Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Photocatalysis: An effective tool for photodegradation of dyes—A review

M Saeed, M Muneer, A Haq, N Akram - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The disposal of dye-contaminated wastewater is a major concern around the world for which
a variety of techniques are used for its treatment. The photocatalytic treatment of dye …

Noble-metal-free multicomponent nanointegration for sustainable energy conversion

H Lu, J Tournet, K Dastafkan, Y Liu, YH Ng… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Global energy and environmental crises are among the most pressing challenges facing
humankind. To overcome these challenges, recent years have seen an upsurge of interest …

Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Direct decarboxylative Giese reactions

DM Kitcatt, S Nicolle, AL Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The quest to find milder and more sustainable methods to generate highly reactive, carbon-
centred intermediates has led to a resurgence of interest in radical chemistry. In particular …

Adsorption‐catalysis design in the lithium‐sulfur battery

M Zhang, W Chen, L Xue, Y Jiao, T Lei… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium‐sulfur (Li‐S) batteries are one of the most promising next‐generation
energy‐storage systems. Nevertheless, the sluggish sulfur redox and shuttle effect in Li‐S …

Photocatalysts for degradation of dyes in industrial effluents: Opportunities and challenges

H Anwer, A Mahmood, J Lee, KH Kim, JW Park… - Nano Research, 2019 - Springer
Discharging dye contaminants into water is a major concern around the world. Among a
variety of methods to treat dye-contaminated water, photocatalytic degradation has gained …

Single‐atom catalysts: emerging multifunctional materials in heterogeneous catalysis

H Zhang, G Liu, L Shi, J Ye - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Supported metal nanoparticles are the most widely investigated heterogeneous catalysts in
catalysis community. The size of metal nanostructures is an important parameter in …

Metal‐nitrogen‐doped carbon materials as highly efficient catalysts: progress and rational design

Z Shi, W Yang, Y Gu, T Liao, Z Sun - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a typical class of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) possessing prominent advantages of high
reactivity, high selectivity, high stability, and maximized atomic utilization, emerging metal …