Electrochemical hydrogenation and oxidation of organic species involving water

C Liu, F Chen, BH Zhao, Y Wu, B Zhang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024‏ - nature.com
Fossil fuel-driven thermochemical hydrogenation and oxidation using high-pressure H2 and
O2 are still popular but energy-intensive CO2-emitting processes. At present, develo** …

Electrocatalysis as an enabling technology for organic synthesis

LFT Novaes, J Liu, Y Shen, L Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemistry has recently gained increased attention as a versatile strategy for
achieving challenging transformations at the forefront of synthetic organic chemistry …

Electrocatalytic upcycling of biomass and plastic wastes to biodegradable polymer monomers and hydrogen fuel at high current densities

Y Yan, H Zhou, SM Xu, J Yang, P Hao… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Transformation of biomass and plastic wastes to value-added chemicals and fuels is
considered an upcycling process that is beneficial to resource utilization. Electrocatalysis …

Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Y Qi, Y Zhang, L Yang, Y Zhao, Y Zhu, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Designing efficient catalysts and understanding the underlying mechanisms for anodic
nucleophile electrooxidation are central to the advancement of electrochemically-driven …

Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

H Zhou, Y Ren, Z Li, M Xu, Y Wang, R Ge… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Plastic wastes represent a largely untapped resource for manufacturing chemicals and fuels,
particularly considering their environmental and biological threats. Here we report …

The current status of hydrogen energy: an overview

PA Le, VD Trung, PL Nguyen, TVB Phung, J Natsuki… - RSC …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen is the most environmentally friendly and cleanest fuel that has the potential to
supply most of the world's energy in the future, replacing the present fossil fuel-based …

Rational design of chemical catalysis for plastic recycling

M Chu, Y Liu, X Lou, Q Zhang, J Chen - Acs Catalysis, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Plastics are indispensable, but their pollution is triggering a global environmental crisis.
Although many end-of-life catalytic options have involved converting plastics into valuable …

Microplastic materials in the environment: Problem and strategical solutions

W Tian, P Song, H Zhang, X Duan, Y Wei… - Progress in Materials …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Plastics are widely used in our daily life; however, poor management and disposal result in
their ubiquity throughout the biosphere. Increased accumulation of microplastic (MP) or even …

Progress and perspectives in photo‐and electrochemical‐oxidation of biomass for sustainable chemicals and hydrogen production

H Luo, J Barrio, N Sunny, A Li, L Steier… - Advanced Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biomass is recognized as an ideal CO2 neutral, abundant, and renewable resource
substitute to fossil fuels. The rich proton content in most biomass derived materials, such as …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …