Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Versatile tools for understanding electrosynthetic mechanisms

ECR McKenzie, S Hosseini, AGC Petro… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrosynthesis is a popular, green alternative to traditional organic methods.
Understanding the mechanisms is not trivial yet is necessary to optimize reaction processes …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic analysis by NMR spectroscopy: A users guide

Y Ben-Tal, PJ Boaler, HJA Dale, RE Dooley… - Progress in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
A 'principles and practice'tutorial-style review of the application of solution-phase NMR in the
analysis of the mechanisms of homogeneous organic and organometallic reactions and …

In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries

EW Zhao, T Liu, E Jónsson, J Lee, I Temprano… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Large-scale energy storage is becoming increasingly critical to balancing renewable energy
production and consumption. Organic redox flow batteries, made from inexpensive and …

Spectroelectrochemistry, the future of visualizing electrode processes by hyphenating electrochemistry with spectroscopic techniques

JJA Lozeman, P Führer, W Olthuis, M Odijk - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of electrochemistry and spectroscopy, known as spectroelectrochemistry
(SEC), is an already established approach. By combining these two techniques, the …

Trust is good, control is better: a review on monitoring and characterization techniques for flow battery electrolytes

O Nolte, IA Volodin, C Stolze, MD Hager… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Flow batteries (FBs) currently are one of the most promising large-scale energy storage
technologies for energy grids with a large share of renewable electricity generation. Among …

Progress in in situ characterization of electrocatalysis

W Shen, Y Ye, Q **a, P ** - EES Catalysis, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
With the continuous development and extensive research of electrocatalytic technology, the
unclear dynamic catalytic reaction process limits the in-depth study of reaction regulation …

Operando electrochemical NMR spectroscopy reveals a water-assisted formate formation mechanism

BB Xu, Y Liu, Y Liu, X You, H Zhou, YN Xu, PF Liu… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
The affinity of oxygen (O)-bound species is a key factor in CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R) reactions
(including C 1 and C 2+ products), although existing experimental methods cannot …

Small-sized Pt nanoparticles supported on hybrid structures of MoS2 nanoflowers/graphene nanosheets: Highly active composite catalyst toward efficient ethanol …

J Wang, X You, C **ao, X Zhang, S Cai, W Jiang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, highly active MoS 2 nanoflowers/graphene nanosheets (GNS) composites are
successfully prepared through a simple hydrothermal method and are employed as Pt …

In situ monitoring multi-carbon alcohol oxidation by combined electrochemistry with spatially selective NMR spectroscopy

H Zhan, L Ji, S Cao, Y Feng, Y Jiang, Y Huang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In situ electrochemical nuclear magnetic resonance (EC-NMR) plays a pivotal role in
electrochemical observation on liquid fuel cells, but its applications are generally trapped by …