Enabling the Methanol Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Production of Liquid Fuels via Methanol

C Filosa, X Gong, A Bavykina… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Thirty years ago, George A. Olah proposed the concept of the methanol
economy, where methanol replaces fossil fuels as a means of energy storage, ground …

Metal-organic frameworks for carbon-neutral catalysis: State of the art, challenges, and opportunities

M Liu, Y Peng, W Chen, S Cao, S Chen… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
To address environmental problems and growing energy demands, reducing CO 2
emissions and develo** sustainable clean energy are becoming increasingly crucial. In …

ZIF-derived catalyst with inverse ZnO/Co structure for efficient CO2 methanation

YT Li, L Zhou, GN Han, WG Cui, W Li, TL Hu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing attention on both environmental and energy issues, the catalytic
conversion of CO 2 has gained tremendous interest of researchers. Herein, we report a …

Predominant performance of a nitrogen-doped carbon confined NiCo alloy catalyst fabricated by a natural resource encapsulation strategy for tandem catalytic …

W Li, Q Li, Z **ao, S Shang, D He, X Wang, H Chen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The auricularia auricula (termed as AA), which is regarded as a specific natural resource
due to its strong swelling characteristic. However, the weak water solubility of bimetallic …

Unlocking the potential of catalysts in thermochemical energy conversion processes

A Alagumalai, B Devarajan, H Song - Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is indeed an essential component of many energy-related
processes and is likely to become even more critical as we transition towards more …

Simple Synthesis of Novel Cr-EDTA-MOF: A Green, Reusable, and Versatile Catalyst for the Production of Biodiesel Fuel from Oleic Acid and Palmitic Acid

A Jafari, A Ghorbani-Choghamarani, H Aghavandi - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we reported an efficient and novel metal–organic framework (MOF) that was
designed and fabricated via hydrothermal reaction of chromium (III) nitrate nonahydrate salt …

Photothermal Catalysts, Light and Heat Management: From Materials Design to Performance Evaluation

EV Ramos‐Fernandez… - Advanced Energy …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal catalysis, a frontier in heterogeneous catalysis, combines light‐driven and
thermally enhanced chemical reactions to optimize energy use and reaction efficiencies at …

Anchoring Cu on Zirconium-oxo nodes in a pore-confined metal-organic framework for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

C Bao, YF Huo, YT Li, SQ Yang, W Li, TL Hu - Chemical Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
CO 2 catalytic hydrogenation to methanol has great potential for reducing CO 2 emission
and alleviating the energy crisis. The metal-support interactions (MSIs) plays a crucial role in …

Potential pathways for CO 2 utilization in sustainable aviation fuel synthesis

EV Ramos-Fernandez, JL Santos, DK Alsaadi… - Chemical …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is a must for the decarbonization of
the aviation industry. This paper explores various pathways for SAF production, focusing on …

Unlocking Low‐Temperature Ammonia Decomposition via an Iron Metal–Organic Framework‐Derived Catalyst Under Photo‐Thermal Conditions

A Sousa, D Mateo, L Garzon‐Tovar, K Brennan… - Small, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Photo‐thermal catalysis, leveraging both thermal and non‐thermal solar contributions,
emerges as a sustainable approach for fuel and chemical synthesis. In this study, an Fe …