30 articles in this issue
Xin Gao, Chen Wang, Qixiang Xu, Hongjie Lv, Ting Chen, Chao Liu and Xinguo Xi
A novel N-doped K3Ti5NbO14@TiO2 (NTNT) core-shell heterojunction photocatalyst was synthesized by firstly mixing titanium isopropoxide and K3Ti5NbO14 nanobelt, and then calcinating at 500 °C in air using urea as the nitrogen source. The samples were a... see more
Runsheng Xu, Yueer Zhu, Feixiang Xiong and Suli Tong
A copper-catalyzed direct sulfoxidation reaction by C(sp3)–H bond activation has been developed. Starting from sample aromatic methyl thioethers with aryl halides, versatile biologically-active arylbenzylsulfoxide derivatives were efficiently synthe... see more
Yixiao Wang, M. Ross Kunz, Skyler Siebers, Harry Rollins, John Gleaves, Gregory Yablonsky and Rebecca Fushimi
In the development of catalytic materials, a set of standard conditions is needed where the kinetic performance of many samples can be compared. This can be challenging when a sample set covers a broad range of activity. Precise kinetic characterization r... see more
Yan Gao, Wenchao Jiang, Tao Luan, Hui Li, Wenke Zhang, Wenchen Feng and Haolin Jiang
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Yuzhe Wu, Yuntong Li, Jie Mao, Haiyang Wu, Tong Wu, Yaying Li, Birong Zeng, Yiting Xu, Conghui Yuan and Lizong Dai
Heteroatom-doped carbon materials have been extensively studied in the field of electrochemical catalysis to solve the challenges of energy shortage. In particular, there is vigorous research activity in the design of multi-element co-doped carbon materia... see more
Bing Qiu, Wan Wang and Xinzheng Yang
G. Muthuraman, K. Chandrasekara Pillai and Il-Shik Moon
Savita K. P. Veerapandian, Nathalie De Geyter, Jean-Marc Giraudon, Jean-François Lamonier and Rino Morent
Non-thermal plasma technique can be easily integrated with catalysis and adsorption for environmental applications such as volatile organic compound (VOC) abatement to overcome the shortcomings of individual techniques. This review attempts to give an ove... see more
Yanlong Qi, Zaizhi Liu, Shijun Liu, Long Cui, Quanquan Dai, Jianyun He, Wei Dong and Chenxi Bai
Synthetic rubbers fabricated from 1,3-butadiene (BD) and its substituted monomers have been extensively used in tires, toughened plastics, and many other products owing to the easy polymerization/copolymerization of these monomers and the high stability o... see more
Alexey L. Nuzhdin, Galina A. Bukhtiyarova, Aleksander A. Porsin, Igor P. Prosvirin, Irina V. Deliy, Vladimir A. Volodin, Evgeny Yu. Gerasimov, Evgeniya N. Vlasova and Valerii I. Bukhtiyarov
The effect of glycols on the catalytic properties of phosphate-doped NiMo/Al2O3 catalysts in the hydrotreating of straight-run gas oil (SRGO) was studied. The NiMo(P)/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared using ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG), and t... see more
Michael Burkholder, Stanley E. Gilliland III, Adam Luxon, Christina Tang and B. Frank Gupton
The application of flow reactors in multiphase catalytic reactions represents a promising approach for enhancing the efficiency of this important class of chemical reactions. We developed a simple approach to improve the reactor productivity of multiphase... see more
Ya-Nan Miao, Yuan Wang, Dong-Hui Pan, Xiang-Hai Song, Si-Quan Xu, Li-Jing Gao and Guo-Min Xiao
In this work, a series of
Long Lin, Xiaotong Zhang, Ning He, Jiaxu Liu, Qin Xin and Hongchen Guo
Jing Wu, Hong-Juan Liu, Xiang Yan, Yu-Jie Zhou, Zhang-Nan Lin, Shuo Mi, Ke-Ke Cheng and Jian-An Zhang
It is important to develop full-performance bio-jet fuel based on alternative feedstocks. The compound 1-butanol can be transformed into jet fuel through dehydration, oligomerization, and hydrogenation. In this study, a new catalyst consisting of Zn-Mn-Co... see more
Wipark Anutrasakda, Kanyanok Eiamsantipaisarn, Duangkamon Jiraroj, Apakorn Phasuk, Thawatchai Tuntulani, Haichao Liu and Duangamol Nuntasri Tungasmita
MCM-41- and Al-MCM-41-supported nickel phosphide nanomaterials were synthesized at two different initial molar ratios of Ni/P: 10:2 and 10:3 and were tested as heterogeneous catalysts for the one-pot conversion of cellobiose to sorbitol. The catalysts wer... see more
Boxue Zhang, Shengxin Cao, Meiqi Du, Xiaozhou Ye, Yun Wang and Jianfeng Ye
Hierarchical TiO2 superstructures with desired architectures and intriguing physico-chemical properties are considered to be one of the most promising candidates for solving the serious issues related to global energy exhaustion as well as environmental d... see more
Wangsheng Chen, Fali Hu, Linbo Qin, Jun Han, Bo Zhao, Yangzhe Tu and Fei Yu
A sulfated sintered ore catalyst (SSOC) was prepared to improve the denitration performance of the sintered ore catalyst (SOC). The catalysts were characterized by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analyzer, X... see more
Ren Ren, Huilei Zhao, Xiaoyu Sui, Xiaoru Guo, Xingkang Huang, Yale Wang, Qianqian Dong and Junhong Chen
An exfoliated MoS2 encapsulated into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) was fabricated as a promising noble-metal-free photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light irradiation. The as-synthesized samples were examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD),... see more
Federica Zaccheria and Nicoletta Ravasio
The use of renewable resources as raw materials for the chemical industry is mandatory in the transition roadmap toward the Bioeconomy [...]
Jorge Noé Díaz de León, Chowdari Ramesh Kumar, Joel Antúnez-García and Sergio Fuentes-Moyado
The literature from the past few years dealing with hydrodesulfurization catalysts to deeply remove the sulfur-containing compounds in fuels is reviewed in this communication. We focus on the typical transition metal sulfides (TMS) Ni/Co-promoted Mo, W-ba... see more
Xiaogang Li, Wenbin Zhang, Leiqing Fu and Mengping Guo
In this study, a convenient and highly efficient catalytic system for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction was investigated under mild conditions. A combination of Pd(CH3CN)2Cl2 and pipecolinic acid showed excellent catalytic performance and afforded high... see more
Pan Gao, Mengjie Hao, Yue He, Yuan Song and Shaoxia Yang
Fe2O3–ZrO2 catalysts with different morphologies (nanoplates (HZNPs), nanorods (HZNRs), nanocubes (HZNCs), and nanotubes (HZNTs)) were prepared by a hydrothermal method to investigate the effect of the morphology on the catalytic performance in the ... see more
Hao Li, Zhien Zhang and Zhijian Liu
To estimate the reaction free energies of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) on under-coordinated metallic sites, density function theory (DFT) calculations are usually employed to calculate the hydrogen adsorption energy with an “only-one-hydrog... see more
Dávid Lukács, Lukasz Szyrwiel and József S. Pap
Molecular design represents an exciting platform to refine mechanistic details of electrocatalytic water oxidation and explore new perspectives. In the growing number of publications some general trends seem to be outlined concerning the operation mechani... see more
Sayaka Yanagida, Kentaro Hirayama, Kenichiro Iwasaki and Atsuo Yasumori
Combinations of TiO2 photocatalysts and various adsorbents have been extensively investigated for eliminating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at low concentrations. Herein, TiO2 and porous glass cloth composites were prepared by acid leaching and subseq... see more
Angelo Spinello, Ida Ritacco and Alessandra Magistrato
Cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) promote the biosynthesis of steroid hormones with major impact on the onset of diseases such as breast and prostate cancers. By merging distinct functions into the same catalytic scaffold, steroidogenic CYP450s enhance complex c... see more
Sunghoon Hong, Sujeong Heo, Wooram Kim, Young Min Jo, Young-Kwon Park and Jong-Ki Jeon
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a synthesis procedure of Sr hexaaluminate on catalytic performance during the decomposition of ionic liquid monopropellants based on ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and hydroxyl ammonium nitrate (HAN).... see more
Feng Ju, Miao Wang, Tian Wu and Hao Ling
Tao Meng, Ruixue Bai, Weihao Wang, Xin Yang, Ting Guo and Yaolei Wang
Pickering emulsion systems have created new opportunities for two-phase biocatalysis, however their catalytic performance is often hindered by biphasic mass transfer process relying on the interfacial area. In this study, lipase-immobilized mesoporous sil... see more
Jun Xiong and Ying Ma
Catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC) has been considered as a promising method for the treatment of wastewater containing chlorinated organic pollutants. A continuous flow Pd/carbon nanotube (CNT)-Ni foam micro reactor system was first developed for the ra... see more