Advances of atomically dispersed catalysts from single-atom to clusters in energy storage and conversion applications

Y Wang, X Cui, J Zhang, J Qiao, H Huang, J Shi… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the special structural characteristics and maximized efficiency, atomically
dispersed catalysts (ADCs) with different atom sizes ranged from the single atom to clusters …

Beyond ammonia: nitrogen–element bond forming reactions with coordinated dinitrogen

S Kim, F Loose, PJ Chirik - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The functionalization of coordinated dinitrogen to form nitrogen–element bonds en route to
nitrogen-containing molecules is a long-standing challenge in chemical synthesis. The …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

Nitrogen reduction by the Fe sites of synthetic [Mo3S4Fe] cubes

Y Ohki, K Munakata, Y Matsuoka, R Hara, M Kachi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nitrogen (N2) fixation by nature, which is a crucial process for the supply of bio-available
forms of nitrogen, is performed by nitrogenase. This enzyme uses a unique transition-metal …

Metal–Sulfur Compounds in N2 Reduction and Nitrogenase-Related Chemistry

K Tanifuji, Y Ohki - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition metal–sulfur (M–S) compounds are an indispensable means for biological
systems to convert N2 into NH3 (biological N2 fixation), and these may have emerged by …

Active sites identification and engineering of MNC electrocatalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction

X Li, D Wang, S Zha, Y Chu, L Pan, M Wu, C Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) and Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have
attracted wide attention because of their high energy density. However, the oxygen …

Recent progress with pincer transition metal catalysts for sustainability

L Piccirilli, D Lobo Justo Pinheiro, M Nielsen - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Our planet urgently needs sustainable solutions to alleviate the anthropogenic global
warming and climate change. Homogeneous catalysis has the potential to play a …

Catalytic nitrogen fixation via direct cleavage of nitrogen–nitrogen triple bond of molecular dinitrogen under ambient reaction conditions

K Arashiba, A Eizawa, H Tanaka… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We have now found that molybdenum–iodide complexes bearing a PNP-pincer ligand have
a higher catalytic activity than the so far reported molybdenum–dinitrogen complexes for …

Dinitrogen fixation: rationalizing strategies utilizing molecular complexes

F Masero, MA Perrin, S Dey… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dinitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, but its inertness hinders its
use as a nitrogen source in the biosphere and in industry. Efficient catalysts are hence …

Catalytic reduction of molecular dinitrogen to ammonia and hydrazine using vanadium complexes

Y Sekiguchi, K Arashiba, H Tanaka… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Newly designed and prepared vanadium complexes bearing anionic pyrrole‐based PNP‐
type pincer and aryloxy ligands were found to work as effective catalysts for the direct …