Electrochemical clean energy conversion and the production of sustainable chemicals are
critical in the journey to realizing a truly sustainable society. To progress electrochemical …

Transition metal-driven small molecule activation is essential for the production of fuels and
chemicals or energy supply. The use of multimetallic catalysts, where two or more metal …

The activation and functionalization of carbon dioxide entails great interest related to its
abundance, low toxicity and associated environmental problems. However, the inertness of …

The catalytic conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals and fuels has attracted increasing
attention, providing a promising route for mitigating the greenhouse effect of CO2 and also …

Bimetallic motifs mediate the selective activation and functionalization of CO2 in
metalloenzymes and some recent synthetic systems. In this work, we build on the nascent …

Conspectus Nickel pincer systems have recently attracted much attention for applications in
various organometallic reactions and catalysis involving small molecule activation. Their …

Though Lewis acids (LAs) have been shown to have profound effects on carbon dioxide
(CO2) reduction catalysis, the underlying cause of the improved reactivity remains unclear …

The synthesis of coinage metal aluminyl complexes, featuring M–Al covalent bonds, is
reported via a salt metathesis approach employing an anionic Al (I)('aluminyl') nucleophile …

A portfolio of value-added chemicals, fuels and building block compounds can be
envisioned from CO2 on an industrial scale. The high kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities …

The CO2-to-CO reduction by carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) with a [NiFe4S4]
cluster is considered to be the oldest pathway of biological carbon fixation and therefore …