Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis for the hydrogenation of carboxylic acid derivatives: history, advances and future directions

J Pritchard, GA Filonenko, R Van Putten… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic reduction of carboxylic acid derivatives has witnessed a rapid development in
recent years. These reactions, involving molecular hydrogen as the reducing agent, can be …

Synthesis of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid from biomass for producing PET

J Pang, M Zheng, R Sun, A Wang, X Wang… - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
There have been considerable efforts to produce renewable polymers from biomass. Poly
(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is one of the most versatile bulk materials used in our daily …

Tumor Microenvironment Stimuli‐Responsive Fluorescence Imaging and Synergistic Cancer Therapy by Carbon‐Dot–Cu2+ Nanoassemblies

S Sun, Q Chen, Z Tang, C Liu, Z Li, A Wu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A method is developed to fabricate tumor microenvironment (TME) stimuli‐responsive
nanoplatform for fluorescence (FL) imaging and synergistic cancer therapy via assembling …

Copper single-atom jellyfish-like nanomotors for enhanced tumor penetration and nanocatalytic therapy

Y **ng, J **u, M Zhou, T Xu, M Zhang, H Li, X Li, X Du… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with extraordinary catalytic activity have been receiving great attention
in tumor therapy. However, most single-atom catalysts lack self-propulsion properties …

Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2

ZQ Liang, TT Zhuang, A Seifitokaldani, J Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Copper-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Prior studies
show that the mixture of copper (I) and copper (0) at the catalyst surface enhances multi …

High efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen production over ternary Cu/TiO2@ Ti3C2Tx enabled by low-work-function 2D titanium carbide

C Peng, P Wei, X Li, Y Liu, Y Cao, H Wang, H Yu… - Nano energy, 2018 - Elsevier
It is of prime importance to harness the transfer and flow of photogenerated electrons and
holes to elongate the lifetimes of charge carriers and enhance the activity of semiconductor …

Efficient Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation over Cuδ+‐Modified Defective ZnAl‐Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets

S Zhang, Y Zhao, R Shi, C Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic reduction of nitrogen (N2) with water (H2O) as the reducing agent holds
great promise as a sustainable future technology for the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) …

Cu2+‐Anchored Carbon Nano‐Photocatalysts for Visible Water Splitting to Boost Hydrogen Cuproptosis

H Ding, F Ren, P Liu, Y Feng, X Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Both hydrogen (H2) and copper ions (Cu+) can be used as anti‐cancer treatments.
However, the continuous generation of H2 molecules and Cu+ in specific sites of tumors is …

Boosting nitrate electroreduction to ammonia via in situ generated stacking faults in oxide-derived copper

L Fang, S Wang, C Song, S Lu, X Yang, X Qi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical reduction of nitrate is a promising approach to the production of value-
added ammonia, which is meaningful in wastewater remediation and energy saving …

Multicopper laccase mimicking nanozymes with nucleotides as ligands

H Liang, F Lin, Z Zhang, B Liu, S Jiang… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Using nanomaterials to achieve functional enzyme mimics (nanozymes) is attractive for both
applied and fundamental research. Laccases are multicopper oxidases highly important for …