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Increasing the value of sustainable chemical manufacturing with paired electrochemical systems Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Rileigh DiDomenico
Achieving sustainable ammonia production remains a considerable challenge. In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Ma et al. demonstrate that pairing electrochemical nitrate reduction with ethylene glycol oxidation enables the simultaneous production of ammonia and glycolic acid, showcasing the promising technical and economic potential of this coupled waste-valorization strategy.
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Decoupling electron transfer and N2 activation in sodium-mediated cascade for ammonia synthesis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Zuxin Wen, Yixin Chen, Xianbiao Fu
In the May issue of Joule, Manthiram and co-workers report a sodium-naphthalene-titanium electrochemical cascade of nitrogen reduction for ammonia electrosynthesis at a rate of 475 nmol cm−1 s−1 and a Faradaic efficiency of 24%. This work provides a promising paradigm for developing efficient and low-cost metal-mediated ammonia reactors beyond lithium.
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Unveiling the support LUMO-activity correlation in single-atom catalysis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Huayu Gu, Dongshuang Wu
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have demonstrated remarkable potential in heterogeneous catalytic reactions. However, elucidating and precisely predicting the structure-activity relationships of SACs remain critical yet challenging for the rational design of high-performance catalysts. Reporting recently in Nature, Shi et al. uncover a linear relationship between the acetylene semi-hydrogenation activity
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Cobaltosilicate zeolite with isolated tetrahedral cobalt sites for efficient propane dehydrogenation Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Yunpeng Long, Yifan Li, Junhua Li, Yue Peng
In a recent issue of Nature Catalysis, Zhou et al. introduce an innovative cobaltosilicate zeolite with solely tetrahedral cobalt sites (CoS-1) for propane dehydrogenation. By eliminating unstable cobalt species through acid wash, CoS-1 mitigates coke formation and framework degradation. The catalyst outperforms benchmark Pt–Sn catalysts over multiple dehydrogenation-regeneration cycles.
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Engineering ultrathin 2D ceria architecture with superior catalytic performance for industrial redox reactions Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Haiting Cai, Shuai Wang, Huamin Wang
In the April 24 issue of Nature, Khivantsev et al. report an unexpected transformation of ceria nanoparticles into a nearly one-atomic-layer-thin architecture via a high-temperature reducing treatment. The resultant high-density 2D CexOy clusters exhibit markedly enhanced activity in catalyzing several industrially important redox reactions, providing a new dimension for tailoring ceria-containing
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Computational modeling of a high-entropy alloy for enhanced ammonia synthesis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-19 Julia H. Baratta, Andrew S. Rosen
In the April 30 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Shen and co-workers report on an FeCoNiAlSi high-entropy alloy (HEA) for the Haber-Bosch process. Through density functional theory and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, the HEA is predicted to have greater activity than iron at milder reaction conditions.
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Strategies for oxygen vacancy formation in CeO2-based materials for thermal catalysis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-17 Sinmyung Yoon, Jihun Kim, Kwangjin An
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Identification and characterization of substrate- and product-selective nylon hydrolases Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-13 Erin E. Drufva, John F. Cahill, Patricia M.B. Saint-Vincent, Alexis N. Williams, Vera Bocharova, Nikolas Capra, Flora Meilleur, Dana L. Carper, Célestin Bourgery, Kaito Miyazaki, Maina Yonemura, Yuki Shiraishi, Jerry M. Parks, Muchu Zhou, Isaiah T. Dishner, Jeffrey C. Foster, Stephen J. Koehler, Hannah R. Valentino, Ada Sedova, Vilmos Kertesz, Delyana P. Vasileva, Leah H. Hochanadel, C. Adrian Figg
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Effect of dilute Rh on oxygen dissociation, spillover, and the oxidation of Cu across many orders of magnitude pressure Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-13 Volkan Çınar, Eva Peurrung, Jaeha Lee, Audrey Dannar, Dezhou Guo, Vinita Lal, Gunnar L. Sly, Cole Easton, Hojoon Lim, Adrian Hunt, Helen Chen, Yicheng Wang, Ryan T. Hannagan, Jean-Sabin McEwen, Phillip Christopher, Iradwikanari Waluyo, E. Charles H. Sykes
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Catalytic cis-selective [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of neutral alkenes with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes/ketones Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-12 Lu Xu, Lei Zeng, Yu Lan, Jinqing Lin, Jiang-Shan Shen, Shihan Liu, Lizhu Gao
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Best practices for transition-metal catalysts with density functional methods Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-12 Jenny G. Vitillo
[Display omitted] Jenny G. Vitillo combines quantum chemical methods (density functional theory [DFT], time-dependent DFT, and multireference wave function methods) and spectroscopy to uncover reaction mechanisms in energy- and environment-related processes. After earning a PhD in materials science and technology from the University of Torino in 2005, she deepened her expertise through research at
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Unraveling the hydrogenation of α-ketoglutaric acid on Pd through active sites, substrate structure, and kinetics Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-12 Louis-Thibault J.D. Opsommer, Mostafa Torka Beydokhti, Pierre Eloy, Michiel Dusselier, Damien P. Debecker, Bert F. Sels
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Photothermal transformation of ethane to ethylene oxide via consecutive dehydrogenation and epoxidation reactions Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-04 Lingzhen Zeng, Zeyan Cen, Xingwu Liu, Tiancheng Pu, Haoyi Tang, Maolin Wang, Kaiyu Zhu, Jiarui Li, Meng Wang, Ding Ma
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Upcycling CO2 into succinic acid (C4H6O4) by cascading CO2 electroreduction with electrocarboxylation Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-03 Junjun Mao, Dan Wang, Chenchen Zhang, Yuanming Xie, Qingqing Song, Bo Zhang, Yang Lou, Chengsi Pan, Jiawei Zhang, Ying Zhang, Yongfa Zhu
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Surface electron-donor-boosting single-atom nickel sites for CO2 electroreduction in pure water Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-06-03 Xiaoxiong Huang, Linping Qian, Yujin Ji, Wenzhe Niu, Yuncheng Hu, Liangyao Xue, Jingjing Li, Shuanglong Huang, Jiaqi Zhang, Youyong Li, Bo Zhang
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Cp∗Rh(III)-catalyzed enantioselective C(sp3)–H amidation of azine-linked cyclobutanes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-28 Xing Xu, Heyao Shi, Dong-Hang Tan, Phillip Biallas, Alistair J.M. Farley, Christophe Genicot, Ken Yamazaki, Darren J. Dixon
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Which and how oxygen-containing functional groups on Ni@Graphene boost efficient hydrogenation via hydrogen spillover Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-28 Yuansen Zhang, Chenyang Shen, Xinran Xie, Kaidi Liu, Qiuyue Wang, Yongting Li, Yongzheng Wang, Qiaolun Liu, Weiping Ding, Xuefeng Guo
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Blue light-induced 1,4-aminoalkylation of 1,3-dienes enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene-Ir(III) catalysis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-28 Qi-Long Chen, Le Mao, Yi-Fan Pan, Bin Wang, Ka Lu, Zhiwei Jiao, Fu-Min Zhang, Xiao-Ming Zhang, Yong-Qiang Tu
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Engineering PHL7 for improved poly(ethylene terephthalate) depolymerization via rational design and directed evolution Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-26 Thomas M. Groseclose, Erin Kober, Matilda Clark, Benjamin Moore, Ramesh K. Jha, Zoe K. Taylor, Lexy A. Lujan, Gregg T. Beckham, Andrew R. Pickford, Taraka Dale, Hau B. Nguyen
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Historical and recent advances in enantioselective NHC-catalyzed radical reactions Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-26 Jia Song, Shi-Chao Ren, Yingguo Liu, Yonggui Robin Chi
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Mechanistic rules for de novo design of enzymes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-23 Michalis Chatzittofi, Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Ramin Golestanian
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Operando fluorescence spectroscopy for evaluating the activity of fatty acid hydrogenation catalysts Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-20 Jelle W. Bos, P. Tim Prins, Joris C.L. Janssens, Ramon Oord, Thimo S. Jacobs, Robin Vogel, Matteo Monai, Eelco T.C. Vogt, Bert M. Weckhuysen
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Differential pressure CO2 electrolysis opens the way for direct coupling to industrial processes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-20 Stephan Heuser, Lucas Hoof, Kevinjeorjios Pellumbi, Jan Niklas Oberndorf, Lennart Krämer, Dennis Blaudszun, Kai junge Puring, Michael Prokein, Nils Mölders, Andreas Kilzer, Marcus Petermann, Ulf-Peter Apfel
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Challenges of characterizing degradation in hydrogen polymer electrolyte fuel cells Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-15 Andrea Baricci, Elena Colombo, Andrea Mattera
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Xie and colleagues investigate degradation mechanisms in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and their evolution over prolonged operation. Using advanced characterization techniques, the authors analyze modifications in catalyst morphology and ionomer properties.
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Nitrite to amine in one pot Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-15 Chen Chen, Ning Yan
In the Journal of American Chemical Society, Wang and co-workers report a one-pot C–N bond-formation strategy through NH2OH-mediated electrochemical reductive amination of carbonyls and nitrite. This elegant pathway, combining high yield and Faradaic efficiency in neutral media, opens new opportunities for designing electrocatalytic amine synthesis.
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Carbene-mediated photocatalytic ethanol synthesis by frustrated Lewis pairs Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-15 Linqun Yu, Song Li, Zhenyi Zhang
Reporting in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Lu Li, Chao-Jun Li, and colleagues have designed a Ga-ZnO1–x nanosheet photocatalyst with rich frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) sites. They present a green methanol-to-ethanol conversion protocol and establish a safe strategy for generating methyl carbene under mild conditions.
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Viologen-COF enables near-infrared photocatalysis via linker-to-linker charge transfer Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-15 Yuting Liu, Xiaokun Shi, Xin Chen, Ya Du
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society by Wenbin Lin and colleagues introduces a groundbreaking viologen-linked porphyrin covalent organic framework (Vio-COF) that leverages linker-to-linker charge transfer (LLCT) to achieve exceptional near-infrared (NIR) light absorption with an absorption edge extending to 998 nm.
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Boosting hole mobility in oxides via metal vacancies Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-15 Fatwa F. Abdi
In a recent issue of Nature Catalysis, Liu and co-workers introduce metal-vacancy engineering to enhance hole mobility in transition-metal oxides, significantly improving photoelectrochemical water-splitting performance. This concept is crucial to addressing the disparity between hole and electron mobility and holds strong potential for broader application in catalysis and the development of functional
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Waste oxidation as a pathway to energy-efficient electrochemical processes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-14 Emilly Cristine de Brito Dorneles, Kirsten Van Fossen, Anna Li, Magda Helena Barecka
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Polyaniline-supported copper nanocrystals for electrochemical CO2 reduction to methane Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-12 Rong Chen, Jing Gao, Shuangte Zhao, Hongguang Wang, Guilin Zhuang, Peter A. van Aken, Michael Grätzel, Jingshan Luo
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Modular silver catalysts to elucidate the role of non-covalent interactions in asymmetric C‒H amidation reactions Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-12 Emily Z. Schroeder, Jed H. Kim, Yue Fu, Wentan Liu, Peng Liu, Jennifer M. Schomaker
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Efficient photosynthesis of H2O2 over β-ZrNBr nitrohalide nanosheets Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-12 Yunfeng Bao, Jingzhen Zhang, Shiwen Du, Sanlue Hu, Yejun Xiao, Zhaochi Feng, Fuxiang Zhang
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Amine modification enables selective CO2 electroreduction to ethanol via coupling of carbon-containing intermediates Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-05-05 Sheng Chang, Jing Gao, Yimin Xuan, Di Li, Kui Wang
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Out-of-plane-coordinated iron single atoms boosting oxygen electroreduction Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-30 Yunhui Xie, Xiaoxiao Dong, Wenchao Hu, Dengchao Wang, Yong Peng, Ruqiang Zou, Xin Xiao, Hongzhi Cui, Chi Zhang, Chun-Chao Hou, Qiang Xu
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Belt-sulfur mobilization as a crucial mechanistic feature shared between the vanadium and molybdenum nitrogenases Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-28 Chi Chung Lee, Kuntal Chatterjee, Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Martin T. Stiebritz, Markus W. Ribbe, Yilin Hu
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Hinge loop reconstruction facilitates hydride transfer in Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-25 Q. Geng, C.D. Zhou, Y.C. Zheng, F. Liu, Q. Chen, Z.J. Zhang, X.D. Kong, Z.K. Zhao, J.H. Xu, H.L. Yu
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Direct ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cells through heterogeneous interfaces engineering Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-25 Zuoqing Liu, Minghao Tao, Ming Xiao, Junbiao Li, Ruijia Xu, Bin Chen, Tao Li, Guangming Yang, Yuan Zhang, Nai Shi, Ran Ran, Wei Wang, Wei Zhou, Zongping Shao
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Electroreductively driven C–H functionalization of arenes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-24 Pengfei Xie, Anzai Shi, Youai Qiu
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Peptide catalysis: Trends and opportunities Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-21 Tom H.R. Kuster, Tobias Schnitzer
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Interfacial structure engineering enhances photo-thermal CO2 hydrogenation over Ni-CeO2 nanocomposites Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Shikang Xiao, Lige Wang, Yunxiang Tang, Zhengyi Yang, Hao Wang, Chan Guo, Tingting Zhao, Yanyan Jiang, Xiaodong Wen, Fenglong Wang
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Stabilizing metal nanoparticle catalysts in their dynamic processes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Lujie Liu, Wentao Yuan, Siyu Yao, Ang Cao, Liang Wang
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Facile access to allylgermanes via nickela-electrocatalyzed germylative allylation Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Xiaolin Ren, Yuan Huang
In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Rueping and co-workers report an elegant electrochemical nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling protocol between chlorogermanes and allylic carbonates, offering a powerful tool for the efficient synthesis of allylgermanes.
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Iridium nanoparticles embedded in ceria set a new benchmark for PEM water electrolyzers Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 David Hernández-Castillo, Kai S. Exner
In a recent Science article, Shi et al. introduce a novel ripening-induced embedding method for anchoring iridium nanoparticles within a ceria support, dramatically enhancing catalyst stability and performance for proton-exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. Their catalyst achieved exceptional efficiency at an ultra-low iridium loading (0.3 mg/cm2) by maintaining a cell voltage of 1.72 V at 3
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How distorted nanotwins boost hydrogen evolution Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Marie-Ingrid Richard, Clément Atlan
In a recent issue of Nature Materials, Zhe Li et al. propose a two-step synthesis for enhancing copper’s catalytic performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by introducing distorted nanotwins. Their study—covering growth, high-level characterization, simulation, and performance—demonstrates how structural modifications improve hydrogen adsorption and boost HER activity.
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Tandem catalytic strategy for converting biogas into carbon nanofibers Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Hefei Li, Feng Jiao
Reporting in Nature Chemical Engineering, Chen and co-workers have developed an innovative tandem catalytic strategy for transforming biogas into valuable carbon nanofibers. By decoupling the overall conversion into two stages, dry reforming at 600°C and carbon nanofiber (CNF) synthesis at 450°C, they address the limitations of traditional single-stage processes that operate at temperatures over 800°C
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Spatially asymmetric catalyst design with electron-rich Cu sites to facilitate full-spectrum photo-Fenton-like catalysis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-17 Wei Zhang, Lan Wang, Fu Wang, Mingyang Xing, Chuanyi Wang, Jincai Zhao
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Regulating electronic density and interfacial electric field of high-entropy metallenes to enhance oxygen reduction reaction activity Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-15 Wenning Liu, Li An, Pengfei Li, Yajie Fu, Xu Zhang, Dan Qu, Yichang Liu, Pu Hu, Xiayan Wang, Ning Jiang, Zaicheng Sun
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Promoting CO2 reduction in the presence of oxygen with polymer-based gas diffusion electrodes Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-10 Sam Van Daele, Lieven Hintjens, Daniel Choukroun, Nick Daems, Jonas Hereijgers, Tom Breugelmans
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Paired electrochemical synthesis of glycolic acid and ammonia from polyester and nitrate sewage Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-07 Yingxin Ma, Xuyun Guo, Wenfang Yuan, Peinuo Yang, Yu Zhang, Wenxuan Chen, Lejuan Cai, Valeria Nicolosi, Wenlong Wang, Yang Chai, Bocheng Qiu
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Cooperative effects associated with high electrolyte concentrations in driving the conversion of CO2 to C2H4 on copper Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-04 Shaoyang Lin, Yuval Fishler, Soonho Kwon, Annette E. Böhme, Weixuan Nie, Matthias H. Richter, Moon Young Yang, Jesse E. Matthews, Zachery W.B. Iton, Brian C. Lee, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Harry A. Atwater, William A. Goddard, Wilson A. Smith, Kimberly A. See
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Oxygen-vacancy-mediated photocatalytic activity of antimony molybdenum oxide toward green ammonia synthesis Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-04 Botong Liu, Ling Huang, Terence Musho, Chih-Jung Chen, Chung-Li Dong, Chaoyun Tang, Alhassan Yasin, Yulei Wang, Hui Yang, Joeseph Bright, Peng Zheng, Ru-Shi Liu, Nianqiang Wu
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Suppressing lattice oxygen oxidation in ruthenium oxide via equivalent substitution for sustainable oxygen evolution reaction in PEMWEs Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-04-03 Xiaojie Chen, Rongpeng Ma, Wenqi Jia, Xuejie Cao, Jinyang Zhang, Fangyi Cheng, Lifang Jiao
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Enantioselective palladium-catalyzed α-arylation of primary alkylamines Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Zoutao Wang, Shuai Guo, Ziyang Shen, Ran Wei, Ruijie Jiang, Guodu Liu, Qinghai Zhou, Kang Du, Wenjun Tang
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Recent progress in understanding mechanism of electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction via operando/in situ characterizations Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Rashid Mehmood, Fuxiang Zhang
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SubTuner leverages physics-based modeling to complement AI in enzyme engineering toward non-native substrates Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-28 Qianzhen Shao, Asher C. Hollenbeak, Yaoyukun Jiang, Xinchun Ran, Brian O. Bachmann, Zhongyue J. Yang
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Stretchable asymmetric dual-atom Cu(I) electrocatalyst for enhanced CO2 reduction to C2+ products Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Ran Bu, Shuaiqiang Jia, YuHou Pei, Danyun Xu, Di Li, Qidong Ruan, Yuting Liu, Pengfei Mu, Enqing Gao, Yingying Lu, Bing Zhang
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Strain relaxation enhances ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate on Cu/CuAu core/shell nanocrystals with ordered intermetallic layers Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-24 Qiang Gao, Bingqing Yao, Yuanqi Liu, Lei Shi, Zihao Yan, Libang Xu, Qian He, Huiyuan Zhu
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Scaling solar hydrogen peroxide Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Emily H. Edwards
Photocatalytic methods for producing hydrogen peroxide as both a solar fuel and a key chemical feedstock are of growing interest. In this issue of Chem Catalysis, Pan, Hu, Chu, and co-workers draw closer to scalable particulate photocatalysis by engineering a 1 m2 solar-driven flow reactor for the conversion of water and air to hydrogen peroxide.
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A Pt-Fe-Pt heterotrimer for selective hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Duc Nam Do, Ngoc Thanh Ngan Thai, Bin Wang
Enhancing the selectivity of C=O hydrogenation without affecting the conjugated C=C bond poses a challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. In a recent work published in Chem, Zhou et al. prepared and characterized atomically dispersed Pt over Fe arranged in unique Pt-Fe-Pt trimer configurations, which showed highly selective hydrogenation of the C=O group in crotonaldehyde without compromising the reaction
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Cation-coupled electron transfer in the oxygen reduction reaction and beyond Chem Catal. (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-03-20 Yifei Xu, Bingjun Xu
In a recent issue of Nature Catalysis, Kim, Choi, and co-workers proposed that alkali metal (AM+) cations act as co-catalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). ORR activities in different AM+ concentrations overlap on the AM+-concentration-corrected electrode scale, leading to a potentially generalizable cation-coupled electron-transfer mechanism.