A review of mechanistic insights into CO2 reduction to higher alcohols for rational catalyst design

Y Sheng, MV Polynski, MK Eswaran, B Zhang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of captured CO 2 for chemical synthesis could play an important role in
reducing CO 2 emissions. Higher alcohols stand out among various products of CO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in electrocatalytic water splitting

J Zeng, Y Liu, Z Huang, H Qiao, X Qi - Catalysts, 2024 - mdpi.com
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), also known as MX2, have
attracted considerable attention due to their structure analogous to graphene and unique …

Theory-guided development of homogeneous catalysts for the reduction of CO 2 to formate, formaldehyde, and methanol derivatives

HH Cramer, S Das, MD Wodrich, C Corminboeuf… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The stepwise catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to formic acid, formaldehyde, and
methanol opens non-fossil pathways to important platform chemicals. The present article …

What we talk about when we talk about breaking scaling relations

F Calle-Vallejo - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
For more than a dozen years,“breaking scaling relations” has been regarded by many as a
top priority in computational and experimental electrocatalysis. Numerous works claim to …

Hydrogen adsorption on fcc metal surfaces towards the rational design of electrode materials

CM Lousada, AM Kotasthane - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The successful large-scale implementation of hydrogen as an energy vector requires high
performance electrodes and catalysts made of abundant materials. Rational materials …

Organopalladium Catalysis as a Proving Ground for Data-Rich Approaches to Reaction Development and Quantitative Predictions

J Lu, DC Leitch - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advent of high-throughput methods for both computation and experimentation, data-
rich approaches to discovering and understanding chemical reactions are becoming ever …

Capturing Dichotomic Solvent Behavior in Solute–Solvent Reactions with Neural Network Potentials

F Célerse, V Juraskova, S Das… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Simulations of chemical reactivity in condensed phase systems represent an ongoing
challenge in computational chemistry, where traditional quantum chemical approaches …

A genetic optimization strategy with generality in asymmetric organocatalysis as a primary target

S Gallarati, P van Gerwen, R Laplaza, L Brey… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A catalyst possessing a broad substrate scope, in terms of both turnover and
enantioselectivity, is sometimes called “general”. Despite their great utility in asymmetric …

A general flame aerosol route to high-entropy nanoceramics

S Liu, CW Pao, JL Chen, S Li, K Chen, Z Xuan, C Song… - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
High-entropy ceramics are an emerging class of materials with fascinating characteristics.
However, elemental immiscibility and crystal complexity limit the development of a general …

Silicon nanowires as an efficient material for hydrogen evolution through catalysis: a review

U Ray, S Sarkar, D Banerjee - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Now-a-days use of environment-friendly alternative energy has become a common practice,
as the conventional fossil fuel energy is being depleted exponentially. Also, the by-products …