Encapsulated metal nanoparticles for catalysis

C Gao, F Lyu, Y Yin - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoparticles have drawn great attention in heterogeneous catalysis. One challenge
is that they are easily deactivated by migration-coalescence during the catalysis process …

Recent advances in biodiesel production from agricultural products and microalgae using ionic liquids: Opportunities and challenges

HC Ong, YW Tiong, BHH Goh, YY Gan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as a potential substitute for petroleum-based diesel fuel owing to its
comparable properties to diesel. Biodiesel is generally produced from renewable sources …

Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

A Tennakoon, X Wu, AL Paterson, S Patnaik, Y Pei… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
The overconsumption of single-use plastics is creating a global waste catastrophe, with
widespread environmental, economic and health-related consequences. Here we show that …

Remarkably catalytic activity in reduction of 4-nitrophenol and methylene blue by Fe3O4@ COF supported noble metal nanoparticles

Y Xu, X Shi, R Hua, R Zhang, Y Yao, B Zhao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represent two
types of the most studied nanomaterials due to their excellent properties and broad …

A General Approach to Preferential Formation of Active Fe–Nx Sites in Fe–N/C Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

YJ Sa, DJ Seo, J Woo, JT Lim, JY Cheon… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Iron–nitrogen on carbon (Fe–N/C) catalysts have emerged as promising nonprecious metal
catalysts (NPMCs) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in energy conversion and storage …

Removal of nitrophenols and their derivatives by chemical redox: a review

Z Xiong, H Zhang, W Zhang, B Lai, G Yao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
This review intends to provide an overview of chemical redox degradation of nitrophenols
(NPs) and their derivatives. The main scientific focus is on the degradation of NPs by …

Mesoporous, three-dimensional wood membrane decorated with nanoparticles for highly efficient water treatment

F Chen, AS Gong, M Zhu, G Chen, SD Lacey, F Jiang… - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Wood, an earth-abundant material, is widely used in our everyday life. With its mesoporous
structure, natural wood is comprised of numerous long, partially aligned channels (lumens) …

Core–shell structured titanium dioxide nanomaterials for solar energy utilization

W Li, A Elzatahry, D Aldhayan, D Zhao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Because of its unmatched resource potential, solar energy utilization currently is one of the
hottest research areas. Much effort has been devoted to developing advanced materials for …

Nitroarene reduction: a trusted model reaction to test nanoparticle catalysts

T Aditya, A Pal, T Pal - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrophenol reduction to aminophenol with a reducing agent is conveniently carried out in
aqueous medium mainly with a metal or metal oxide catalyst. This reduction is presently …

Nanoarchitectures for mesoporous metals

V Malgras, H Ataee‐Esfahani, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The field of mesoporous metal nanoarchitectonics offers several advantages which cannot
be found elsewhere. These materials have been showcasing impressive enhancements of …