Wetting-regulated gas-involving (photo) electrocatalysis: biomimetics in energy conversion

G Liu, WSY Wong, M Kraft, JW Ager… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
(Photo) electrolysis of water or gases with water to species serving as industrial feedstocks
and energy carriers, such as hydrogen, ammonia, ethylene, propanol, etc., has drawn …

Strategic factors to design the next generation of molecular water oxidation catalysts: Lesson learned from ruthenium complexes

A Ghaderian, S Kazim, MK Nazeeruddin… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy conversion through sustainable means is essential to counter global warming and
an urgent solution through a multidisciplinary approach is required. The temperature change …

Promoting photothermal catalytic N2 reduction through dynamic mass transfer and accelerated charge transfer dynamics

T Zeng, H He, K Cheng, Y Hu, P Ding, L Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effective adsorption and mass transfer of N 2 at the catalytic active site, along with
efficient photogenerated charge transfer at the interface are the prerequisites for the …

Electrostatic interactions accelerating water oxidation catalysis via intercatalyst O–O coupling

J Yi, S Zhan, L Chen, Q Tian, N Wang, J Li… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Intercatalyst coupling has been widely applied in the functional mimics for binuclear synergy
in natural metal enzymes. Herein, we introduce two facile and effective design strategies …

Schottky-like photo/electro-catalytic carbon nanotube composite ultrafiltration membrane reactors

AO Rashed, C Huynh, A Merenda, S Qin, KAS Usman… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive membrane reactors offer advanced strategies towards simultaneous
separation and degradation of persistent organic contaminants, allowing for triggered …

Isolation and identification of pseudo seven-coordinate Ru (III) intermediate completing the catalytic cycle of Ru-bda type of water oxidation catalysts

T Liu, G Li, N Shen, L Wang, BJJ Timmer… - CCS …, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Isolation of RuIII-bda (17-electron specie) complex with an aqua ligand (2-electron donor) is
challenging due to violation of the 18-electron rule. Although considerable efforts have been …

Promoting proton transfer and stabilizing intermediates in catalytic water oxidation via hydrophobic outer sphere interactions

T Liu, G Li, N Shen, L Wang, BJJ Timmer… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The outer coordination sphere of metalloenzyme often plays an important role in its high
catalytic activity, however, this principle is rarely considered in the design of man‐made …

Insights into the directions to increase turnover frequency and turnover number during photochemical water oxidation with molecular Ru catalysts

I Pokhrel, GD Reddy, T Kwon, E Choi… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of four mononuclear water oxidation catalysts (WOCs), denoted as [A2Tpz–RuII], in
which A2 represents two axial monodentate ligands, pyridine (Pyr), 4-picoline (4-Pic) …

Intermolecular O–O Bond Formation between High-Valent Ru–oxo Species

T Liu, S Zhan, B Zhang, L Wang, N Shen… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite extensive research on water oxidation catalysts over the past few decades, the
relationship between high-valent metal-oxo intermediates and the O–O bond formation …

Hydrophobic interactions of Ru-bda-type catalysts for promoting water oxidation activity

T Liu, G Li, N Shen, MSG Ahlquist, L Sun - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
The catalytic activity of the bimolecular reaction was affected by many parameters. Although
many efforts have been dedicated to investigate the influence of secondary interactions in …