Propylene is an important building block for enormous petrochemicals including
polypropylene, propylene oxide, acrylonitrile and so forth. Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) …

Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Conversion of propane or butanes from natural/shale gas into propene or butenes, which
are indispensable for the synthesis of commodity chemicals, is an important environmentally …

Alkanes are the major constituents of natural gas and crude oil, the feedstocks for the
chemical industry. The efficient and selective activation of C–H bonds can convert abundant …

Cyclic organic carbonates represent a relevant class of chemicals that can be prepared from
CO2 by cycloaddition to epoxides. The application of efficient catalysts is crucial in allowing …

The direct formation of propene from propane is a well-established commercial process,
which on the basis of energy consumption, is environmentally preferred to the current large …

Single atom catalysis (SAC) is a recent discipline of heterogeneous catalysis for which a
single atom on a surface is able to carry out various catalytic reactions. A kind of revolution …

Metal-free boron-and carbon-based catalysts have shown both great fundamental and
practical value in oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of light alkanes. In particular, boron …

Given the large amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, it is advantageous to use CO2 as
feedstock for the fabrication of everyday products, such as fuels and materials. An attractive …

Many industrial catalysts contain isolated metal sites on the surface of oxide supports.
Although such catalysts have been used in a broad range of processes for more than 40 …