Biorefinery roadmap based on catalytic production and upgrading 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Q Hou, X Qi, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, C Bai, S Zhang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biorefineries, which utilize lignocellulosic biomass as renewable energy source and
sustainable carbon feedstock, are a promising solution to alleviate the excessive …

Rational Design of High‐Concentration Ti3+ in Porous Carbon‐Doped TiO2 Nanosheets for Efficient Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis

Q Han, C Wu, H Jiao, R Xu, Y Wang, J **e… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic ammonia synthesis is exciting but quite challenging with a very moderate
yield at present. One of the greatest challenges is to develop highly active centers in a …

Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions

C Chen, X Zhu, X Wen, Y Zhou, L Zhou, H Li, L Tao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The use of nitrogen fertilizers has been estimated to have supported 27% of the world's
population over the past century. Urea (CO (NH2) 2) is conventionally synthesized through …

Dispersed surface Ru ensembles on MgO (111) for catalytic ammonia decomposition

H Fang, S Wu, T Ayvali, J Zheng, J Fellowes… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia is regarded as an energy vector for hydrogen storage, transport and utilization,
which links to usage of renewable energies. However, efficient catalysts for ammonia …

Photoelectrocatalytic C–H halogenation over an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 photoanode

Z Li, L Luo, M Li, W Chen, Y Liu, J Yang, SM Xu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Photoelectrochemical cells are emerging as powerful tools for organic synthesis. However,
they have rarely been explored for C–H halogenation to produce organic halides of …

Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolics–a review on the active sites of supported metal catalysts

X Wang, M Arai, Q Wu, C Zhang, F Zhao - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin-derived phenolic compounds is one of the most
promising strategies for the practical conversion of biomass materials to chemicals and …

Single-atom Co embedded in BCN matrix to achieve 100% conversion of peroxymonosulfate into singlet oxygen

X Zhao, X Li, Z Zhu, W Hu, H Zhang, J Xu, X Hu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective removal of pollutants that affect human health and ecosystem stability is a crucial
challenge. Here, the structural confinement engineering strategy realizes the effective …

A review of hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil: model compounds, catalysts, and equipment

L Qu, X Jiang, Z Zhang, X Zhang, G Song, H Wang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bio-oils are an important part of the future energy composition. This review primarily focuses
on model compounds, catalysts, and equipment involved in the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) …

Importance of species heterogeneity in supported metal catalysts

J Zhang, M Wang, Z Gao, X Qin, Y Xu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The structural heterogeneity of surface metal species, which is represented by the
distribution in size, morphology, and local coordination environment of the active metal …

Direct probing of atomically dispersed Ru species over multi-edged TiO2 for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

H Zhang, S Zuo, M Qiu, S Wang, Y Zhang, J Zhang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
A cocatalyst is necessary for boosting the electron-hole separation efficiency and
accelerating the reaction kinetics of semiconductors. As a result, it is of critical importance to …