Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P **e… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

A Wagner, CD Sahm, E Reisner - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Substantial progress has recently been made in the general understanding of the interfacial
CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in electro-and photocatalysis, but the influence of the local …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Homogeneously catalyzed electroreduction of carbon dioxide—methods, mechanisms, and catalysts

R Francke, B Schille, M Roemelt - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The utilization of CO2 via electrochemical reduction constitutes a promising approach
toward production of value-added chemicals or fuels using intermittent renewable energy …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Molecular enhancement of heterogeneous CO2 reduction

DH Nam, P De Luna, A Rosas-Hernández… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) addresses the need for
storage of renewable energy in valuable carbon-based fuels and feedstocks, yet challenges …

A high-rate two-dimensional polyarylimide covalent organic framework anode for aqueous Zn-ion energy storage devices

M Yu, N Chandrasekhar… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion energy storage devices are promising candidates for next-
generation energy storage technologies. However, the lack of highly reversible Zn2+ …

Electroreduction of CO2 on Single‐Site Copper‐Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Material: Selective Formation of Ethanol and Reversible Restructuration of the Metal Sites

D Karapinar, NT Huan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally believed that CO2 electroreduction to multi‐carbon products such as ethanol
or ethylene may be catalyzed with significant yield only on metallic copper surfaces …

Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide: opportunities with heterogeneous molecular catalysts

L Sun, V Reddu, AC Fisher, X Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction by heterogeneous molecular catalysts is emerging as an
important area for CO2 utilization. Unlike commonly used solid heterogeneous catalysts …

Recent progress in the development of biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon

BM Matsagar, RX Yang, S Dutta, YS Ok… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review offers a focused discussion on the recent progress of biomass-derived nitrogen-
doped porous carbon (NPC) and its applications. Various synthesis methods for biomass …