Due to its essential use as a fertilizer, ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and hydrogen is
considered to be one of the most important chemical processes of the last 100 years. Since …

Abstract The industrial Haber–Bosch process to produce ammonia (NH3) from dinitrogen
(N2) is crucial for modern society. However, N2 activation is inherently challenging and the …

Electrides are materials in which electrons serve as anions. Here, the concept of inorganic
electrides is extended in several respects: from ionic crystals to intermetallic compounds in …

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are regarded as prospective solar cells for the next
generation of photovoltaic technologies and have become research hotspots in the PV field …

The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) constitute the
two main processes in electrochemical water splitting to produce high-purity hydrogen and …

Palladium (Pd) has been the key element for several C–C bond-forming reactions,
especially the Nobel-acclaimed Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions …

Sustainable hydrogen production is an essential prerequisite of a future hydrogen economy.
Water electrolysis driven by renewable resource-derived electricity and direct solar-to …

Photocatalysis is a promising and convenient strategy to convert solar energy into chemical
energy for various fields. However, photocatalysis still suffers from low solar energy …

Deoxygenation is an important reaction in the conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates to
fuels and chemicals. A key route for biomass refining involves the production of pyrolysis oil …

This review presents the basic concepts and recent developments and advances of gold
nanoparticle (AuNP)-catalyzed 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) reduction to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) by …