Nanocatalyzed upcycling of the plastic wastes for a circular economy

C Wang, H Han, Y Wu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics are now essential components in our daily life, but they have also raised a waste
crisis and environmental pollution issues. The traditional plastic waste treatments rely on …

Single‐Site Carbon‐Supported Metal‐Oxo Complexes in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Structure, Reactivity, and Mechanism

Y Liu, A Agarwal, Y Kratish… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When early transition metal complexes are molecularly grafted onto catalyst supports, well‐
defined, surface‐bound species are created, which are highly active and selective single …

Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Catalyzed by a Carbon‐Supported Single‐Site Molybdenum‐Dioxo Complex

Y Kratish, J Li, S Liu, Y Gao, TJ Marks - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is selectively depolymerized by a carbon‐supported single‐
site molybdenum‐dioxo catalyst to terephthalic acid (PTA) and ethylene. The solventless …

TiO2-CeO2/g-C3N4 S-scheme heterostructure composite for enhanced photo-degradation and hydrogen evolution performance with combined experimental and DFT …

S Vignesh, S Chandrasekaran, M Srinivasan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The gC 3 N 4/TiO 2 nanocomposites (NCs) are fabricated by optimization of
calcination and subsequent hydrothermal technique decorated with CeO 2 nanoparticles …

Synthesis and Structure–Activity Characterization of a Single-Site MoO2 Catalytic Center Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide

Y Liu, J Li, A Das, H Kim, LO Jones, Q Ma… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecularly derived single-site heterogeneous catalysts can bridge the understanding and
performance gaps between conventional homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis …

Synthesis and characterization of a well-defined carbon nanohorn-supported molybdenum dioxo catalyst by SMART-EM imaging. Surface structure at the atomic level

Y Kratish, T Nakamuro, Y Liu, J Li… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The molybdenum dioxo catalyst CNH/MoO2 is prepared via direct grafting of (dme)
MoO2Cl2 (dme= 1, 2-dimethoxyethane) onto the graphitic surfaces of carbon nanohorn …

Reductive C−N Coupling of Nitroarenes: Heterogenization of MoO3 Catalyst by Confinement in Silica

F Yang, X Dong, Y Shen, M Liu, H Zhou… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of C− N bonds with nitroaromatics and boronic acids using highly efficient
and recyclable catalysts remains a challenge. In this study, nanoporous MoO3 confined in …

Models for Single‐Site Heterogeneous Catalysts on Carbon: MoO2 Epoxidation Catalyst Anchored to a Fullerene

A Agarwal, Y Liu, OA Kraevaya, S Alayoglu… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐site molybdenum dioxo catalysts, fullerenol/MoO2, are prepared via grafting
precursor (DME) MoO2Cl2 onto a highly polyhydroxylated fullerene (ful) and an isomerically …

Visible light induced deoxygenation of sulfoxides with isopropanol

J Zhao, Z Luo, Y Liu, S Chen, J He, J Xu… - Organic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We report visible light induced deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides catalyzed by
anthraquinone under irradiation at 430–440 nm at room temperature employing cheap …

Diverse mechanistic pathways in single-site heterogeneous catalysis: alcohol conversions mediated by a high-valent carbon-supported molybdenum-dioxo catalyst

J Li, A Das, Q Ma, MJ Bedzyk, Y Kratish, TJ Marks - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the increase in the importance of renewable resources, chemical research is shifting
focus toward substituting petrochemicals with biomass-derived analogues and platform …