Recent progress in electrochemical upgrading of bio-oil model compounds and bio-oils to renewable fuels and platform chemicals

JR Page, Z Manfredi, S Bliznakov, JA Valla - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sustainable production of renewable carbon-based fuels and chemicals remains a
necessary but immense challenge in the fight against climate change. Bio-oil derived from …

Bioinspired Catalyst Design Principles: Progress in Emulating Properties of Enzymes in Synthetic Catalysts

B Ginovska, OY Gutiérrez, A Karkamkar, MS Lee… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Catalysis enables many aspects of modern life, including fuels, products, plastics, and
medicines. Recent advances in catalysis have enabled us to realize higher efficiencies and …

Proton Relay for the Rate Enhancement of Electrochemical Hydrogen Reactions at Heterogeneous Interfaces

Y Qiu, D Ray, L Yan, X Li, M Song… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proton transfer is critically important to many electrocatalytic reactions, and directed proton
delivery could open new avenues for the design of electrocatalysts. However, although this …

Nanotechnology solutions for the climate crisis

MF Campa, CM Brown, P Byrley, J Delborne… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is one of humankind's biggest challenges, leading to more frequent and
intense climate extremes, including heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes, ocean acidification …

Investigation of the Role of Zirconia and Zirconia-containing Systems as Catalysts in Organic Transformations

K Nikoofar, N Shaddel, F Jozi - Current Organic Chemistry, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
This review article discusses the applications of zirconia as a catalyst to promote various
organic reactions and transformations. The article is subdivided into four main parts: 1) …

Double-shell microcapsules with spatially arranged Au nanoparticles and single Zn atoms for tandem synthesis of cyclic carbonates

Y Hou, X Wang, Y Guo, X Zhang - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tandem catalysts with multifunctional sites can achieve high-efficiency catalytic
transformations for quickly converting simple raw materials into complex value-added …

Recent Development of Bio-inspired Porous Materials for Catalytic Applications

Y Tang, G Qi, S Wang, X Meng, FS **ao - Chemical Research in Chinese …, 2023 - Springer
N ature has served as a source of inspiration for chemists to design the catalysts with
superior performance via mimicking their characteristics, such as active sites, reaction …