Phase Reaction System for Efficient Photocatalytic Production of Hydrogen Peroxide Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yifan Zhao, Yoshifumi Kondo, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Hiromi Yamashita
Hydrogen peroxide (HO) has attracted considerable interest due to its status as an eco-friendly oxidant and a sustainable energy carrier. This review summarizes current advancements in various photocatalysts, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), titanium dioxide (TiO), ionic carbon nitride, quantum dots (QDs), coordination polymer (CP), and heterojunction materials
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Reshaping hydrogen bond network in aqueous-aprotic hybrid electrolyte to achieve highly selective ambient ammonia synthesis Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Jiajie Ni, Qiyang Cheng, Mengfan Wang, Sisi Liu, Haoqing Ji, Yanzheng He, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan, Jianmei Lu
Aqueous electrolytes are extensively applied in electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction, while the overwhelming HO always produce much protons, favoring the electron-stealing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and thus leaving the current ammonia synthesis much to be desired. Here, we propose an aqueous-aprotic hybrid electrolyte system by introducing trimethyl phosphate (TMP) as a cosolvent to
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Neighboring V Atom as a Catalytic Switch: Reversing the Active Site for Exceptional Water Splitting Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Xianbin Meng, Zhiqiang Zhao, Kai Li, Youwen Liu, Wenming Sun, Tianyou Zhai, Yuqing Lin
Due to the different reaction substrates are involved in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), bifunctional catalysts with diverse active sites are crucial for electrochemical water splitting. However, it is extremely difficult to design sites that are catalytically active for both H- and O-containing intermediates. Herein, neighboring V site on poor-active FeN site
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Regulation of oriented NO photooxidation to circumvent NO2 with high-coordinated M–N5 (M = Fe, Co, Mn, Ti) sites and far–carbon defects Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Zhao Hu, Yujiao Zhang, Yan Wang, Jinshu Huang, Song Yang, Hu Li
The targeted oxidization of trace NO to NO instead of toxic NO photocatalytic process represents one of the promising protocols for assuring environmental benefits. A novel type of graphite carbon nitride (CN) photocatalysts with high coordination sites (M–N; M = Fe, Co, Mn, Ti) and far–carbon defects were manufactured by reconstructing the low coordination structure (M–N). The mingled characterizations
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Tailored bimetallic synergy of iron–cobalt sulfide anchored to S-doped carbonized wood fiber for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Bin Zhao, Wanjuan Zeng, Wenxi Zhang, Sha Chen, Han Xu, Yu Liao, Yuanyuan Liao, Yan Qing, Yiqiang Wu
Decoupling the scaling relation of intermediates is an effective strategy to improve the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalytic efficiency. Herein, S-doped carbon-confined FeCoS nanoparticles (FeCoS@SC) anchored to S-doped carbonized wood fiber (SCWF) are fabricated via simple synchronous carbonization and sulfidation. Due to the synergistic catalytic effect of bimetallic and the unique structural
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Macrocycle-on-COF photocatalyst constructed by in-situ linker exchange for efficient photocatalytic CO2 cycloaddition Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Xiaojuan Li, Xinxin Niu, Peng Fu, Yaru Song, Enbing Zhang, Yanfeng Dang, Jing Yan, Guangyuan Feng, Shengbin Lei, Wenping Hu
Functionalizing macrocycle with gas capture and catalytic ability onto covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can generate hierarchical porous materials with enhanced properties, while the challenge is how to improve full utilization of the active sites and maintain the crystallinity of the parent framework. Herein, we developed a “Macrocycle-on-COF” strategy by partial in-situ linker exchange to gain
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The CoSe2 hollow cube/CoSe2 nanosheet interface catalyst for efficient electrolysis of urea–assisted hydrogen production at industrial–grade currents Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Borong Lu, Zhuo Li, Jinling Yin, Kai Zhu, Ke Ye
Cobalt–based catalysts are regarded as the most innovative catalyst in the urea oxidation reaction (UOR). Nevertheless, the activity limitation of Co–based catalysts by the unavoidable self–oxidation reaction of Co species (CSOR) during UOR is generally ignored. Therefore, the interface strategy was used to synthesize a CoSe hollow cube (HC)/CoSe nanosheet (NS) homogeneous interface catalyst to achieve
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Regulating the double-site Mn2-N6 electronic structure by manganese clusters for enhanced oxygen reduction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Guangtao Luo, Enze Zhu, Chaoyang Shi, Yanrong Ren, Yan Lin, Xikun Yang, Mingli Xu
Effectively designing the coordination environment of metal atoms in single-atom catalysts to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance is challenging. Herein, a strategy for regulating the electronic structure of double-site Mn-N by axial traction of Mn cluster is presented. The atomically dispersed homonuclear double-site Mn-N was synthesized. Experimental investigations and theoretical
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Tuning selectivity of acetic acid and alcohols by Brønsted and Lewis acid sites in plasma-catalytic CH4/CO2 conversion over zeolites Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Li Wang, Linhui Fan, Yuezhao Wang, Qian Chen, Yimin Zhu, Yanhui Yi
Plasma catalysis enables CH/CO direct conversion to oxygenates under mild conditions. However, addressing complexity of oxygenate products is the main scientific challenge. Herein, the roles of Brønsted and Lewis acid site (i.e., BAS and LAS) in tuning the selectivity of acetic acid and alcohols have been comparatively investigated for the first time. BAS and LAS are provided by HZSM-5 and 13X zeolites
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Construction of a novel metal-free heterostructure photocatalyst PRGO/TP-COF for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yuhan Liu, Yue Wang, Jing Shang, Jing Peng, Tong Zhu
The development of metal-free composite heterojunction catalysts is essential for economical and environmentally friendly carbon dioxide (CO) conversion technologies. Most studies neglect the semiconductor property of graphene oxide (GO), which has the potential to participate in the construction of heterojunction catalysts. In this work, a novel organic-inorganic composite metal-free heterojunction
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Highly selective conversion of COx to C2–4 hydrocarbons over MoSx@HSSZ-39 catalyst Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Taotao Zhao, Yuchi Liu, Chenyang Shen, Gui Liu, Jun Yao, Xiaofeng Qian, Qiang He, Feifei Mei, Deming Meng, Xuefeng Guo, Luming Peng, Nianhua Xue, Yan Zhu, Yuming Zhou, Weiping Ding
Here, we report a high-performance catalyst MoS@HSSZ-39 for conversion of CO to C hydrocarbons, in which MoS clusters for CO hydrogenation at the first to intermediate methanol and then the zeolitic acid sites surrounding for further conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons. For CO hydrogenation, C hydrocarbons of ∼90% selectivity in organic products at 32.7% of CO conversion and excellent stability
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Light-Switchable N-Alkylation Using Amine-Functionalized MOF Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Yu Huang, Yaru Li, Dongsheng Zhang, Yuanqiang Mai, Flemming Besenbacher, Chuan Dong, Federico Rosei, Yong Yang, Yongwang Li, Hans Niemantsverdriet, Wenting Liang, Ren Su
Catalytic N-alkylation is a frequently employed method to synthesize secondary amines and imines, yet selectivity control remains as a challenge that normally requires specialized catalysts under harsh reaction conditions. Here we propose a light-switchable N-alkylation of amines with aromatic halides for selective synthesis of secondary amines and imines, using an amine-functionalized metal-organic
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Synthesis of uniform Fe2O3@Y2O3 yolk−shell nanoreactors as chemical looping oxygen carriers Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Qianwenhao Fan, Mingwu Tan, Bingqing Yao, Syed Saqline, Longgang Tao, Qian He, Wen Liu
Iron-based materials are extensively employed as oxygen carriers in chemical looping processes, but their long-term performance is often inhibited by sintering and agglomeration. Here, we developed a yolk–shell structured FeO@YO oxygen carrier, with each unit consisting of a YO shell encapsulating a nano-sized FeO core. The YO shell could protect the redox-active cores from sintering, and the void
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Sunlight-driven selective oxidation of glycerol on formate oxidase mimicking AuPt/TiO2 Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Xiaoyuan Liu, Yu Zou, Jiang Jiang
We report selective photocatalytic partial oxidation of glycerol on bimetallic formate oxidase mimicking AuPt/TiO, with a unique self-accelerating reaction kinetics discovered for the first time. Systematic investigation on the glycerol oxidation in the presence of externally added formic acid and various scavengers reveals a positive correlation between photocatalytic activity and solution HO level
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Regulation of electron delocalization between flower-like (Co, Ni)-MOF array and WO3/W photoanode for effective photoelectrochemical water splitting Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Pengyu Dong, Jinkang Pan, Lihua Zhang, Xiu-Li Yang, Ming-Hua Xie, Jinlong Zhang
A stable heterometallic (Co, Ni)-MOF array with a 3D hierarchical flower-like morphology was coated onto the coral-like WO/W thin film. The optimal (Co, Ni)-MOF/WO/W photoanode exhibits a high photocurrent density of 2.96 mA cm at 1.23 V in the 0.5 M NaSO solution and the photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell displays an excellent solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency (2.17 %) under AM 1.5 G solar light. Moreover
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Adjacent MnOx clusters enhance the hydroformylation activity of rhodium single-atom catalysts Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Ying Zheng, Qi Yang, Sikai Wang, Shinya Furukawa, Maoshuai Li, Ning Yan, Xinbin Ma
Hydroformylation reactions promoted by Rh single-atom catalysts typically exhibit a negative reaction order for CO and a positive reaction order for H and alkenes. To enhance the catalytic activity, efforts have been concentrated on reducing the CO adsorption strength and/or enhancing the hydrogenation capacity at Rh sites. This report introduces an optimized Rh single-atom catalyst, utilizing positively
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Photoelectron migration monitored by 3d orbital electron configuration of spinel cocatalysts for covalent organic framework-based photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Wenhao He, Ke Kong, Meiying Wang, Beibei Dong, Daqiang Yuan, Konstantin P. Bryliakov, Ruihu Wang
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising polymer semiconductors in solar-driven hydrogen production. It is pivotal to promote separation and transfer of charge carriers for achieving high hydrogen evolution efficiency. Herein, we presented one type of noble-metal-free photocatalytic systems by integrating typical ketoenamine-linked TpPa-COF with spinel-structured ACoO (ACoO/TpPa-COF, A = Cu
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A Zn-Al-Zr layered double hydroxide/graphene oxide nanocomposite enables rapid photocatalytic removal of kanamycin-resistance bacteria and genes via nano-confinement effects Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Miao Yu, Dawei Liu, Lichao Wang, Jing Xia, Jianhui Ren, Yuqiu Fan, Xiaofeng Zhu, Jun Wang, Kun Xiong
For efficient removal of the antibiotic-resistance bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes, zirconium-doped zinc-aluminum layered double hydroxide/graphene oxide (Zn-Al-Zr LDHs/GO) nanocomposite has been developed. The Zn-Al-Zr LDHs/GO shows outstanding photocatalytic sterilization, inactivating kanamycin-resistance E. coli (6.53 log CFU/mL) under the full-wavelength light irradiation within 50 minutes
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Unlocking exceptional diffusion of porous Ni@SiO2 nanocapsule catalysts for enhanced dry reforming of methane Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Zi-Yian Lim, Junling Tu, Fengling Zhou, Baiman Chen, Kwang Leong Choy
This paper introduces innovative porous Ni@SiO nanocapsule catalysts for high-temperature dry reforming of methane, synthesized through a selective etching method in a mild alkaline solution with varying CTAB concentrations. While core-shell catalysts have been proven effective in addressing issues like active metal sintering and coking, their dense inert oxide shells can impede intrinsic kinetics
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Identifying the photoproduction sites of reactive oxygen species in dissolved black carbon: A remarkable role of oxygenated functional groups Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Lin Wang, Hao Jiang, Jun Zhang, Xinhua He, Fangfang Li, Jing Feng, Bo Pan
Dissolved black carbon (DBC) can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), playing significant roles in contaminants degradation and chemical stresses to microorganisms. However, little is known regarding the photoproduction sites to ROS generation, mainly because of its extremely complicated composition. Herein, the ROS generation and photoexcited alteration of DBC were investigated. The generation
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Synergetic effect for highly efficient light-driven CO2 reduction by CH4 on Co/Mg-CoAl2O4 promoted by a photoactivation Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Zhengyan Cui, Qianqian Hu, Yuanzhi Li, Jichun Wu, Xiaocui Yu, Huamin Cao, Lei Ji, Mengqi Zhong, Zhi Chen
The utilization of photothermocatalytic dry reforming of methane is shown to be an up-and-coming technology. However, reaching high fuel productivity at a comparatively low light intensity and effectively suppressing the side reactions of coking in the DRM process are still two tough difficulties. Under focused UV–vis–IR irradiation at a relatively low light intensity of 80.5 kW m, a nanostructure
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Visual light-driven valorization of biomass-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over ZnS/ZnIn2S4 heterostructures as hollow nanoreactors Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yuxin Zhang, Ming Zhang, Zhihao Yu, Runyu Liu, Yiming Li, Jian Xiong, Yina Qiao, Rui Zhang, Xuebin Lu
Hollow heterostructured nanoreactors have been used as one of the top choices for photocatalytic valorization conversion of biomass platform molecules due to their superior light-absorbing ability, high efficiency of photogenerated carrier separation and migration, ability to add a large number of reaction sites to the reaction, and good stability. In this paper, an ortho-dodecahedral hollow core-shell
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Constructing Unsaturated Coordination Co−M (M=P, S, Se, Te) Bonds Modified Metallic Co for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Zehao Zang, Yangyang Ren, Chunyan Fan, Yahui Cheng, Lanlan Li, Xiaofei Yu, Xiaojing Yang, Zunming Lu, Xinghua Zhang, Hui Liu
Alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) provides a promising approach for producing green hydrogen, but designing high-efficiency transition metal nanocatalysts is rather challenging. Herein, unsaturated coordination Co−M (M = P, S, Se, Te) bonds modified metallic Co are designed on Ni foam (M-Co/NF) through a facile electrodeposition strategy. The constructed Co−M bonds not only alter the local
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Defect-rich AuCu@Ag nanowires with exclusive strain effect accelerate nitrate reduction to ammonia Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Songliang Liu, Weixin Miao, Kun Ma, Huaifang Teng, Xu Zhang, Jialin Li, Wenzhen Li, Xuejing Cui, Luhua Jiang
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia is an attractive alternative route for the traditional Haber-Bosch process, yet suffers from unsatisfied efficiency and selectivity due to multiple intermediates as well as the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction. Herein, we report a defect-rich AuCu@Ag nanowires (AuCu@Ag NWs) with exclusive strain effect as an efficient electrocatalyst for nitrate
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Surface engineered carbon quantum dots for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Wenyuan Han, Hao Zhang, Degang Li, Wenwu Qin, Xuliang Zhang, Shaobin Wang, Xiaoguang Duan
Photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide (HO) from O and water offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to solar-to-chemical energy conversion. To address the low HO yield of pristine carbon quantum dots (CQDs) (354 µmol g h), we applied molecular level engineering of CQDs through surface NH functionalization (CQDs-NH), which significantly increased photocatalytic activity of
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Enhanced removal efficiency of multicomponent VOCs over the Sn-doped Silicalite-1-supported Ru single-atom catalysts by constructing tightly coupled redox and acidic sites Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Linke Wu, Jiguang Deng, Yuxi Liu, Lin Jing, Xiaohui Yu, Jinxiong Tao, Ruyi Gao, Ying Feng, Hongxing Dai
The development of cost-effective catalysts with excellent chlorine resistance and harmful by-products inhibition is important for the environmentally friendly purification of multi-component volatile organic compounds (VOCs and chlorine-containing VOCs (CVOCs)). In this work, the Sn-doped Silicalite-1-supported Ru (Ru@Silicalite-1-Sn-, and is the molar ratio of Si/Sn) samples were prepared using a
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Efficiently photocatalytic conversion of amine to imidine via perylene diimides supramolecules with oxygen vacancy Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Yingxin Guo, Bing Liu, Jiawei Zhang, Chuntao Wang, Guangli Wang, Chengsi Pan, Hui Zhao, Yuming Dong professor Doctor, Yongfa Zhu
The utilization of photocatalytic oxidation technology for sustainable production of value-added chemicals has garnered significant attention. In the photocatalytic process, the transfer rate of photogenerated holes is considerably slower (2–3 orders of magnitude) than that of electrons. Consequently, the migration of photogenerated holes emerges as a critical bottleneck in achieving the efficient
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Boosting photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution of Bi@OV-BiOBr/Cu3P high-low heterojunction with dual-channel charge transfer Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Xibao Li, Tao Han, Yingtang Zhou, Meng Wang, Zhangliu Tian, Fang Deng, Yidan Luo, Yu Xie, Juntong Huang, Lu Han, Zhi Chen, Zhijun Feng, Wei Chen
A high-low heterojunction composite, oxygen vacancies BiOBr induced Bi precipitation Bi@O-BiOBr/CuP with Bi-O-P chemical bond, was synthesized using a solvothermal method. Compared to single substance, the carrier lifetime and separation rate of Bi@O-BiOBr/CuP were significantly improved. According to theoretical calculations and experimental results, CuP can be considered as a hole extractor to accelerate
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Enhancement mechanism of n-n homojunction δ/α-MnO2 with fast electron transfer characteristics for efficient photothermal synergistic catalytic oxidation of propane Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Yuxi Bi, Guoyang Ji, Guofei Jiang, Chao Feng, Yadi Wang, Yuekun Jing, Yunqi Liu, Huazhen Chang, Fang Liu
The construction of isotype homojunctions composed of the same semiconductor can improve the photoelectrochemical properties, adsorption and catalytic properties of the catalysts, which is important for the enhancement effect in photothermal synergistic catalytic oxidation (PTSCO) system. Herein, a series of homojunctions with δ- and α-phase MnO catalysts were designed and synthesized for propane oxidation
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Tailoring the coordination microenvironment of single-atom W for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Jinyu Zhou, Xiuling Zha, Zhigang Chen, Kaining Li, Hongzhao Sun, Juan Wang, Kangle Lv, Shan Cong, Zhigang Zhao
Fine-tuning the coordination number of single-atom W has been achieved by anchoring single-atom incorporated onto Graphite carbon nitride (g-CN) frameworks, which has been found to be essential for efficient photocatalytic CO reduction. The WN sample, with a moderate coordination number of 4 for W atoms, exhibits the highest photocatalytic activity toward CO yield at 2.67 μmol hg, several times larger
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Density-controlled metalloporphyrin with mutated surface via pulsed laser for oxidative refining of alcohols to benzoic acid and H2 production using linear tandem electrolysis Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Talshyn Begildayeva, Jayaraman Theerthagiri, Ahreum Min, Cheol Joo Moon, Myong Yong Choi
A highly selective and multifunctional electrocatalyst is constructed by combining a single-phase NiS obtained via pulsed laser ablation in liquids (PLAL) with different contents of nickel tetraphenylporphyrin (NiTPP) complex. The catalytic performance is assessed in consecutive hydrogen (HER) and oxygen evolution (OER), as well as benzyl alcohol (B.Alc) oxidation reactions (AOR). The optimal NiS-NiTPP10%
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Deciphering the role of nano-CeO2 morphology on the dry reforming of methane over Ni/CeO2 using transient and isotopic techniques Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Michalis A. Vasiliades, Constantinos M. Damaskinos, Maria Lykaki, Sofia Stefa, Vassilios D. Binas, Theocharis Kentri, Soghomon Boghosian, Michalis Konsolakis, Angelos M. Efstathiou
The effect of ceria morphology, nanorods-NR and nanopolyhedra-NP on important kinetic parameters of the dry reforming of methane (DRM) over Ni/nano-ceria (d ∼20 nm) was investigated by transient and isotopic experiments. Transient isothermal reduction by hydrogen evidenced lower activation energy and higher reduction rates of lattice oxygen in the case of CeO-NR compared to those of CeO-NP. Transient
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Stabilization of unique Zr>4+ species in NiFe2O4 nanocrystals for unprecedented catalytic transfer hydrogenation reaction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Mingwei Ma, Liping Li, Xinbo Li, Qi Wang, Taotao Huang, Zhibin Geng, Ge Tian, Guangshe Li
Stabilization of transition metal species (like Zr) with increasingly positive charge density at oxide surfaces is highly important for intrinsically improving catalytic performance for many uses like catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) reaction, which however remains inaccessible. Here, we showcase a water-quenching strategy that stably achieves Zr species at surfaces of prototype spinel oxide
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Local coordination environment triggers key Ni-O-Si copolymerization on silicalite-2 for dry reforming of methane Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Yidan Zhang, Shuqing Li, Yu Fu, Lei Zheng, Hongyu Li, Wenbo Kong, Bingrong Pan, Jiong Li, Jun Zhang, Yuhan Sun
The development of dry reforming of methane (DRM) catalysts with good Ni loading, while retaining high metal dispersion is a critical issue, given the harsh industrial-relevant conditions. Here, we demonstrate the impact of the local coordination environment on the DRM activity of Ni-silicalite-2 (Ni-S2) catalysts. The grafted Ni(II) intermediates with high Ni-O-Si copolymerization (coordination number
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Salt-assisted construction of hydrophilic carbon nitride photocatalysts with abundant water molecular adsorption sites for efficient hydrogen production Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Chong Wang, Yichun Lu, Zequn Wang, Hongwu Liao, Weiming Zhou, Yuhe He, Sameh M. Osman, Meng An, Yusuke Asakura, Yusuke Yamauchi, Liwei Wang, Zhanhui Yuan
Polymer carbon nitride (PCN), as an affordable and easily prepared photocatalyst, has acquired extensive attention for hydrogen production. However, bulk carbon nitride material exhibits poor dispersibility in water due to the relatively inert surface which limits its quantum efficiency in photocatalytic hydrogen production. In this study, a hydrophilic carbon nitride (HCN) is successfully synthesized
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Unveiling the synergistic effects of pH and Sn content for tuning the catalytic performance of Ni0/NixSny intermetallic compounds dispersed on Ce-Zr mixed oxides in the aqueous phase reforming of ethylene glycol Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Consolato Rosmini, Monica Pazos Urrea, Enrico Tusini, Sylvio Indris, Daniela Kovacheva, Daniela Karashanova, Hristo Kolev, Anna Zimina, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Magnus Rønning, Momtchil Dimitrov, Margarita Popova
The product distribution in aqueous phase reforming (APR) of polyols is closely tied to the catalytically induced feed cleavage mechanism. Strategic variations in catalyst composition and synergistic effects prompted by reaction conditions, such as pH, can be utilized to tune the product distribution of both liquid and gaseous phases. This study aimed to compare the physicochemical properties of various
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Short-term cathodic tuning atomic-level S-S interaction of CuS for heavy metal ultrafast detoxication Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Liming Yang, Guangzhen Liu, Zhenglin Chen, Zhiyan Guo, Tian Liu, Hui Shi, Penghui Shao, Xianchuan Xie, Wenwei Li, Xubiao Luo
Transition metal sulfides have demonstrated excellent heavy metal detoxification in previous studies. However, the activity of their S-functional sites is usually not maximized because they are not precisely regulated. Herein, we report a new short-term cathodic tuned CuS crystals (C-tuned CuS) distortion strategy, ultrafast detoxicating over 95% Cr(VI) in 1 min,its detoxification rate was elevated
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Flexible construction of heteroatom-free g-C3N4/g-C3N4 homojunction with switching charge dynamics toward efficient photo-piezocatalytic performance Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Huanhuan Zhai, Hongqin Liu, Yi Zhang, Jiaxin Tong, Xinfeng Liu, Wenna Du, Hanxiao Liao, Pengfei Tan, Jun Pan
Photo-piezocatalysis based on homojunction emerges as an auspicious approach for the environmental crisis, while it is still in early stage with limited strategies and ambiguous reaction mechanisms. Herein, a heteroatom-free homojunction of ultrathin g-CN with N vacancies/pristine g-CN has been innovatively constructed through surface coupling effect. It achieves higher performance on both photo-piezocatalytic
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Confinement effect of Mn nanoparticles encapsulated in zeolite for efficient catalytic ozonation of S-VOCs at room temperature Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Fawei Lin, Luyang Zhang, Hang Du, Yongtao Li, Zhanjun Cheng, Beibei Yan, Guanyi Chen
Catalytic ozonation is potential to eliminate sulfur-containing organic compounds (S-VOCs) with anti-poisoning of sulfur at low temperature. This paper synthesized a popcorn-like catalyst Mn@ZSM293 with confined effect that could combine with ozone to attain 100% conversion of CHSH at low temperature, ca. 15 °C, with a low O/CHSH molar ratio of 1.33. Particularly, excellent stability without sulfur
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Mn single atoms for one-electron photoozonation of aqueous organics Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Jing Wang, Zhaomeng Xu, Yanjun Xu, Shenning Liu, Jiakai Qiu, Zhuan Wang, Yuxian Wang, Yuxiang Weng, Hongbin Cao, Shaobin Wang, Yongbing Xie
Photocatalytic ozonation offers a potential approach for highly efficient organic degradation by generation of reactive OH via electron reduction of ozone. Herein, we synthesized a Mn single atom photocatalyst for promoting the OH generation from O activation under visible light irradiation. Theoretical calculation and experimental studies reveal that Mn single atoms on carbon nitride significantly
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Efficient H2O2 photocatalysis by a novel organic semiconductor with electron donor-acceptor interface Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Rong Ji, Yuming Dong, Xinyu Sun, Chengsi Pan, Yunfan Yang, Hui Zhao, Yongfa Zhu
Nowadays, considerable attention has been directed towards the two-electron oxygen reduction for the photocatalytic HO production. However, the challenge of insufficient charge separation capacity markedly constrains the rate of HO production. Herein, we designed a donor-acceptor (D-A) interface characterized by rapid charge migration and separation to enhance the photocatalytic HO production. Specifically
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Polyol-assisted efficient hole transfer and utilization at the Si-based photoanode/electrolyte interface Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Yaxing Zhao, Xiaolei Zhao, Kepeng Song, Xiaowen Sun, Ning Xi, Xuedong Zhang, Yuanhua Sang, Hong Liu, Xiaowen Yu
The sluggish kinetics of the anodic oxygen evolution reaction significantly restricts the efficiency of silicon (Si)-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. In this study, we employ microfabrication technology to batch-prepare reproducible Si substrates, and develop a facile electrodeposition technique to load high-quality nickel film onto the substrates. Innovatively, we introduce energetically favorable
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Oxygen-atom substitution in a β-ketoenamine-linked covalent organic framework for boosting photocatalytic oxygenation of sulfides Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Hongxiang Zhao, Yuexin Wang, Fulin Zhang, Xiaoyun Dong, Xianjun Lang
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a class of crystalline porous materials, have been widely adopted as visible light photocatalysts. Benzothiadiazole is a prevalent building block of COFs, and oxygen-atom substitution of the sulfur-atom of benzothiadiazole leads to benzooxadiazole. Here, with pyrrolidine as the catalyst, two highly crystalline COFs, TpBTD-COF and TpBO-COF, are synthesized by the
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The single atomic Pt promoted CoMo heterostructure catalyst for efficient sorbitol hydrogenolysis to ethanol Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jiacheng Ji, Honglin Zhuang, Ling Zhou, Yi Zhang
Ethanol (EtOH) is recognized as one of the most crucial biofuels, but the low efficiency and complex bioconversion process limit its commercial utilization. In this study, we design a single atomic Pt promoted CoMo heterostructure catalyst for ethanol synthesis from sorbitol, one of the important biochemical platforms, via a continuous-flow fixed-bed reactor. The Pt/CoMoO catalyst exhibited the best
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Boosting peracetic acid activation with Cu single-atom catalysts for sulfamethoxazole abatement: A nonradical pathway and ‘double engine’ driving mechanism Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Longlong Zhang, Xuefei Zhou, Libin Yang, Yao Xu, Tongcai Liu, Ruicheng Ji, Yinchuan Yang, Yalei Zhang, Jiabin Chen
Herein, a Cu single-atom catalyst with ultrahigh loading of Cu-pyridinic N sites on carbon nanosheets (Cu-N-C) is successfully designed and synthesized as an activator for peracetic acid (PAA). The Cu-N-C showed the most powerful capacity for PAA activation among the Cu-based catalysts, and even a 48-fold enhancement on sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation compared to homogeneous Cu. The scavenging experiments
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Photocatalytic O2 activation carried out by organic aerosol: A case study of 1, 8-naphthalic anhydride Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Tingting Dong, Guohui Dong, Yuxin Li, Zizhong Zhang
1,8-naphthalene anhydride (1,8-NA) is a common polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are the most important light absorbed-organic aerosols (BrC) in atmospheric. 1,8-NA can generate different ROSs (·OH, ·O, HO, O) under the visible light irradiation. According to the results of DFT simulation and band structure analysis, 1,8-NA has the semiconductor characteristic, and the electrons of it can
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Efficient and sustainable tandem annulation-decarboxylation reaction using ecocatalysis Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Laure Liénart, Yves-Marie Legrand, Franck Pelissier, Philippe Gaveau, Peter Hesemann, Eddy Petit, Claude Grison, Claire M. Grison
Substituted cyclohexenones are well-known building blocks for the synthesis of numerous natural products and bioactive compounds. Despite their widespread use, they are prepared under conditions that are not compatible with the principles of green chemistry. Here the synthesis of substituted cyclohexenones was revisited using a tandem annulation-decarboxylation strategy, in an eco-friendly process
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Charge-ordered Cu+/Cu2+ pair regulated highly-selective electroreduction of carbon monoxide to acetate Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Siyuan Luo, Haiyuan Zou, Renji Zheng, Shimao Deng, Xuezhen Feng, Wenfei Wei, Ranhao Wang, Ze Li, Wei Xu, Lele Duan, Hong Chen
Selective electrochemical reduction of CO/CO to high-valuable C products is of great importance to alleviate the global warming and energy crisis problems, while the selective production of C is severely limited by the CC coupling pathway on the catalyst interface. Herein, by employing a Cu/Cu charge-ordered metal-organic framework (MOF) material (denoted to be Cu4BHT) as a CO electroreduction catalyst
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Efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO on silver single-atom catalysts: Activity enhancement through coordinated modulation of polyaniline Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Teng Zhang, Xingyu Lu, Wei Qi, Gaowu Qin, Song Li
The electrochemical reduction of CO to CO is considered to be one of the most mature routes that could be commercialized for efficient utilization of large amount of CO. Silver (Ag) has shown high selectivity towards CO but usually requires high reduction potential. Herein, a novel Ag single atom-polyaniline (PANI) is constructed directly on gas diffusion electrode (GDE). The amino group with strong
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Engineering heteropolyblue hole transfer layer for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting of BiVO4 photoanodes Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Lei Gan, GaoShuang He, Yang Liu, Wenzhang Li, Jie Li
Constructing hole transport layer (HTL) has emerged as a forefront approach to enhance the efficiency of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. Here, we introduce the concept of the heteropolyblue HTL as a solution to address the orientation anisotropy issue associated with traditional solid-phase HTL. Integrated with cobalt-based polyoxometalate oxygen evolution cocatalyst and BiVO substrate
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High-efficiency and stable syngas production by coupling NiFe-BiVO4 photoanodes with AgOx/Ag cathodes Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Zhenzhen Zhang, Xiaojuan Huang, Yingpu Bi
Solar-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion of CO and HO into syngas (CO and H) provides a promising route for carbon resource utilization. Herein, we demonstrated the integration of BiVO-based photoanodes with porous AgO/Ag cathodes to construct a highly efficient and stable PEC system for CO conversion into syngas. More specifically, the BiVO photoanode decorated with NiFe cocatalysts enables
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Unlocking the potential of atomic Ni reactive sites through interlayer confinement towards solar-to-hydrogen conversion from water Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Yiming Zhang, Xusheng Wang, Shibo Shao, Xuefeng Lu, Chenchen Feng, Henan Jia, Shunqin Luo, Jinhua Ye
The atomization of active sites on photocatalysts facilitates a pronounced interaction with reactants, yet achieving a precise manipulation of the coordination environment of reactive atomic center remains challenging. Herein, we innovatively adopted polydopamine framework as an interlayer to maximize the density of Ni atomic sites, forming a unique atomic arrangement of Ni−N motif over CdS that delivers
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Ru dopant induced high selectivity and stability of ternary RuSnTi electrode toward chlorine evolution reaction Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Haiming Gong, Bicheng Zhu, Dianzhi Zhang, Tao Liu, Panyong Kuang, Jiaguo Yu
Chlorine evolution reaction (CER) in chlor-alkali industry is limited by oxygen evolution reaction (OER) due to their common active sites and close standard reaction potentials. Herein, a ternary RuSnTi electrode was synthesized and exhibits a superior CER activity in saturated NaCl solution. Theoretical studies reveal that Ru dopant improves the electrical conductivity of RuSnTi by contributing Ru
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Atomic level dispersed nickel coupled with silver nanoparticle to boost the efficiency of CO2 conversion to CO via spin electrons regulation Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy (IF 22.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Zibo Zhao, Liu Lin, Youxuan Ni, Lin Jin, Lanlan Feng, Yuwen Wang, Yajuan Wei, Jingbo Zhang, Jun Chen
Modulating the electronic configuration by coupling multi-scale active sites for electrocatalytic conversion of CO to CO is extremely challenging in terms of structural analysis and mechanism elucidation. Herein, a catalyst NiAD/AgNPs@CN with both atomic-level dispersed Ni and Ag nanoparticles on N-doped carbon substrate has been designed to reveal the true active sites and catalytic mechanism in complex